Re: [ntp:questions] Using PPS

2012-12-28 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Yep. My bad. Definitely the GPIO port. Pk On 28/12/2012, at 5:45 PM, David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: On 28/12/2012 06:53, Kennedy, Paul wrote: [] I use the type 20 driver on my pi, and PPS to the GPIO boards works a treat with an $RMC or $ZDA string

Re: [ntp:questions] Using PPS

2012-12-27 Thread Kennedy, Paul
-Original Message- From: questions-bounces+p.kennedy=fugro.com...@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions-bounces+p.kennedy=fugro.com...@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Friday, 28 December 2012 2:33 PM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Using PPS On 28/12/2012

Re: [ntp:questions] What is the NTP recovery time from 16s step inGPSserver?

2012-11-01 Thread Kennedy, Paul
That is one description. Another would be it is a fully functional linux computer with LAN, HDMI, SVideo, Audio, USB, Serial, and a GPIO bus with the footprint of a credit card, no moving parts which draws only 2-3 watts for US$35. My pi units run various processes such as NTP, web hosting and

Re: [ntp:questions] What is the NTP recovery time from 16s step in GPSserver?

2012-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Dave, I believe the answer to your question is 12.5 minutes. This is the time it takes to receive the full set of 25 almanac frames, which contains the GPSTime/UTC offset (amongst other things). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_signals#Almanac regards pk

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

2012-10-29 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Dave, ntpd will be in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin. On my pi the /usr/sbin is the one in use. Just copy across your newly built binary and restart with a sudo /etc/init.d/ntp restart you can always kill the ntpd process (with a sudo ps -e | grep ntpd followed by sudo kill -9 processname), then run

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

2012-10-29 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Oct 29 18:45:21 2012 Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Using Trimble TSIP under Linux On 29/10/2012 09:44, Kennedy, Paul wrote: Dave, ntpd will be in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin. On my pi the /usr/sbin is the one in use. Just copy across your newly built binary and restart with a sudo /etc/init.d/ntp

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

2012-10-26 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Pedro, Unruh makes some good points here. Here is a good start point ntp.conf to get the stats logged at each server... #@Pedro, this section will log some ASCII stats of the clock quality. # You can easily plot them in scipy or your tool of choice. This is your 'baseline' for quality

Re: [ntp:questions] Using ntpd with custom clock

2012-10-17 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Forgive me if I am wrong, but this is a very odd request. As far as I can tell, the request is for the NTP corrections to the system clock to be used to correct a different clock. I cannot quite understand how this is of practical use. It is like diagnosing the faults on your car engine and

Re: [ntp:questions] Using ntpd with custom clock

2012-10-17 Thread Kennedy, Paul
...@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of unruh Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2012 5:34 PM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Using ntpd with custom clock On 2012-10-17, Rob nom...@example.com wrote: Kennedy, Paul p.kenn...@fugro.com.au wrote: Forgive me if I am wrong, but this is a very odd

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP client configuration

2012-09-27 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Ben, you have not yet stated what OS you are using. I think we need to know the flavour of windows you are using. If I read the mail thread, I see you have the following issues... 1. You have a problem with startup being too slow to achieve acceptable synchronisation. 2. Your windows boxes

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS and NMEA

2012-09-09 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Prab, this is a very ambiguous question, so I shall answer it as briefly as the question demands. PPS requires specific hardware and wiring. No PPS does not. regards pk -Original Message- From: questions-bounces+p.kennedy=fugro.com...@lists.ntp.org

Re: [ntp:questions] Have Pi, have GPS = low powered NTP server?

2012-08-29 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Hi Dave, good feedback. I have had the pi running for several days now without a hitch. Due to my dynamic IP (pending a static ip), you can find the pi and associated ntp server at: http://secondthoughts.no-ip.org I made a small realtime time-series plot and a page displaying ntpq info so I can

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP time compare util

2012-08-29 Thread Kennedy, Paul
I had a think about this oddball question last night, and decided to explore it a little further. Assuming I understand the original question from Harry Bloomfield, it came to me that the we already have the data Harry is looking for in the peerstats files, ie we have a data record for each

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP time compare util

2012-08-28 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Ivan, That tool would be ntpd. Just add all the servers you want to monitor, restart ntp and then run ntpq -p to see them all lined up. You can log the data to peerstats files to a file and make long term plots. Regards - Original Message - From:

Re: [ntp:questions] Visual clock display?

2012-08-26 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Hi Ralph, NTP is designed to synch your PC clock to UTC. If it is doing its job correctly, your PC clock time == utc time, so any software displaying time will do the trick. If you would like to get hold of NTP's best estimate of time, I would recommend the ntpq qc tool. ntpq -c rv which

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP and VMware

2012-08-13 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Hi Ali, when you state ' do not synchronize their times with the server', what do you mean? if you run 'ntpq -p' on the client side, you should see something like this remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter

Re: [ntp:questions] is USB inherently evil, or only if something else is on the bus?

2012-08-09 Thread Kennedy, Paul
I suspect Dave is on the money here. I commonly see this with RS232 data from a multitude of GNSS receivers. GNSS hardware primary purpose is typically to compute position. We are leveraging off the very handy clock stability feature inherent of GNSS. It is not uncommon for firmware developers

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP on local networks

2012-07-31 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Hi Will, good questions. Before I offer an answer: 1. can you please provide samples of the ntp.conf files you have in place. It would really assist. 2. can you please provide the version of ntpd you are using? regards pk Questions: How can I configure a client/peer to always accept a

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP on local networks

2012-07-31 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Exactly so. you can purchase a GPS receiver for well under $100 connect it to a serial port + pps on any of the pc's and have microsecond accuracy in a few hours. This 'master' can then serve time to all other PC's. The systems will then behave for years of unattended use. It is a far more

Re: [ntp:questions] losing time fast

2012-07-11 Thread Kennedy, Paul
pkmaybe you can post your ntp.conf file, so we can take a look. -Original Message- From: questions-bounces+p.kennedy=fugro.com...@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions-bounces+p.kennedy=fugro.com...@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists Sent:

Re: [ntp:questions] Clock time synchronization of four computers

2012-07-08 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Nazim, If all you need is relative timing, pick a computer as master (a modern one one you rarely reboot is a good choice), edit the ntp.conf file to use a series (say 3) of external pool servers. then goto the other 3 machines, edit the ntp.conf file and point them at you master, NOT the pool

Re: [ntp:questions] shared memory driver not working under windows4.2.7p273++ build?

2012-07-04 Thread Kennedy, Paul
These simply indicate that as you noticed, the Windows port currently does not include the SHM driver. However, the ?code in refclock_shm.c once was portable to Windows, and probably can be made so again without too much effort. You'll need to edit ports\winnt\include\config.h to #define

[ntp:questions] shared memory driver not working under windows 4.2.7p273++ build?

2012-07-03 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Hello, I have a question on the shared memory driver under windows. I am trying to use the shared mem driver. I believe I am populating the shared memory segment correctly. I have the following entry in the ntp.conf file... server 127.127.28.3 minpoll 3 maxpoll 3 iburst prefer fudge

[ntp:questions] shared memory driver not working under windows4.2.7p273++ build?

2012-07-03 Thread Kennedy, Paul
Good morning Sir, I am not sure what this reply indicates. Does it mean the Windows port does not / cannot support shared memory drivers? The comment is a little ambiguous (replaced with what?) CommitLog-4.1.0(5519,45): * ports/winnt/: Replaced with new code (no SHM or PALISADE)