[ntp:questions] Re: Errors with NMEA refclock
Richard B. Gilbert
rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Mon Jan 30 20:47:02 UTC 2006
Danny Mayer wrote:
>John Pettitt wrote:
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>>Danny Mayer wrote:
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>>>David J Taylor wrote:
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>>>>You are, of course, correct. However, many devices /do/ allow higher
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>>>If the specific baud rate is defined in the spec then we shouldn't be
>>>providing knobs to turn to change it.
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>>>Danny
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>>Why? If NMEA devices allow the default to be changed it seems reasonable that the driver should
>>too. I don't see a downside to allowing the data rate to be changed.
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>>John
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>That's part of the question that's not clear to me. It's one thing if
>it's only designed for one baud rate, it's something else if the spec
>allows for other baud rates.
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The spec being cited is the NMEA spec. IIUC the NMEA spec defines the
protocol and establishes a standard baud rate for compatibility with
other NMEA devices in; e.g. a marine application. Here, the only other
device involved is a computer that is presumably capable of anything
from 300 baud to 115K baud.
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