[LinuxPPS] ntpd

[Folkert van Heusden]

> > *) Udo: you see? gps is waaay off compared to other sources on the net and my local DCF77 receiver
> >    so that is why one should use gps only for PPS
> Just NMEA will always be off.
> When correlated to PPS ntpd knows what time it was at the PPS.
> So your  remark says very little.
> Who can explain Folkert that NMEA plus PPS is not a bad practice?
> Folkert did not accept the analogy of the phoned time signal.
> Better check the config of your Garmin if the PPS is on. See the url of
> the ntp reference driver page I sent you. It has instructions.

I verified that. The device also responded correctly to my commands
(e.g. when I said "be silent", it became silent).
Now the testpps thing still outputs nothing.
I saw by the way that the 'on-line' status pulses between off-line and
on-line when I am in minicom.


Folkert van Heusden

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