Re: [time-nuts] Fury ntp refclock

2008-07-08 Thread Chris Kuethe
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:45 PM,  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 One note of interest to the group in general: some of our future  products
 have a new, very high performance mobile GPS on them that will actually  track
 and output 16 Sats and more simultaneously (well, if it could see the Sats  it
 would receive more than 30 channels) to GPSCon. A far cry from the 8-sat
 Oncore days, and this is causing some grief for GPSCon (not the entire list of
 Sat's can be shown by GPSCon without overflowing the page etc). We can't 
 reveal
 the GPS details just yet though, please don't ask :)

Those ublox chips are nice, aren't they? ;)

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Re: [time-nuts] Fury ntp refclock

2008-07-08 Thread Scott Mace
This is on a net4501 with the TMRIN mod running FreeBSD 7.0 (nanobsd).
Fury 1.18 firmware with a surplus LPRO-101 packaged up in an old 1U Datum
670x rubidium reference chassis.

  ntptime
ntp_gettime() returns code 0 (OK)
   time cc1d84fd.0fbd3800  Tue, Jul  8 2008  6:17:33.061, (.061481758),
   maximum error 1480 us, estimated error 15 us, TAI offset 0
ntp_adjtime() returns code 0 (OK)
   modes 0x0 (),
   offset -0.014 us, frequency -0.040 ppm, interval 1 s,
   maximum error 1480 us, estimated error 15 us,
   status 0x2001 (PLL,NANO),
   time constant 4, precision 0.001 us, tolerance 496 ppm,
 

  ntpq -c peers
  remote   refid  st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==
+REFCLK(45,0).GPS.0 l   13   16  3770.000   -1.152   3.108
oPPS(0)  .PPS.0 l4   16  3770.0000.000   0.015
 


clockstats:
54655 22687.015 127.127.45.0 94 1 0 0 5.09e-12 -1.10e-09 46.10 1.994153 
0.04 10.53 8 9 1 38 10
54655 22697.016 127.127.45.0 94 1 0 0 4.59e-12 -1.40e-09 46.00 1.994255 
0.04 10.53 8 9 1 38 10
54655 22707.017 127.127.45.0 94 1 0 0 4.29e-12 -1.60e-09 46.10 1.994454 
0.04 10.53 8 9 1 38 -11
54655 22717.017 127.127.45.0 94 1 0 0 3.56e-12 -1.90e-09 46.10 1.994834 
0.04 10.53 9 9 1 38 4
54655 22727.018 127.127.45.0 94 1 0 0 3.29e-12 -2.10e-09 46.10 1.994912 
0.04 10.53 9 9 1 36 -6
54655 22737.010 127.127.45.0 94 1 0 0 2.35e-12 -2.30e-09 46.10 1.994695 
0.04 10.53 9 9 1 36 -14
54655 22747.010 127.127.45.0 94 1 0 0 2.08e-12 -2.60e-09 46.10 1.994872 
0.04 10.53 9 9 1 36 -13
54655 22757.011 127.127.45.0 94 1 0 0 1.43e-12 -2.80e-09 46.10 1.995252 
0.04 10.53 9 9 1 36 0
54655 22767.012 127.127.45.0 94 1 0 0 1.16e-12 -3.00e-09 46.10 1.995357 
0.04 10.53 9 9 1 36 -5
54655 22777.012 127.127.45.0 94 1 0 0 8.07e-13 -3.20e-09 46.10 1.995337 
0.04 10.53 9 9 1 36 3
54655 22787.014 127.127.45.0 94 1 0 0 5.83e-13 -3.40e-09 46.10 1.995080 
0.04 10.53 9 9 1 36 -8



Scott

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi guys,
  
 We formatted the syst:stat? command on the Fury GPSDO so as to be  compatible 
 to GPSCon, that meant following a very rigorous syntax (including the  exact 
 number of spaces etc), it's not pretty - but works perfectly with  GPSCon.
 
