Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-29 Thread Rob
David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: For Rob, I would suggest that each TX have a GPS/PPS reference with sky view, and that each PC was identical (e.g. all Raspberry Pi cards), and then getting them synced to with 12 microseconds should be easy. I Of course that is

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-29 Thread David Taylor
On 29/04/2014 09:41, Rob wrote: [] Of course that is what we have. E.g. on a prototype here at home: ntpq -p remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter == oPPS(0) .PPS.

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-29 Thread Rob
David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: Unfortunately that is not the same as performing some task like outputting audio at an accuracy of 12us, but that is the next challenge :-) Indeed, and you will likely want to look at very matched systems (PCs and transmitters - the

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-29 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-29, Rob nom...@example.com wrote: David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: Unfortunately that is not the same as performing some task like outputting audio at an accuracy of 12us, but that is the next challenge :-) Indeed, and you will likely want to look at very

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-29 Thread Rob
William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: The problem is not the electronics, it is the response of the system to the interrupt. That interrupt processing time is in the usec range. This does not really matter when it is constant. And my experience is that the jitter on the PPS refclock is usually

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-29 Thread Rob
William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: On 2014-04-29, Rob nom...@example.com wrote: William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: The problem is not the electronics, it is the response of the system to the interrupt. That interrupt processing time is in the usec range. This does not really matter

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread David Woolley
On 27/04/14 19:20, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The goal is not to have 12us difference in arrival time, but to be within 12us for transmission time. But it is the difference in arrival time that will affect the quality of the audio that is heard, so it is that which you would need to

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread Rob
William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: On 2014-04-27, Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while driving around. So of course there should be no time lag between the modulation signals of the

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread Rob
David Woolley david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid wrote: On 27/04/14 19:20, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The goal is not to have 12us difference in arrival time, but to be within 12us for transmission time. But it is the difference in arrival time that will affect the quality of the audio

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-28, Rob nom...@example.com wrote: Jochen Bern jochen.b...@linworks.de wrote: However, that *does* leave me wondering where the 12 us figure comes into play. With the typical distances between 2m and even 70cm repeaters, the mobile transceivers will see shifts *far* beyond that

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread David Woolley
On 28/04/14 16:19, William Unruh wrote: For voice, the max frequency is something like 4KHz (eg telephone quality) which is 250us (125us sampling) . Telephone quality is 3.1 kHz bandwidth from 300Hz to 3.4kHz, which allows for channel filters/realisable anti-aliasing filters. I believe that

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread Rob
William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: All in all it is funny to read all the that cannot be done-like comments by several persons on a ntp newsgroup while systems like this have been in use since the seventies, and in fact have already been build by amateurs and are in operation today. So I

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-28, David Woolley david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid wrote: On 28/04/14 16:19, William Unruh wrote: For voice, the max frequency is something like 4KHz (eg telephone quality) which is 250us (125us sampling) . Telephone quality is 3.1 kHz bandwidth from 300Hz to 3.4kHz, which allows

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread Henry Hallam
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:14 AM, William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: Not sure why they would need a lower cutoff, except that it would allow the ancient telephone receivers to comply. Certainly one can make cheap receivers now that go a lot lower than 300Hz. Because 3.1 kHz of bandwidth is

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread Jan Ceuleers
On 04/28/2014 07:37 PM, Henry Hallam wrote: On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:14 AM, William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: Not sure why they would need a lower cutoff, except that it would allow the ancient telephone receivers to comply. Certainly one can make cheap receivers now that go a lot lower

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread David Woolley
On 28/04/14 18:14, William Unruh wrote: Not sure why they would need a lower cutoff, except that it would allow the ancient telephone receivers to comply. To give good carrier suppression on analogue carrier systems! I believe that there is also a lot of energy below 300Hz that doesn't

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-28, Rob nom...@example.com wrote: William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: All in all it is funny to read all the that cannot be done-like comments by several persons on a ntp newsgroup while systems like this have been in use since the seventies, and in fact have already been build by

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-28 Thread David Taylor
For Rob, I would suggest that each TX have a GPS/PPS reference with sky view, and that each PC was identical (e.g. all Raspberry Pi cards), and then getting them synced to with 12 microseconds should be easy. I achieve this even with indoor GPS puck antennas:

