[ntp:questions] Re: Garmin 18lvc working (finally!)

Terje Mathisen terje.mathisen at hda.hydro.com
Thu Mar 30 06:33:48 UTC 2006


crichmon at localhost.localdomain wrote:
> In article <1143651243.865074.176790 at e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>, jkline wrote:
>> good spot.  Not surprisingly, that was on my roof.  Now ntpd never
>> switches from the gps.
> 
> I sort of figured that.  The bad part is that the roof is 2 stories up
> and I don't like heights.  I'm also a little worried about having to
> extend the cable.  I'm powering off a USB port at the moment.

The power cable is no problem, it can be as long as you like.

Similarly, 4800 baud serial connections can also be stretched quite a 
ways, or you could even look into a proper extender, but that might give 
you problems re. the PPS quality.

Terje

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