 One note of interest to the group in general: some of our future  products 
 have a new, very high performance mobile GPS on them that will actually  
 track 
 and output 16 Sats and more simultaneously (well, if it could see the Sats  
 it 
 would receive more than 30 channels) to GPSCon. A far cry from the 8-sat  
 Oncore days, and this is causing some grief for GPSCon (not the entire list 
 of  
 Sat's can be shown by GPSCon without overflowing the page etc). We can't 
 reveal  
 the GPS details just yet though, please don't ask :)
  
 Seems the web interface of GPSCon works well with any number of Sats  though, 
 see for example:
  
_http://www.jackson-labs.com/images/gpsstat.htm_ 
 (http://www.jackson-labs.com/images/gpsstat.htm) 
  
  
 We are working hard on a set of new products right now, so the ptime  command 
 changes will have to be put on a slightly lower priority for now  
 unfortunately. Seems your driver is working well right now though from what I 
  can gather 
 in the email thread.
  
 Thanks for your hard work on this,
 bye,
 Said
  
 
  
  
 In a message dated 7/8/2008 02:09:12 W. Europe Daylight Time,  [EMAIL 
 PROTECTED] 
 writes:
 
 
 The  gps?,sync?,diag?,meas? results were easier to parse than the  
 system:status?
 since everything has a prefix.
 
 I'm not a fan of a the  system:status? command, but it would be nice to get
 sat signal strength  from the gps? command tree.
 
 My driver is not ideal, but it works with  what the Fury can do with the 
 current
 firmware.  More to  come.
 
 Scott
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Loop Damping

2008-07-08 Thread Arnold Tibus
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:55:04 -0700, Tom Van Baak wrote:
[...]
Yes, it's quite flexible and you can have a lot of fun replacing
the OCXO. I'm assuming a number of you will be trying this
in the coming months.

But even with the onboard OCXO, it allows you to change the
time constant which can make a noticeable difference in the
mid-term stability of the GPSDO. I'll dig out plots I made last
year if you're interested.

/tvb


Perhaps there is not much to earn with it, but I thought as well about 
to replace the OCXO with a 10811 for test purpose etc. 

I am very much interested as well to see how to set the time 
constant in conjunction with the damping factor properly with the 
original onboard oscillator and, if already performed by somebody, 
with an other type. 
Would be great if you and others would share your/ their experience!

What are the parameters to be watched with TBoltmon, 
what are the goals, to get the lowest variation on the 10 MHz ppb 
indication? 
What about the PPS value in ns UTC? 
If I do slight modifications specially on the time constant I get 
the indication drifting very slowly away, but the 10 MHz ppb 
does not vary much...
Under this circumstance I do not see how to set the ns offset for pps.

Is it necessary to compensate for the antenna cable delay and 
how I can do it? (pps offset?)

I guess that the outcome will be to not make much modifications !?

Arnold T.




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Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Loop Damping

2008-07-08 Thread Mark Sims


I am calculating plotting the ADEVs (or OADEVs) of the Thunderbolt's own PPS 
and OSC error estimates.  The values are its estimate in the error of the PPS 
signal edge/OSC zero crossing to GPS time.  I have queue of 22000 entries that 
tracks the last 22000 values of PPS and OSC errors.  Every 10 seconds, it 
calculates and displays the ADEV or OADEVs of all the data in the queue (both a 
table and a plot).  By the time the queue fills up it gives values out to 
10,000 tau.  

Yeah, it's kinda flakey to rely on the device to compare its output signals to 
its own interpretation of GPS time,  but it's free and requires no external 
equipment.  

The adding of the 1.0 second to the error estimate values (and the multiplying 
of the OSC ppb value by 100) was to simulate the values that an external time 
interval counter would produce if it was measuring the signals.  Not really 
needed, but the code was lifted from another application and it was useful for 
doing some comparisons to some existing data.  (BTW,  the ADEV code was based 
upon your ADEV1.C)
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Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Loop Damping

2008-07-08 Thread Tom Van Baak
 Yeah, it's kinda flakey to rely on the device to compare
 its output signals to its own interpretation of GPS time,
 but it's free and requires no external equipment.  

Just because something is free doesn't mean it has any
meaning. Stop and think about what your statistics are
showing.

 The adding of the 1.0 second to the error estimate values
 (and the multiplying of the OSC ppb value by 100) was to

You can't use the same ADEV algorithm for the TI values
as the ppb values; one is phase, the other frequency.

 simulate the values that an external time interval counter
 would produce if it was measuring the signals.  Not really
 needed, but the code was lifted from another application
 and it was useful for doing some comparisons to some
 existing data.  (BTW,  the ADEV code was based upon
 your ADEV1.C)

I'm still confused and now also worried. The time interval
values that adev1.c takes as input are very small numbers,
like microseconds or nanoseconds. These are time *interval*
measurements, as one would obtain when comparing the
1PPS of a reference against the 1PPS of a GPSDO.

