[ntp:questions] Re: May ntp be off by a second in case of GPSsource?
Eric
ejensen at spamcop.net
Fri Dec 30 17:09:02 UTC 2005
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:22:12 GMT, KomkaP at prolan.hu (Komka Péter) wrote
for the entire planet to see:
>Thomas Laus wrote:
>> "At the tone, the time will be xx:xx"
>> The GPS receiver sends the timestamp message for the next PPS pulse and
>> the NTP software uses the exact time of the pulse to synchronize the
>> local clock.
>
>So, can it be stated that NTP (strictly) requires (and will require) such a
>GPS receiver?
>
>(Operating such that the stamp tells, in advance, what will be the time at the
>following PPS-signal.)
NTP doesn't require a local reference clock at all. And if you want
one, NTP supports quite a few drivers for different models.
I use one that interfaces the other way, where the NTP (on the PC)
raises an RS232 signal line (RTS, I think) and the reference clock
saves the time at that instant and then sends that time, a variable
number of milliseconds later, to the PC/NTP via the serial
connection. No PPS in use, but it does sync pretty well.
- Eric
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