[ntp:questions] Using PPS

Kennedy, Paul P.Kennedy at fugro.com.au
Fri Dec 28 06:53:50 UTC 2012


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[mailto:questions-bounces+p.kennedy=fugro.com.au at lists.ntp.org] On
Behalf Of David Taylor
Sent: Friday, 28 December 2012 2:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Using PPS

On 28/12/2012 00:15, Joshua Small wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thank you for this. I guess this leads me to the question of "how do I
debug this", since I seem to have neither of those features listed.
>
> I do note that your example uses the ATOM driver 22, whereas several
pages have referred me to using the driver 20 as a "better" option - was
this a bad move?
>
> I did have to compile my own kernel as I added other modules not 
> present in the precompiled kernels featuring the PPS
>
> pi at raspberrypi ~ $ ntpq -p
>       remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay
offset  jitter
>
========================================================================
======
> *GPS_NMEA(0)     .GPS.            0 l    4    8    1    0.000  -27.038
0.004
> +wombat.osoal.or .GPS.            1 u    1   64    1   43.639  144.936
1.213
>   warrane.connect 130.95.179.80    2 u    1   64    1    5.842
144.114   0.574
> +203.192.179.98  223.252.32.9     2 u    2   64    1   21.483  103.720
1.765
>
> pi at raspberrypi ~ $ ntpq -c rv
>
> associd=0 status=0415 leap_none, sync_uhf_radio, 1 event, clock_sync, 
> version="ntpd 4.2.7p334 at 1.2483-o Mon Dec 17 22:19:03 UTC 2012 (1)", 
> processor="armv6l", system="Linux/3.2.27+", leap=00, stratum=1, 
> precision=-18, rootdelay=0.000, rootdisp=1028.296, refid=GPS,
> reftime=d4875ebc.1c973e69  Fri, Dec 28 2012 10:56:44.111,
> clock=d4875ebd.51aa5e49  Fri, Dec 28 2012 10:56:45.319, peer=1115, 
> tc=3, mintc=3, offset=-36.735257, frequency=-14.904, 
> sys_jitter=47.867458, clk_jitter=58.208, clk_wander=0.000
>
> (the somewhat large offset is due to the fact I only turned this on 
> two seconds before running the command.. they do level out)
>
> I'm running dev version 4.2.7p334, I also tried stable 4.2.6p5 with no
difference.

Joshua,

The fact that you don't have the "o" as the tally code (ntpq -p) and the
lack of "kern" (ntpq -c rv) says that PPS isn't working.  My
understanding (and I am open to correction) is this:

- the type 20 driver can detect PPS transitions on the DCD RS-232 line,
and can timestamp those.

- the type 22 driver relies on the OS detecting the PPS transition time,
via PPS built into the kernel of the OS.

- in the Raspberry Pi, there is no DCD line, and hence no DCD timestamp,
and hence the type 20 driver will not detect the PPS transitions.

- in the Raspberry Pi, there is direct I/O supported for some of the
GPIO pins, and one extension to the basic OS has been to use one of
those pins for PPS support.  This requires both a different kernel, and
a "module" driver add-on.

That's why I used the type 22 driver rather then type 20.
--
Cheers,
David
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu

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I use the type 20 driver on my pi, and PPS to the GPIO boards works a
treat with an $RMC or $ZDA string.

regards
pk


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