Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 02 Mar 2001 12:26:39 -0800
From:      richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net>
To:        Rob <europax@home.com>
Cc:        "George V. Neville-Neil" <gnn@neville-neil.com>, hawk <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hooking a Radio (Atomic) Clock to FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <3AA001FE.4DA0CDB6@pacbell.net>
References:  <200102280005.QAA2360403@meer.meer.net> <3A9D83C4.70F1675B@home.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
www.datum.com has several products which you might find usable.

I haven't researched this for a few years; last time I evaluated clocks, it was
for Hambrecht & Quist, two or three years ago, but there were a plethora of
products available.

Heathkit had a product available back in the late 1980s, when I was working for
Ampex R&D; but I'm not sure if Heathkit is in business any more, as such ...
<sigh>


-- richard


Rob wrote:

> I've seen those Rubidium frequency standards on the surplus market for a
> few $K.  Don't know what you need to convert it into a usable time
> standard.  Rob.
>
> "George V. Neville-Neil" wrote:
> >
> > > >     I'm not sure where to ask this.  I want to hook a radio clock
> > > > to a serial or other input on my FreBSD machine so I'll be a Stratum 2
> > > > server.  Does anyone know where to get such a clock and what software
> > > > I'd need?  I don't see anything in the PORTS collection after a quick
> > > > scan.  Can xntp just talk to one of these thigns to serve time?
> > >
> > > It's not in the ports :)  Run /stand/sysinstall, configure, and
> > > network services. Select ntpdate, and choose a server.
> >
> > No, I don't want to choose a server I want to BE a server.  There for
> > I need a device that gets the radio clock signal and converts it into
> > something that FreeBSD can understand and then I need to set up
> > something like xntp to propogate that.
> >
> > Anyone else want to try?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > George
> >
> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

--
Richard A. Childers
Senor UNIX Administrator
fscked@pacbell.net (email)
203.556.8471 (voice/msgs)

# Providing administrative expertise (not 'damage control') since 1986.
# PGP fingerprint: 7EFF 164A E878 7B04 8E9F  32B6 72C2 D8A2 582C 4AFA



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3AA001FE.4DA0CDB6>