Re: [time-nuts] USB to Serial Connectors for GPS Modules

2008-06-05 Thread Matthew Smith
Quoth Ulrich Bangert at 2008-06-05 13:58... consider the latency times of ANYTHING on a USB provided virtual serial connection to be in the order of 1 ms. If no serial data is send but only status signals change their state the latency can even be higher. Thanks (and to the others who

Re: [time-nuts] USB to Serial Connectors for GPS Modules

2008-06-05 Thread Jim Lux
At 04:10 PM 6/5/2008, Matthew Smith wrote: Quoth Ulrich Bangert at 2008-06-05 13:58... consider the latency times of ANYTHING on a USB provided virtual serial connection to be in the order of 1 ms. If no serial data is send but only status signals change their state the latency can even be

[time-nuts] USB to Serial Connectors for GPS Modules

2008-06-04 Thread Matthew Smith
Hi Folks Are there any issues with connecting computers to GPS modules through USB to serial devices like the FTDI FT232R, as opposed to 'native' serial ports? At the moment, I'm thinking in the context of an NTP server, but am interested in a general context should I need to move to

Re: [time-nuts] USB to Serial Connectors for GPS Modules

2008-06-04 Thread christopher hoover
Matthew Smith wrote: Are there any issues with connecting computers to GPS modules through USB to serial devices like the FTDI FT232R, as opposed to 'native' serial ports? The PPS API (cf. RFC 2783) is generally implemented in the hardware serial driver (or is once the PPSKIT patches are

Re: [time-nuts] USB to Serial Connectors for GPS Modules

2008-06-04 Thread Prologix
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Smith Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:26 PM To: Time Nuts List Subject: [time-nuts] USB to Serial Connectors for GPS Modules Hi Folks Are there any issues with connecting computers to GPS modules through USB to serial devices like the FTDI FT232R, as opposed to 'native

Re: [time-nuts] USB to Serial Connectors for GPS Modules

2008-06-04 Thread Ulrich Bangert
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Matthew Smith Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. Juni 2008 03:26 An: Time Nuts List Betreff: [time-nuts] USB to Serial Connectors for GPS Modules Hi Folks Are there any issues with connecting computers to GPS modules through USB to serial