On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 17:52 -0500, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > Steve Kostecke wrote: > > On 2008-11-25, Cal Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> ... We'd have to run a long cable [to the GPS18LVC] though, > >> the computer lab has no windows and the roof is the most logical place > >> to put an antenna. I don't think USB will handle that much line loss. > > > > It is RS-232, not USB. > > > > RS-232 specifies a 50 foot maximum! > > IF you use top quality cable, take care that your cable runs avoid the > fluorescent lighting fixtures, etc, you can use a great deal more than > that. I've used more than 100 feet on occasion. If it doesn't work, > you will get no sympathy. > > I'd suggest that you put the computer on the top floor somewhere and use > Cat-5 cable for your RS232.
I was thinking I'd try the rather crude but elegant solution here: Using a Garmin GPS 18 LVC as NTP stratum-0 on Linux 2.6 http://time.qnan.org/ _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
