Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-06 Thread Hal Murray
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY One thing that comes to mind, though I may be missing something here. Ethernet is CDMA/CA; would you not loose phase lock during a collision because of a corrupted carrier? Early (1970's) Ethernet was CSMA/CD on long

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-06 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Dr Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:04:48 +1200 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hej Magnus Hej Bruce, One could always make use of the 2 spare

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-06 Thread Bob Paddock
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Sunday 05 August 2007 12:13, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: We found the best waveguide experience was in the range of 300 to 420 MHz, but the distance is very limited, hundreds of feet at most. The main problem at different

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-05 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Jack Hudler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 20:10:45 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack, Well, guess what I do for a living... Tell me your in the Dallas

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-05 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Thomas A. Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 23:54:53 -0400 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-05 Thread Javier Serrano
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi nuts, I'm working with Pablo at CERN on the General Machine Timing (GMT) system, and since this subject has generated quite a lot of questions I thought I'd give you some more context information: - CERN is a big (in the

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-05 Thread Bob Paddock
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Saturday 04 August 2007 23:54, Thomas A. Frank wrote: Ah, but what if one used the tunnel itself as a waveguide, and propagated an RF signal down it? For many years I designed Coal Mining Equipment, I can tell you from

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-05 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bob Paddock writes: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false We found the best waveguide experience was in the range of 300 to 420 MHz, but the distance is very limited, hundreds of feet at most. The

Re: [time-nuts] timing on ethernet

2007-08-05 Thread Phil Staton
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi I've been thinking (always a bad move), is the idea to use the ethernet clock to provide precise timing and the data to point to the waveform cycle. (Shades of gps here). Apparently 10Bt has a strong component at

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on ethernet

2007-08-05 Thread Phil Staton
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY I meant to add - the clock itself is extracted for use in the interface by a DPLL but I do not know how good it is. Should be fairly easy to measure. I will need to make a second independent network, I've already had my ear

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-05 Thread Bill Hawkins
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY There are many replies to this thread. I have not read them all, but I sense some diversion from the truth. Ethernet is inherently imprecise. Once a message is started, it runs to completion, taking chunks of time as it goes.

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-05 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Bill Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 16:25:36 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are many replies to this thread. I have not read them all, but I sense

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-05 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Magnus Danielson wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Bill Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 16:25:36 -0500 Message

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Jack Hudler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:57:12 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Magnus, I guess I was dating myself :). Jack, no worries! :-) Pablo

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Jack Hudler
on Ethernet From: Jack Hudler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:57:12 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Magnus, I guess I was dating myself :). Jack, no worries! :-) Pablo, is this going to be used for timing throughout the entire

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Neville Michie
! Jack -Original Message- From: Magnus Danielson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 6:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet From: Jack Hudler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Jack Hudler
measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Thinking outside the square What you need is a low frequency transmitter exactly in the middle of the ring... Neville Michie On 05/08/2007, at 5:01 AM, Jack Hudler wrote: I was thinking of timing protocol only without any Ethernet

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Neville Michie wrote: Thinking outside the square What you need is a low frequency transmitter exactly in the middle of the ring... Neville Michie Neville Isn't the accelerator located underground? Bruce

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Jack Hudler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 14:01:35 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY I

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Dr Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:50:19 +1200 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Neville Michie
Hi, Low frequencies penetrate the ground to some depth. However, propagation may vary seasonally as groundwater concentrations change. cheers, Neville michie On 05/08/2007, at 7:50 AM, Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: Neville Michie wrote: Thinking outside the square What you need is a low

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Jack Hudler
Tell me your in the Dallas area and need help! -Original Message- From: Magnus Danielson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 7:31 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Well, guess what I do for a living... Cheers

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Neville Michie wrote: Hi, Low frequencies penetrate the ground to some depth. However, propagation may vary seasonally as groundwater concentrations change. cheers, Neville michie Neville Even without the seasonal

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Thomas A . Frank
Ah, but what if one used the tunnel itself as a waveguide, and propagated an RF signal down it? Would it then reliably arrive at all the points, with a known delay? Since the tunnels are probably at least ten meters wide and tall, that's a pretty low frequency, which is easy to generate, and

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-04 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Thomas A. Frank wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Ah, but what if one used the tunnel itself as a waveguide, and propagated an RF signal down it? Would it then reliably arrive

[time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-03 Thread Pablo Alvarez Sanchez
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Dear timing colleges, At CERN we are considering the possibility of using Ethernet as a real time field bus. We may use IEEE 1588 to distribute precise UTC and Ethernet Powerlink or a similar home made product to guarantee

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-03 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Pablo Alvarez Sanchez wrote: Dear timing colleges, At CERN we are considering the possibility of using Ethernet as a real time field bus. We may use IEEE 1588 to distribute precise UTC and Ethernet Powerlink or a

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-03 Thread Jack Hudler
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY One thing that comes to mind, though I may be missing something here. Ethernet is CDMA/CA; would you not loose phase lock during a collision because of a corrupted carrier? ___

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-03 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Jack Hudler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 07:38:35 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY One

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-03 Thread Warner Losh
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Looking at the IEEE 1588 while implementing in your own FPGA seems like an odd choice. It is an option, but you could fairly easy cook up something which fits your needs. It is not too hard actually. The main reason that

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet (Magnus Danielson)

2007-08-03 Thread Pablo Alvarez Sanchez
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY First of all thanks a lot for your answers. For a facility like CERN, I think that normal cabel assymetries will be sufficiently low such that they would not require explicit handling, unless you have higher

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet (Magnus Danielson)

2007-08-03 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: Pablo Alvarez Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet (Magnus Danielson) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 18:25:58 +0200 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Pablo, First of all thanks a lot for your answers. Thanks. For a facility like CERN, I think that normal cabel

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-03 Thread Bob Paddock
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Friday 03 August 2007 07:22, Pablo Alvarez Sanchez wrote: At CERN we are considering the possibility of using Ethernet as a real time field bus. There are a couple of projects that have already gone down this road, for

Re: [time-nuts] Timing on Ethernet

2007-08-03 Thread Jack Hudler
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Thanks Magnus, I guess I was dating myself :). Pablo, is this going to be used for timing throughout the entire CERN site or just instrumentation on 27km LHC? If it's just the LHC then what about using an open fiber/copper