On 2008-06-27, kvdh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RE: ntp serving. How exactly does the server sync to information > provided by a GPS receiver? Does it simply read the RMC string > or equivalent on a serial port or does it also use the PPS as in > interrupt
A timing GPS provides both an NMEA sentence (which labels the seconds) and a PPS signal (which marks to top of the second, usually within 1us of UTC). The ntpd on the server uses both of these pieces of information to discipline, or steer, the server clock. > and if the later is necessary, is that received via an SBC's parallel > port bit. The Generic NMEA driver reads the PPS signal on the serial port DCD line. Other configurations are possible. > Does the server then make time information available on request? The ntpd on the server answers polls from other ntpds, and sntp instances, on the "client" systems. -- Steve Kostecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/ _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
