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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-05-18 20:43:24 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-05-18 20:43:24 +0000 |
commit | c4d92b11cfcaa8a550c24e14f998f795ca1e54cc (patch) | |
tree | bcfe1ca89db0d2b4377e12aa33a64d3d4df13467 /gpsd.xml | |
parent | 32b56982920ae17a1a6fec0f6a24ea87c8e658ec (diff) | |
download | gpsd-c4d92b11cfcaa8a550c24e14f998f795ca1e54cc.tar.gz |
Add documentation of PPS support.
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-rw-r--r-- | gpsd.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -590,19 +590,19 @@ updates.</para> <application>ntpd</application>, to keep the system clock synchronized to the time provided by the GPS receiver. Note that if you're going to use <application>gpsd</application> you probably want to run it -<option>-n</option> mode so the clock will be updated ebven when no +<option>-n</option> mode so the clock will be updated even when no clients are active.</para> -<para>Note that deriving time from messages received from the GPS -receiver is not as accurate as you might expect. Messages are often -delayed in the receiver and on the link by several hundred -milliseconds, and this delay is not constant. On Linux, -<application>gpsd</application> includes support for interpreting the -PPS pulses emitted at the start of every clock second on the -carrier-detect lines of some serial GPSes; this pulse is used to -update NTP at much higher precision. You can determine whethher -your GPS emits this pulse by running at -D 5 and watching for -carrier-detect state change messages in the logfile.</para> +<para>Note that deriving time from messages received from the GPS is +not as accurate as you might expect. Messages are often delayed in +the receiver and on the link by several hundred milliseconds, and this +delay is not constant. On Linux, <application>gpsd</application> +includes support for interpreting the PPS pulses emitted at the start +of every clock second on the carrier-detect lines of some serial +GPSes; this pulse can be used to update NTP at much higher accuracy +than message time provides. You can determine whether your GPS emits +this pulse by running at -D 5 and watching for carrier-detect state +change messages in the logfile.</para> <para>When <application>gpsd</application> receives a sentence with a timestamp, it packages the received timestamp with current local time |