At best there is no need to add a fixed constant to these
numbers. Note that the adev code will effectively eliminate
a constant phase bias. But at worst, adding a constant that
is millions or even billions of times greater than your data
can cause floating point loss of precision errors.

So keep the numbers small; think time error measurements,
not time measurements. Second, use ADEV1 only on time
interval or phase data. If you have frequency data you need
to change the tool, or integrate frequency error back to phase
error before you run the tool.

/tvb


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Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Loop Damping

2008-07-08 Thread Mark Sims

I do modify the OSC ppb value to morph it into nanoseconds of error before I 
feed it to the ADEV code (at least I think I do...  the documentation is not 
really clear on what the value really is).

The constant 1 second offset that I added to the data makes absolutely no 
difference in the results (I tried it both ways).  It was just there for 
consistency with another program that I have.  The Trimble numbers are 32 bit 
floats, my 1 second offset number is a 64 bit double, it can handle the value 
just fine without losing any precision.  The ADEV code subtracts pairs of 
values, so that constant value gets removed automatically (and to quell your 
concerns,  I have removed it from the code).

As far as what the statistics are showing... well they show the ADEV values of 
the Thunderbolt's own measurements of the signal errors (auto ADEV?).  How 
those compare to measurements against an external reference is left as an 
exercise to the reader.  

The curves do seem to make some sense.  I am seeing curves with distinct breaks 
in the slope at points that correspond to slope changes in your Thunderbolt 
ADEV plots.  The main difference is below around 50 tau where a normal adev 
curve shows rising values then begins to fall.  The plots on the Thunderbolt 
data show constantly falling adevs with distinct breaks in the slope.  If the 
numbers were totally meaningless one would expect to see a line of constant 
slope as tau increases.   Past 50 tau or so,  the ADEV values seem to agree 
with what one would expect.   


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Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Loop Damping

2008-07-08 Thread Tom Van Baak
 As far as what the statistics are showing... well they show
 the ADEV values of the Thunderbolt's own measurements
 of the signal errors (auto ADEV?).  How those compare to
 measurements against an external reference is left as an
 exercise to the reader.  

What you're calculating is the combined ADEV of the GPS
ref, the internal measurement system, including internal any
filtering, and the OCXO. Your numbers can't show GPS, or
the measurement system, or the OCXO by themselves, nor
do your numbers reflect the actual GPSDO output signal
performance as compared to a real reference clock. That's
why it sort of looks like what you have left as an exercise
to the reader is pretty much the entire exercise.

Do have access to a Rb that you can use as a reference?
Send me email offline if you'd like to borrow one.

Still, one thing you could do now is see the effect of varying
the loop time constant. With a tight loop the sdev or adev of
TI and ppb will be very small; the looser the loop the wider the
variance of those values. That's my guess at least.

/tvb


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Re: [time-nuts] PCB costs and suggestions for suppliers

2008-07-08 Thread Harry Hindriks
I used Olimex for some boards, but since they are in European Community the
prices increased.
2 Years ago US$ 99,- for 320x200mm, now 120 Euro plus VAT.
But when you need a lot of different small boards it is a good option
(Panel).

Harry Hindriks


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Sent: dinsdag 8 juli 2008 19:54
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] PCB costs and suggestions for suppliers

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writ
es:

I'm looking to get a PCB made up for my frequency divider circuit.   I'm
based in the UK.

I've used olimex.com for a couple of two-layer boards and I'm happy with
the results.

One advantage for me was that they took EagleCad files directly, so that
I did't have to worry about inverted gerbers and all that.

Poul-Henning


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[time-nuts] Trimble T-Bolt Dumb Question

2008-07-08 Thread Richard W. Solomon
How does one determine that they are locked to the GPS system ?
If I look at TboltMon I see lots of data, but nowhere do I find a
specific statement that I am locked.

The output frequency is accurate and stable enough to be locked and
I see I have anywhere from 5 to 8 satellites tracked, but 

Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ

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Re: [time-nuts] Trimble T-Bolt Dumb Question

2008-07-08 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Richard W. Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: How does one determine that they are locked to the GPS system ?
: If I look at TboltMon I see lots of data, but nowhere do I find a
: specific statement that I am locked.
: 
: The output frequency is accurate and stable enough to be locked and
: I see I have anywhere from 5 to 8 satellites tracked, but 

Usually locked to a GPS system just means that the oscillator that's
controlled by the GPS is operating within some set of prescribed
parameters and that the GPS receiver itself is a 'good enough' source
of time.  The exact definition of good enough varies quite a bit from
system to system.  You basically have to look at the numbers from your
control loop, as well as self diagnostics from the GPS receiver to
know if there's a lock or not.

