Figures of merit for time servers

[Clark B. Wierda]

Yo, Gary!

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com> wrote:

>
> The NTP doc pretty much defines our topic words.
>
> http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/NTPRelatedDefinitions



We should use the standard to the extent reasonable.

>
>
> But it does get a bit sloppy on some terms like "accuracy".
>


I think I will try to avoid using the term 'accuracy' in describing
performance and see how far I can get without it.

>
> > Once I have some data, I can figure out a good way to display it and
> > iterate from there.
>
> In a related space (time-nuts), they use a mostly widows program
> called "Lady Heather".  It has some nice ideas.
>
> http://www.ke5fx.com/heather/readme.htm
>
> See attached for a cool screen shot of its output.
>
> One cool thing on it is the Allan Deviation (ADEV) data.
>
> Sadly it is specific to the Trimble style of cell tower reference
> clocks.
>
> RGDS
> GARY
>


Looks good as a benchmark on how similar data can be presented.

Thanks,
Clark
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