On Apr 22, 2010, at 3:03 AM, Hal Murray wrote: > >> Has anyone successfully used a Thunderbolt GPS with a 4501 Netclock based >> on the design that John Ackermann describes on his web page. > > I assume you are talking about: > http://www.febo.com/pages/soekris/ > > Calling it a Netclock confuses google searching. > > >> What I am concerned about is whether or not the Thunderbolt RS-232 port >> supplies the time information in the correct format. > > If you are using ntpd, the Palisade driver (29) has an option to support > TBolts. It works fine for me, but I'm running on a vanilla PC rather than a > Soekris box. > > I think that driver is included in the normal build. If not, you will have > to rebuild ntpd.
Additionally you can also use gpsd and interface to the ntpd SHM driver. I also wrote a program called tboltd that in addition to interfacing with the SHM driver allows you to monitor the Thunderbolt with Lady Heather. There is a thread on that at <http://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2010-February/044476.html> Ralph _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