Warner

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Re: [time-nuts] Trimble T-Bolt Dumb Question

2008-07-08 Thread Arnold Tibus
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:00:24 -0400 (EDT), Richard W. Solomon wrote:

How does one determine that they are locked to the GPS system ?
If I look at TboltMon I see lots of data, but nowhere do I find a
specific statement that I am locked.

The output frequency is accurate and stable enough to be locked and
I see I have anywhere from 5 to 8 satellites tracked, but 

Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ


At the bottom window section of Thunderbolt Monitor
subwindow 'Disciplining Status' you will see 
Mode '(0) Normal ' and  Activity '(0) Phase Locking' 
In the subwindow  'Minor Alarms' the 'LED' 'Oscillator Disciplining' 
switches from yellow to green,
when finally everything is stabilized all Alarm Indicators 
will have switched from yellow to green.

regards
Arnold T.



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Re: [time-nuts] PCB costs and suggestions for suppliers

2008-07-08 Thread Didier Juges
I have used Olimex also, from the US. Good quality, reasonable price and
delivery, painless transaction overall.

Only problem the last time I wanted to buy from them: they were on vacation
and they simply did not reply or acknowledge my email until 2 weeks later
when they came back... In the mean time, I had bought my PWBs from somewhere
else, and I am sorry that I did because it ended up costing more and taking
longer, because the other guys (US based, who shall remain nameless) blew
their projected delivery by a bunch.

Olimex will get my business again next time.

Didier KO4BB

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 Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:54 PM
 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
 Subject: Re: [time-nuts] PCB costs and suggestions for suppliers
 
 In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], David 
 C. Partridge writ
 es:
 
 I'm looking to get a PCB made up for my frequency divider 
 circuit.   I'm
 based in the UK.
 
 I've used olimex.com for a couple of two-layer boards and I'm 
 happy with the results.
 
 One advantage for me was that they took EagleCad files 
 directly, so that I did't have to worry about inverted 
 gerbers and all that.
 
 Poul-Henning
 


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[time-nuts] Z3801A ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?

2008-07-08 Thread jshank
Hi,

I am trying to set up a Z3801A and a ThunderBolt to operate off of one 
symmetricom 58532A antenna using a symmetricom 4-port smartsplitter.  The 
Z3801A manual suggest using LMR 400 cable which is a 50 ohm cable which is 
compatible with the antenna.  The thunderbolt which I receive has a type F 
connector and the thunderbolt manual suggest using 75 ohm rg59 cable. Will I 
have a problem connecting the thunderbolt to the smartsplitter using LRM400 
50 ohm cable?  The thunderbolt which I received came with a type f to bnc 
connector, but isn't a bnc connector underrated to handle the 1.5 GHz 
signal?

Thanks,

Jeff


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[time-nuts] Z3801A ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?

2008-07-08 Thread jshank
Hi,

I am trying to set up a Z3801A and a ThunderBolt to operate off of one 
symmetricom 58532A antenna using a symmetricom 4-port smartsplitter.  The 
Z3801A manual suggest using LMR 400 cable which is a 50 ohm cable which is 
compatible with the antenna.  The thunderbolt which I receive has a type F 
connector and the thunderbolt manual suggest using 75 ohm rg59 cable. Will I 
have a problem connecting the thunderbolt to the smartsplitter using LRM400 
50 ohm cable?  The thunderbolt which I received came with a type f to bnc 
connector, but isn't a bnc connector underrated to handle the 1.5 GHz 
signal?

Thanks,

Jeff


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Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?

2008-07-08 Thread Didier Juges
If the cable is long enough, the discontinuities brought by using a BNC
connector should not be too much of a problem, unless you are trying to
extract the very last ounce of performance from the Thunderbolt.
 
A long cable will have significant attenuation, and that will absorb most of
the reflections caused by the impedance mismatch and bring them down to the
noise level.

This subject has been covered at length not very long ago (a few months?),
so a look through the archives might bring back the thread.

