[ntp:questions] NTP and Trimble TSIP

[Neil Green]

I'm trying, and failing, to get ntp to talk to a Trimble Copernicus II receiver outputting TSIP at 38400 over GPIO on a Raspberry Pi. NTP was compiled with:

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./configure --enable-TRIMTSIP --enable-SHM --disable-ipv6 --enable-linuxcaps --enable-GPSD --enable-NMEA --enable-ATOM

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My ntp.conf:

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driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift

logfile /var/log/ntp.log

leapfile /home/pi/leap-seconds.3661632000


enable calibrate

disable bclient

tos mindist 0.0002


server 80.5.182.144 iburst

server 89.16.173.64 iburst

server 143.210.16.201 iburst

server 217.114.59.3 iburst

server 158.43.128.66 iburst

server 129.215.42.240 iburst


server 127.127.8.0 mode 138 minpoll 4 maxpoll 4 iburst prefer

fudge 127.127.8.0 refid TSIP flag2 0 flag3 1


restrict -4 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery


restrict 127.0.0.1

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And NTP sees the TSIP output:

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associd=0 status=0618 leap_none, sync_ntp, 1 event, no_sys_peer,

version="ntpd 4.3.91 at 1.2483-o Mon Feb 15 23:41:44 UTC 2016 (3)",

processor="armv7l", system="Linux/4.1.17-v7+", leap=00, stratum=3,

precision=-19, rootdelay=22.680, rootdisp=21.143, refid=80.5.182.144,

reftime=da6d88a4.d07d578a  Tue, Feb 16 2016 11:38:12.814,

clock=da6d89d1.39d90431  Tue, Feb 16 2016 11:43:13.225, peer=6872, tc=6,

mintc=3, offset=0.154387, frequency=-7.677, sys_jitter=0.722466,

clk_jitter=1.027, clk_wander=0.008, tai=36, leapsec=201507010000,

expire=201612280000

     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter

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*80.5.182.144    10.178.5.138     2 u   34   64  177   16.308   -1.325   2.405

 89.16.173.64    .STEP.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.000

 143.210.16.201  .STEP.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.000

 217.114.59.3    .STEP.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.000

+158.43.128.66   193.67.79.202    2 u   37   64  177   20.338   -0.721   1.413

 129.215.42.240  .STEP.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.000

 127.127.8.0     .TSIP.           0 l    -   16    0    0.000    0.000   0.000

ntp_gettime() returns code 0 (OK)

  time da6d89d1.55f19d68  Tue, Feb 16 2016 11:43:13.335, (.335718994),

  maximum error 178483 us, estimated error 1026 us, TAI offset 36

ntp_adjtime() returns code 0 (OK)

  modes 0x0 (),

  offset 47.530 us, frequency -7.677 ppm, interval 4 s,

  maximum error 178483 us, estimated error 1026 us,

  status 0x2001 (PLL,NANO),

  time constant 6, precision 0.001 us, tolerance 500 ppm,

  pps frequency 0.000 ppm, stability 0.000 ppm, jitter 0.000 us,

  intervals 0, jitter exceeded 0, stability exceeded 0, errors 0.

associd=0 status=0015 1 event, clk_bad_date,

device="Trimble GPS (TSIP) receiver", timecode="\x10\x82\x07\x10\x03",

poll=28, noreply=0, badformat=0, baddata=1, fudgetime1=20.000, stratum=0,

refid=TSIP, flags=4,

refclock_ppstime="da6d89d1.00ea7be3  Tue, Feb 16 2016 11:43:13.003",

refclock_time="<UNDEFINED>", refclock_status="PPS; (PPS SIGNAL)",

refclock_format="Trimble TSIP",

refclock_states="*ILLEGAL DATE: 00:07:22 (100.00%); running time: 00:07:22",

gps_position_ext(LLA)="lat 52.919398 N, lon 1.488431 W, alt 51.04m",

trimble_receiver_health="doing position fixes, Battery backup failed",

trimble_status="machine id 0x01, Battery Powered Time Clock Fault, Superpackets supported",

trimble_satview="mode: 3D-AUTO, PDOP 2.73, HDOP 1.70, VDOP 2.14, TDOP 1.73, 6 satellites in view: 02, 05, 07, 09, 30, 06",

trimble_tracking_status[02]="ch=0, acq=ACQ, eph=1, signal_level= 27.00, elevation= 32.18, azimuth= 228.37",

trimble_tracking_status[05]="ch=1, acq=ACQ, eph=1, signal_level= 29.00, elevation= 58.26, azimuth= 289.16",

trimble_tracking_status[13]="ch=7, acq=ACQ, eph=1, signal_level= 23.00, elevation= 23.72, azimuth= 257.97, collecting data",

trimble_tracking_status[06]="ch=8, acq=ACQ, eph=1, signal_level= 20.00, elevation=  8.61, azimuth= 190.83",

trimble_tracking_status[20]="ch=2, acq=ACQ, eph=0, signal_level= 23.00, elevation= 10.48, azimuth= 306.67, collecting data",

trimble_tracking_status[07]="ch=3, acq=ACQ, eph=1, signal_level= 31.00, elevation= 63.74, azimuth=  91.16",

trimble_tracking_status[09]="ch=5, acq=ACQ, eph=1, signal_level= 28.00, elevation= 33.34, azimuth=  80.90",

trimble_tracking_status[30]="ch=6, acq=ACQ, eph=1, signal_level= 44.00, elevation= 58.63, azimuth= 164.76",

gps-message=""

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My ntp.log shows:

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PARSE receiver #0: initializing PPS to ASSERT

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But NTP never "locks onto" the TSIP output. What am I missing?