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Rob
Paul tik-...@bodosom.net wrote: I don't know what terribly accurate might be to you but in the real world sufficient accuracy depends on the circumstance. Someone should conduct an experiment. I am in a group that works on a project that needs synchronous audio on geographically distributed

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Charles Elliott
I use Windows 8.1 and regularly see offsets of less than 1 ms. Right now the offset is -0.105 and the jitter is 0.028. Twas not always thus; several factors contributed to these results: 1. Use of Gigabyte Ethernet on the LAN, and the LAN is lightly loaded. 2. A high speed

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Jason Rabel
First, we sync all machines to locally connected GPS receivers with PPS output. We use ntpd and kernel PPS. This is wellknown territory. In the ntpq -p stats this appears to bring the systems within 10us, often within 2us, of the PPS signal. We still have to find out if this is reality or

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-27, Rob nom...@example.com wrote: Paul tik-...@bodosom.net wrote: I don't know what terribly accurate might be to you but in the real world sufficient accuracy depends on the circumstance. Someone should conduct an experiment. I am in a group that works on a project that needs

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Joe Gwinn
In article ljf8q0$mt2$3...@dont-email.me, William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: On 2014-04-26, Joe Gwinn joegw...@comcast.net wrote: In article 8188ba2b01fb534a99c03d79c62ce1d80982f...@uusnwe3a.global.utcmail.com, Montgomery, Peter BIS peter.montgom...@fs.utc.com wrote: I am new

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Rob
William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: The next problem is to send output to a soundcard and making it send a sample at the sampling clock edge closest to a specified time. (48kHz sampling rate corresponds to a sampling clock period of 20.8us) It will certainly depend on the sound card. AFAIK

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread David Woolley
On 27/04/14 17:28, Rob wrote: We are setting up a co-channel diversity network. That means multiple FM transmitters that are transmitting the same signal on the same frequency on different sites, where the receive areas partly overlap. This problem has already been solved using COFDM (aka

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Henry Hallam
On Apr 27, 2014 10:19 AM, David Woolley david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid wrote: On 27/04/14 17:28, Rob wrote: We are setting up a co-channel diversity network. That means multiple FM transmitters that are transmitting the same signal on the same frequency on different sites, where the receive

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Jochen Bern
[Resend to list, rather than non-working(?) sender e-mail address] On -10.01.-28163 20:59, Rob wrote: We are setting up a co-channel diversity network. That means multiple FM transmitters that are transmitting the same signal on the same frequency on different sites, where the receive areas

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Rob
j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while driving around. So of course there should be no time lag between the modulation signals of the different transmitters. Experts in the field tell us we should be within 12us. Unless

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Rob
David Woolley david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid wrote: On 27/04/14 17:28, Rob wrote: We are setting up a co-channel diversity network. That means multiple FM transmitters that are transmitting the same signal on the same frequency on different sites, where the receive areas partly overlap.

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Rob
Jochen Bern jochen.b...@linworks.de wrote: [Resend to list, rather than non-working(?) sender e-mail address] On -10.01.-28163 20:59, Rob wrote: We are setting up a co-channel diversity network. That means multiple FM transmitters that are transmitting the same signal on the same frequency

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while driving around. So of course there should be no time lag between the modulation signals of the different transmitters. Experts in the field tell us we

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: David Woolley david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid wrote: On 27/04/14 17:28, Rob wrote: We are setting up a co-channel diversity network. That means multiple FM transmitters that are transmitting the same signal on the same frequency on different sites, where the

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Rob
j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Your transmitters will have to be contained within a circle of 3.6km, reduced by the timing errors in the modulation at 0.3km/microsecond. This turns out to be not the case. Networks like this have been operating for decades, only

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Rob
j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while driving around. So of course there should be no time lag between the modulation signals of

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: Jochen Bern jochen.b...@linworks.de wrote: [Resend to list, rather than non-working(?) sender e-mail address] On -10.01.-28163 20:59, Rob wrote: We are setting up a co-channel diversity network. That means multiple FM transmitters that are transmitting the same

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while driving around. So of course there should be no time lag

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Rob
j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Your transmitters will have to be contained within a circle of 3.6km, reduced by the timing errors in the modulation at 0.3km/microsecond. This turns out to be not the case. Networks like this have

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The listeners should

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread Jochen Bern
On -10.01.-28163 20:59, Rob wrote: Jochen Bern jochen.b...@linworks.de wrote: I'm afraid I don't get it yet. You're trying to sync waveforms on the HF side (~100 MHz?) instead of switching between two transmitters on the AF side (couple kHz, with that much more leeway for the sync), a la

