[ntpsec commit] Update refclocks page reflecting ubiquity of GPSes.
Eric S. Raymond
esr at ntpsec.org
Tue Oct 6 04:13:12 UTC 2015
Module: ntpsec
Branch: master
Commit: d4b8bc5a7a3b54e0a088304f8775bf6fe78b0113
Changeset: http://git.ntpsec.org/ntpsec/commit/?id=d4b8bc5a7a3b54e0a088304f8775bf6fe78b0113
Author: Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com>
Date: Mon Oct 5 22:25:33 2015 -0400
Update refclocks page reflecting ubiquity of GPSes.
---
docs/refclock.txt | 22 ++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/refclock.txt b/docs/refclock.txt
index ec1e19e..7665548 100644
--- a/docs/refclock.txt
+++ b/docs/refclock.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ image:pic/stack1a.jpg[gif]Master Time Facility at the
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/%7emills/lab.html[UDel Internet Research
Laboratory]
-Last update: 10-Mar-2014 05:20 UTC
-
-
== Related Links ==
include::includes/hand.txt[]
@@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ include::includes/audio.txt[]
[[intro]]
== Introduction ==
-NTP Version 4 supports almost four dozen satellite, radio and telephone
+{project-shortname} supports almost four dozen satellite, radio and telephone
modem reference clocks plus several audio devices for instrumentation
signals. A general description of the reference clock support is on this
page. Additional information about each reference clock driver can be
@@ -38,13 +35,18 @@ reference clock use only Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Timezone and
standard/daylight adjustments are performed by the operating system
kernel.
-A reference clock will generally (though not always) be a radio timecode
+Nowadays a reference clock will generally (though not always) be a GPS or GPSDO
+(GPS-conditioned oscillator). In former times it was often a radio timecode
receiver synchronized to standard time as provided by NIST and USNO in
-the US, NRC in Canada and their counterparts elsewhere in the world. A
-device driver specific to each reference clock must be compiled in the
-distribution; however, most common radio, satellite and telephone modem
-clocks are included by default and are activated by configuration
-commands.
+the US, NRC in Canada and their counterparts elsewhere in the world.
+Precision time radios have been extinct in the U.S. since NIST changed their
+signal modulation in 2013; elsewhere they still exist but usage is
+declining under pressure from GPS technology.
+
+A device driver specific to each reference clock must be compiled in
+the distribution; however, most common GPS, radio, satellite and
+telephone modem clocks are included by default and are activated by
+configuration commands.
Reference clocks are supported in the same way as ordinary NTP clients
and use the same filter, select, cluster and combine algorithms. Drivers
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