-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-03-16 at 20:30 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
rs232 <--> usb converters, that's the cheap way...
Except that usb converters do not transfer all the modem control lines quickly. At least the ones I have tried.The pps signal is on a modem control line. The modem control lines are very quick - not related to the baud rate.
True enough. And it probably rises an interrupt, so you can get almost real time response. Then you will have to get port pci cards, but if you are using portables, you are out of luck. pcmcia then?
About the ntpd, if you are developing, I would think about your software feeding data to ntpd, instead of the other way round.
Or duplicate the data via a "splitter". Maybe there is a simple way.
Another reason we want to avoid having ntpd running when we do our thing is that we do not want the time to change. And ntpd will always do tiny adjustments.
Very true. You have to wait till the clock is synced, but even then, it will be very slightly nudged now and then. But I suppose you can use the gps clock directly, instead of system time. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF+w8atTMYHG2NR9URAoH+AJ4soqIJ2WnqQ0uHOnNLAaMeEUcNtACfRR4m lv6ZfHZOTGo8PTxFYGFsD1c= =Si6S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org