Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread A C
On 10/28/2012 22:36, David Taylor wrote: On 29/10/2012 03:32, A C wrote: [] Check the main ntpd log for error messages. I would if I knew where to find it! If it's based off Debian then it's usually /var/log/ or /var/log/ntpd/ otherwise find / -name ntpd.log should answer your question :)

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread David Taylor
On 29/10/2012 03:32, A C wrote: [] Check the main ntpd log for error messages. I would if I knew where to find it! -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/question

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread David Taylor
On 29/10/2012 00:06, Kennedy, Paul wrote: Hi Dave, read through this thread and there does not seem to be any reference to the good work by the folks at: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1970&start=150 There are several folks with the pi running as an ntp server. I have had

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread A C
On 10/28/2012 20:15, David Taylor wrote: On 28/10/2012 20:50, A C wrote: [] If your PPS signal is on /dev/pps0 as you describe, add the ATOM driver (number 22) in addition to your SHM (gpsd) driver and it will be fine: This is exactly how I have my own server running (but not on an R-pi). PPS c

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread David Taylor
On 28/10/2012 20:50, A C wrote: [] If your PPS signal is on /dev/pps0 as you describe, add the ATOM driver (number 22) in addition to your SHM (gpsd) driver and it will be fine: This is exactly how I have my own server running (but not on an R-pi). PPS comes in via one port, gpsd SHM comes in fr

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, David Taylor said: >I am at the very early stages of building a small stratum-1 NTP server >using a Linux box (Raspberry Pi). A Trimble GPS is connected via USB >(yes, I know I will need an interrupt-driven pin for the PPS), and if I >install gpsd I can see the output from t

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Hi Dave, read through this thread and there does not seem to be any reference to the good work by the folks at: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1970&start=150 There are several folks with the pi running as an ntp server. I have had a unit in soak test over a month now withou

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread unruh
On 2012-10-28, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > > Lose the "minpoll 4 maxpoll 4 "! Well, no, standard advice for refclocks is exactly that. get the time every 16 sec. > It may not be causing your problems but but I doubt that it's > helping matters any! > > The NTP software should pick the best cloc

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread unruh
On 2012-10-28, David Taylor wrote: > On 28/10/2012 08:28, Rob wrote: >> David Taylor wrote: >>> First problem with gpsd resolved, I needed a "-n" on the command-line! >>> >>> Next step is to see how the time a GPIO pin is triggered can be written >>> into the SHM memory block, or whatever >>

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 10/28/2012 4:33 PM, David Taylor wrote: On 28/10/2012 16:50, Rob wrote: [] Sorry I have no idea how to get it to work with a raspberry pi. I think when you have to tinker with drivers anyway, it is better to adapt a driver from ntpd and leave out gpsd. (unless you want to use the positioning

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP tunning for OWD measurements

2012-10-28 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 10/27/2012 3:48 PM, pret3n...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, thanks for clearing that up for me. Makes sense :-) On Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:35:40 PM UTC+1, unruh wrote: On 2012-10-27, pret3n...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, circuit switched networks don't have this problem, for sure. If, for exa

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread A C
On 10/28/2012 13:50, A C wrote: On 10/28/2012 13:31, David Taylor wrote: On 28/10/2012 16:50, Rob wrote: [] Sorry I have no idea how to get it to work with a raspberry pi. I think when you have to tinker with drivers anyway, it is better to adapt a driver from ntpd and leave out gpsd. (unless

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread A C
On 10/28/2012 13:31, David Taylor wrote: On 28/10/2012 16:50, Rob wrote: [] Sorry I have no idea how to get it to work with a raspberry pi. I think when you have to tinker with drivers anyway, it is better to adapt a driver from ntpd and leave out gpsd. (unless you want to use the positioning i

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread David Taylor
On 28/10/2012 16:50, Rob wrote: [] Sorry I have no idea how to get it to work with a raspberry pi. I think when you have to tinker with drivers anyway, it is better to adapt a driver from ntpd and leave out gpsd. (unless you want to use the positioning information from the receiver for a local a

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread David Taylor
On 28/10/2012 16:50, Rob wrote: [] Sorry I have no idea how to get it to work with a raspberry pi. I think when you have to tinker with drivers anyway, it is better to adapt a driver from ntpd and leave out gpsd. (unless you want to use the positioning information from the receiver for a local a

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread Rob
David Taylor wrote: > On 28/10/2012 08:28, Rob wrote: >> David Taylor wrote: >>> First problem with gpsd resolved, I needed a "-n" on the command-line! >>> >>> Next step is to see how the time a GPIO pin is triggered can be written >>> into the SHM memory block, or whatever >> >> gpsd writes

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread David Taylor
On 28/10/2012 11:40, Ralph Aichinger wrote: I've got a Raspi on order for the same thing: dedicated NTP server. When you get it to run, could you please post how you did it, even if you point out only a few of the hard things? I think I am not the only one who wants to try this, especially power

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread David Taylor
On 28/10/2012 08:28, Rob wrote: David Taylor wrote: First problem with gpsd resolved, I needed a "-n" on the command-line! Next step is to see how the time a GPIO pin is triggered can be written into the SHM memory block, or whatever gpsd writes the time into the SHM block. you need a se

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread Ralph Aichinger
David Taylor wrote: > I am at the very early stages of building a small stratum-1 NTP server > using a Linux box (Raspberry Pi). A Trimble GPS is connected via USB > (yes, I know I will need an interrupt-driven pin for the PPS), and if I > install gpsd I can see the output from the GPS with th

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread Rob
David Taylor wrote: > First problem with gpsd resolved, I needed a "-n" on the command-line! > > Next step is to see how the time a GPIO pin is triggered can be written > into the SHM memory block, or whatever gpsd writes the time into the SHM block. you need a serial port with data and DCD,

Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread David Taylor
First problem with gpsd resolved, I needed a "-n" on the command-line! Next step is to see how the time a GPIO pin is triggered can be written into the SHM memory block, or whatever -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu ___ questions mail

[ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux

2012-10-28 Thread David Taylor
I am at the very early stages of building a small stratum-1 NTP server using a Linux box (Raspberry Pi). A Trimble GPS is connected via USB (yes, I know I will need an interrupt-driven pin for the PPS), and if I install gpsd I can see the output from the GPS with the cgps -s command. How do I