Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 01/02/2017 12:56, David Taylor wrote: On 01/02/2017 10:59, Jakob Bohm wrote: [] As I am looking at the BBB myself, here are some extra questions: 1. Do you know if anyone has tried using the real-time coprocessors on the BBB to more accurately track the PPS signal? 2. I presume the BBB

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 03/02/2017 07:42, sean wrote: [] Just curious, any experience with those? [] I'm running a couple of Sure boards here one feeding one PC and the other feeding two PCs in parallel (only one PC has TX connected). No problems. I'm on the top storey of a two storey building, and both

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-02-03, sean wrote: > On 2017-02-02, William Unruh wrote: Another low-cost device is the Sure evaluation board: http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/Sure-GPS.htm

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-02-02, William Unruh wrote: >>> >>> Another low-cost device is the Sure evaluation board: >>> >>>http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/Sure-GPS.htm >>> >>> >>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/SKG16A-Bluetooth-RS232-USB-UART-GPS-Module-Demo-Board-/230844194302 >>> >> >> Thanks for

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-02-02, David Taylor wrote: > On 02/02/2017 04:34, sean wrote: > [] >> Incidentally I do have a BBB and a few raspberry pis. The BBB goes back >> and forth to/from work so I won't be able to use that as the NTP host. >> >> As an aside, have you done

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-02-02, Miroslav Lichvar wrote: > On 2017-02-02, sean wrote: >> I don't know if I'll be able to join the pool because I don't >> have a static IP. Although, if I register with a DNS name, couldn't I >> just update the A record if/when

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd On 2017-02-02, sean <s...@sean.eternal-september.org> wrote: > On 2017-02-01, David Taylor <david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >> >> Sean, >> >> Thanks for your comments -

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 02/02/2017 04:34, sean wrote: [] Incidentally I do have a BBB and a few raspberry pis. The BBB goes back and forth to/from work so I won't be able to use that as the NTP host. As an aside, have you done anything with SDR? You may be interested in this: https://github.com/flightaware/piaware

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-02-02, sean wrote: > I don't know if I'll be able to join the pool because I don't > have a static IP. Although, if I register with a DNS name, couldn't I > just update the A record if/when it changes? > something like time.example.com. That won't work.

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-02-02, sean wrote: > On 2017-02-01, David Taylor wrote: >> >> Sean, >> >> Thanks for your comments - much of the Web site is comprised of my own >> notes to remind me what to do next time! Still waiting for one

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-02-01, David Taylor wrote: > > Sean, > > Thanks for your comments - much of the Web site is comprised of my own > notes to remind me what to do next time! Still waiting for one minor > operation, and then to see if (or should it be when?) the

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-02-01, Miroslav Lichvar wrote: > On 2017-02-01, sean wrote: >> On 2017-01-30, William Unruh wrote: >>> You do not say which OS you use. Windows (which version?), Mac, linux, >>> BSD? >> >> Primarily FreeBSD and

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

Quoting Jakob Bohm : 1. Do you know if anyone has tried using the real-time coprocessors on the BBB to more accurately track the PPS signal? I have a driver for the BBB's input capture timer hardware here: https://github.com/ddrown/pps-gmtimer There's a bug in the

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-01-31 22:55, sean wrote: > On 2017-01-30, David Taylor wrote: >> On 30/01/2017 04:13, sean wrote: >>> I'm real interested in NTP and accurate time, hence why I'm on this >>> newsgroup. I would like to look into getting a time sensor and I hear >>>

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 01/02/2017 10:59, Jakob Bohm wrote: [] As I am looking at the BBB myself, here are some extra questions: 1. Do you know if anyone has tried using the real-time coprocessors on the BBB to more accurately track the PPS signal? 2. I presume the BBB could be put in a shielded case (I see some

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 01/02/2017 05:55, sean wrote: [] Hi Dave, Thank you for the reply. I found your website about 3 weeks ago and got the urge to checkout GPS devices, like the GPS18, Raspberry pi options, etc. Thank you for it and all of the graphs. You certainly have many Pis keep track of the time! I don't

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 01/02/2017 06:55, sean wrote: On 2017-01-30, David Taylor wrote: On 30/01/2017 04:13, sean wrote: Hi All, I'm real interested in NTP and accurate time, hence why I'm on this newsgroup. I would like to look into getting a time sensor and I hear the

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-02-01, sean wrote: > On 2017-01-30, William Unruh wrote: >> You do not say which OS you use. Windows (which version?), Mac, linux, >> BSD? > > Primarily FreeBSD and OpenBSD, but also Linux. Knowning that, what's > that mean in terms of a

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-01-30, William Unruh wrote: > On 2017-01-30, sean wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I'm real interested in NTP and accurate time, hence why I'm on this >> newsgroup. I would like to look into getting a time sensor and I hear >> the Garmin GPS 18X

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-01-30, Terje Mathisen wrote: > sean wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I'm real interested in NTP and accurate time, hence why I'm on this >> newsgroup. I would like to look into getting a time sensor and I hear >> the Garmin GPS 18X is what some folks run unless they need

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-01-30, David Taylor wrote: > On 30/01/2017 04:13, sean wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I'm real interested in NTP and accurate time, hence why I'm on this >> newsgroup. I would like to look into getting a time sensor and I hear >> the Garmin GPS 18X is what

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-01-30, David Taylor wrote: > I have been running NTP on multiple systems since 2002, including Linux > and Windows (2000 and later), both with hardware sync (GPS18, GPS18x and > multiple GPS devices for the Raspberry Pi), and with LAN and Wi-Fi >

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-01-30 00:53, David Taylor wrote: > On 30/01/2017 04:13, sean wrote: >> I'm real interested in NTP and accurate time, hence why I'm on >> this newsgroup. I would like to look into getting a time sensor and >> I hear the Garmin GPS 18X is what some folks run unless they need >> much more

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 30/01/2017 04:13, sean wrote: Hi All, I'm real interested in NTP and accurate time, hence why I'm on this newsgroup. I would like to look into getting a time sensor and I hear the Garmin GPS 18X is what some folks run unless they need much more precision. Is this still a pretty well

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

sean wrote: Hi All, I'm real interested in NTP and accurate time, hence why I'm on this newsgroup. I would like to look into getting a time sensor and I hear the Garmin GPS 18X is what some folks run unless they need much more precision. Is this still a pretty well regarding GPS unit for pretty

Re: [ntp:questions] Time syncing with something other than ntpd

On 2017-01-30, sean wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm real interested in NTP and accurate time, hence why I'm on this > newsgroup. I would like to look into getting a time sensor and I hear > the Garmin GPS 18X is what some folks run unless they need much more >