[ntp:questions] First attempt GPSD/PPS ->NTP time server

Rob van der Putten rob at sput.nl
Thu Jan 31 21:44:44 UTC 2008


Hi there


Unruh wrote:

> This is confusing. You first say that one NMEA sentence pers second is too
> much data, and then that youarranged that it sent 6 sentences per second.
> Note that only one sentence ( which should take about 140ms at 4800Bd) is
> allo you need. 

GPRMC, GPGGA, GPGSA and three GPGSV lines (default) are max 367 chars.
All sentences enabled are max 575 chars, which takes longer then one 
second to send.

If you just want time, GPRMC is all you need.
If you want to see where the sats are, you need more.
See http://www.garmin.com/manuals/425_TechnicalSpecification.pdf


Regards,
Rob
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