You might want to read the Thunderbolt manual to get Trimble's official
position on the subject.

Trimble has done a good job of confusing people by specifying their
equipment for 50 ohm operation but recommending 75 ohm cable and using F
connectors on the Thunderbolt and the Bullet antenna.

I surmise that for the Thunderbolt's intended application (cell site
synchronization), the difference was not worth worrying about. For the true
Time-Nuts, that may not be good enough.

Didier KO4BB

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 Subject: [time-nuts] Z3801A  ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?
 
 Hi,
 
 I am trying to set up a Z3801A and a ThunderBolt to operate 
 off of one symmetricom 58532A antenna using a symmetricom 
 4-port smartsplitter.  The Z3801A manual suggest using LMR 
 400 cable which is a 50 ohm cable which is compatible with 
 the antenna.  The thunderbolt which I receive has a type F 
 connector and the thunderbolt manual suggest using 75 ohm 
 rg59 cable. Will I have a problem connecting the thunderbolt 
 to the smartsplitter using LRM400 50 ohm cable?  The 
 thunderbolt which I received came with a type f to bnc 
 connector, but isn't a bnc connector underrated to handle the 
 1.5 GHz signal?
 
 Thanks,
 
 Jeff
 
 
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[time-nuts] Double ovened 10811-60158 on ebay

2008-07-08 Thread Jim Palfreyman
Sorry to pollute the list but some people here may be interested and I think
this might be a good buy.

Ebay item 250268030266 a bunch of 10811-60158 wrapped up in a second oven
that have been pulled from a bunch of HP 58503A.

There are 21 units available at US$50 Buy It Now. Postage seems reasonable
too.

I've bought one and so if anyone knows where I can get the cabling
requirements please let me know.


Regards,

Jim Palfreyman
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Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt and USB to RS232 converters

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Paddock
On Monday 07 July 2008 02:10:35 am David Smith wrote:

  I'm aware of those, but the next new USB serial device you plug in will
  still be the next higher number.  It is the counter for this number I've
  not been able to locate.

 I've just sorted this problem on another thing I was doing, although I
 was only up to COM14!

 It seems there are hidden hidden devices.  Have a look at this:
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539

Been There Done That, some time ago, but thanks for reminding me.
I want to get all of these tips on my website related to this USB COM port
saga.

 Note that even plugging the same USB-RS232 converter into another USB
 port on a hub will create a new COM port.

I've dug into it enough that I understand why, but I'm still looking for where
that new COM port number is coming from.  Still trying to find that
counter.




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Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?

2008-07-08 Thread Bruce Griffiths
jshank wrote:
 Bruce,

 Do I need to spend the extra $ for LMR400 cable or could I just use 
 rg58 for a total run of 60 feet.
 Jeff
Jeff

A conservative approach would be to use a cable that has an attenuation 
of no more than 10dB (the attenuation of the cable supplied in the 
Trimble Thunderbolt starter kit).
For standard RG58 this can mean no more than about 30ft.
This only applies if the antenna preamp gain is similar to that of the 
Trimble bullet antenna.

_Minimum Antenna gain for Thunderbolt_

http://trl.trimble.com/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-30908/Product 
Bullentin 200213.pdf 
http://trl.trimble.com/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-30908/Product%20Bullentin%20200213.pdf
 


Above link specifies a minimum of 20dB gain at Thunderbolt input.

Thus with 23 dBattenuation (cable plus active splitter) you would need 
to use an antenna with at least 43dB gain preferably a little more.
With 10dB of cable attenuation and 3dB maximum splitter loss the antenna 
preamp gain should be at least 33dB.

The 5V Bullet III antenna has 35dB gain and thus allows a maximum 
attenuation (cable plus splitter) of about 15dB, preferably a little 
less, when used with a Thunderbolt.

GPS Timing antennas with higher gains (50dB) are available.

Bruce

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Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Power Question

2008-07-08 Thread Mark Sims


An earlier question concerned whether the Thunderbolt could be put into battery 
backup mode without the -12V supply.  The definitive answer is NO!  

The Thunderbolt OCXO is controlled via a DAC voltage that can range from -5V to 
5V (the standard oscillator control is -5Hz/V.  All mine are operating at 
around 0.35V).  The -5V DAC reference depends upon the -12V input supply.

Also the Thunderbolt monitors all three supply voltages and it will throw a 
critical alarm condition when any are out of whack.
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