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-27, Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while driving around. So of course there should be no time lag between the modulation signals of the different transmitters. Experts in the

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-26 Thread Paul
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 11:22 PM, William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: I have 8 machines that reliably sync from one GPS PPS driven machine (all using chrony) and they get time reliability of about 10microseconds How do you determine the 10 micosec. value? And why are you conflating NTP

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-26 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-26, Paul tik-...@bodosom.net wrote: On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 11:22 PM, William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: I have 8 machines that reliably sync from one GPS PPS driven machine (all using chrony) and they get time reliability of about 10microseconds How do you determine the 10

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-26 Thread Paul
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 8:30 PM, William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: use the offset scatter as an estimate of the time performace (It is at least some sort of upper bound, but as I have said, not terribly accurate) I suspect you shouting CANNOT is probably overstating the issue. After all

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-26 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-27, Paul tik-...@bodosom.net wrote: On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 8:30 PM, William Unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: use the offset scatter as an estimate of the time performace (It is at least some sort of upper bound, but as I have said, not terribly accurate) I suspect you shouting

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-25 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-24, Montgomery, Peter BIS peter.montgom...@fs.utc.com wrote: I am new to NTP. But I have a quick question that I need to answer soon. I would like to know whether NTP can sync between a client and a server within 1ms if the client and server are Linux applications on a

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-25 Thread Harlan Stenn
Montgomery, Peter BIS writes: I am new to NTP. But I have a quick question that I need to answer soon. I would like to know whether NTP can sync between a client and a server within 1ms if the client and server are Linux applications on a simple local network ( less than 10 nodes). Yes, in

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-25 Thread mike cook
Le 25 avr. 2014 à 08:34, William Unruh a écrit : On 2014-04-24, Montgomery, Peter BIS peter.montgom...@fs.utc.com wrote: I am new to NTP. But I have a quick question that I need to answer soon. I would like to know whether NTP can sync between a client and a server within 1ms if

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-25 Thread Henry Hallam
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Montgomery, Peter BIS peter.montgom...@fs.utc.com wrote: I am new to NTP. But I have a quick question that I need to answer soon. I would like to know whether NTP can sync between a client and a server within 1ms if the client and server are Linux

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-25 Thread Rob
Henry Hallam he...@pericynthion.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Montgomery, Peter BIS peter.montgom...@fs.utc.com wrote: I am new to NTP. But I have a quick question that I need to answer soon. I would like to know whether NTP can sync between a client and a server

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-25 Thread Jason Rabel
I would like to know whether NTP can sync between a client and a server within 1ms if the client and server are Linux applications on a simple local network ( less than 10 nodes). Yes, if simply go by the offset figure in NTP, you can usually get sub-millisecond figures between two

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-25 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-25, Rob nom...@example.com wrote: Henry Hallam he...@pericynthion.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Montgomery, Peter BIS peter.montgom...@fs.utc.com wrote: I am new to NTP. But I have a quick question that I need to answer soon. I would like to know whether NTP

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-25 Thread Paul
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Montgomery, Peter BIS peter.montgom...@fs.utc.com wrote: I would like to know whether NTP can sync between a client and a server within 1ms if the client and server are Linux applications on a simple local network ( less than 10 nodes). As previously

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-25 Thread Joe Gwinn
In article 8188ba2b01fb534a99c03d79c62ce1d80982f...@uusnwe3a.global.utcmail.com, Montgomery, Peter BIS peter.montgom...@fs.utc.com wrote: I am new to NTP. But I have a quick question that I need to answer soon. I would like to know whether NTP can sync between a client and a server

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-25 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-26, Joe Gwinn joegw...@comcast.net wrote: In article 8188ba2b01fb534a99c03d79c62ce1d80982f...@uusnwe3a.global.utcmail.com, Montgomery, Peter BIS peter.montgom...@fs.utc.com wrote: I am new to NTP. But I have a quick question that I need to answer soon. I would like to

[ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-24 Thread Montgomery, Peter BIS
I am new to NTP. But I have a quick question that I need to answer soon. I would like to know whether NTP can sync between a client and a server within 1ms if the client and server are Linux applications on a simple local network ( less than 10 nodes). Sincerely, Peter