[ntp:questions] Single GPS/PPS time source gets marked as a falseticker

Uwe Klein uwe at klein-habertwedt.de
Thu Jul 14 16:46:42 UTC 2011


Rob wrote:
> The native binary protocol usually has a SPECIFICATION about the time
> field in the messages (like: it is the current time at the moment the
> beginning of the message is leaving the receiver).  The NMEA protocol
> has a "time of fix", and that tells you nothing about what time it is
> now.
$GPZDA ?

imho binary protocols oftentimes add more problems than they solve.
more delay != more uncertainty

uwe




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