[time-nuts] Transmitting a time sync signal - what's the trick?
Matthew Smith
matt at smiffytech.com
Wed Feb 27 04:21:02 EST 2008
Quoth Hal Murray at 2008-02-27 17:03...
> It's simple after you see it.
Now you've explained it, yes it is :-)
> You can get a good estimate of the 1-way delay by polling a typical remote
> box and dividing the response time by two. (Correct for packet lengths if
> that matters.)
I could even integrate that into the system - at least for the 2-way nodes.
> Check the numbers. or try it. If the PC is mostly lightly loaded you may not
> need any real-time stuff. Just let the scheduler do its thing. It may screw
> up at 3AM when some cron job does a lot of disk activity. Who cares.
I'll probably stick with the microcontroller as I don't think I'll have
a PC involved at all when I'm testing the RF link.
Many thanks for helping to get this through my thick skull! It seems so
simple now...
Cheers
M
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