Ok, I have this setup on my server, what do I need to do on the 
workstations? I installed NTP and pointed it to my server IP, will that 
do the trick?

Nathaniel C. Steele
Assistant Chief Engineer/Technical Director
WTRM-FM / TheCrossFM


On 11/18/2011 12:34 PM, James Harrison wrote:
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> This is actually pretty simple to do.
>
> Just install ntp (as per your distro - if it's ubuntu, apt-get install
> ntp, I'm sure suse/centos are similar), then configure it (/etc/ntp.conf):
>
> Configure with some geographically local servers - I use two servers
> hosted by NPL (the National Physical Laboratory) in the UK along with
> four servers from the UK NTP pool.:
>
> server ntp1.npl.co.uk iburst
> server ntp2.npl.co.uk iburst
> server 0.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst
> server 1.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst
> server 2.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst
> server 3.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst
>
> If you can get access to any stratum-1 servers (we also use the JANET
> NTP server, which is stratum-1), do so.
>
> We also want to fall back on the local clock source should we have no
> remote clocks:
>
> server 127.127.1.0
> fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 12
>
> Drift configuration should be done for you but if not, add something like:
>
> driftfile       /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
>
>
> Next you need to setup the security so your subnet can access it and
> localhost can check to ensure all is well:
>
> restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
> restrict 127.0.0.1
>
> And now we insert our subnets:
>
> restrict 127.219.53.0 mask 255.255.252.0 nomodify nopeer notrap
> restrict 127.219.88.0 mask 255.255.252.0 nomodify nopeer notrap
> # (and if we have a single machine we need to have access:)
> restrict 127.79.141.232 mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify nopeer notrap
>
> And some handy statistics:
>
> statsdir /var/ntp/ntpstats/
> statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats
> filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
> filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
> filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable
>
>
> As for the GPS clock- that appears to be a PVT6 version Oncore receiver.
> http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/drivers/driver30.html
>
> A driver for ntpd is available so you just need to plug it into a serial
> port and plug in a GPS antenna on the antenna port, then configure ntpd,
> which will be something like this:
> http://twiki.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/ConfiguringMotorolaOncoreRefclocks
>
> You should absolutely get the GPS clock configured ("the generated PPS
> pulse is referenced to UTC(GPS) with better than 50 nsec (1 sigma)
> accuracy") - it'll perform better than ntp alone, and your server will
> then be stratum 1.
>
> Don't forget also to set up a timelord@ address for your domain - this
> helps people contact you in the event of an issue with your ntp server.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Cheers,
> James Harrison
>
>
> On 18/11/2011 17:18, Nathan Steele wrote:
>> You might be on to something, the liners are all hard timed, but they
>> are set to "make next" if the previous song is still playing at the time
>> so as to not cut it off. I will go set the next one tostart immediately
>> and see if that fixes it.
>>
>>
>> Getting NTP setup has been on my todo list. We have a GPS device that
>> was used with our very old and custom coded automation system, but I can
>> not seem to find any info on it. It is just a little black box that
>> reads on the label:
>> Motorola
>> Model No: PVT602N323
>>
>> googling that gave me very little and nothing useful that I found. It's
>> only connections are an antenna BNC and a DB-9 that is the power in and
>> seriel data link, I have the special cable for it around here
> somewhere.....
>> Anyway, what I want to do is setup the server to use either this GPS or
>> a remote NTP server, and have all of my workstations getting NTP from
>> the server. I've read up on it a little but am still not real sure how
>> to do it.
>>
>> Nathaniel C. Steele
>> Assistant Chief Engineer/Technical Director
>> WTRM-FM / TheCrossFM
>>
>>
>> On 11/18/2011 12:02 PM, Dan Mills wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 11:25 -0500, Nathan Steele wrote:
>>>> I looked in RD adminand the only thing that
>>>> even remotely looked like it could affect the clock was a setting called
>>>> "Check Time SYNC". what does this do?
>>> Check time sync just makes the clock in the top left corner of rdairplay
>>> flash red if the PCs clock is not locked to an external reference by
>>> something like NTP.
>>> It is mainly useful for machines involved in things like satellite links
>>> where a few seconds can cause a train wreck and NTP or GPS
>>> synchronisation is in use.
>>> NTP is a good idea generally, and is worth setting up if it is not
>>> already.
>>>
>>> What time does the PC 'date' command give, and is it correct (Also is
>>> the timezone correct)?
>>>
>>> Final thought, has there been anything hard timed since the clocks
>>> changed? Rdairplay will quite happily keep running events with no fixed
>>> start time based upon the start time of the log unless there is
>>> something to force a specific start time, and IIRC that logic does not
>>> understand DST.
>>> You need to over schedule to allow for the extra hour or the thing will
>>> quite happily either stop or just keep going depending on the transition
>>> type.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards, Dan.
>>>
>>>
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