[time-nuts] 59503A GPIB clock windows/linux software.

[Hal Murray]

h.holzach at vtxmail.ch said:
> 2. i use the SCPI command ":ptime:time:str?" to read the time from the
> gpsdo. if i understand correctly, the resolution of the string is 1  sencond
> only. this would mean that if i read the time at Z + 0.9 seconds  then i get
> Z and not Z+0.9s. this does not help much to synchronize the  clock
> precisely with the GPSDO. or did i misunderstand something here  (which is
> not very unlikely)? 

Even though the resolution of the clock is low, you can get an accurate 
reading if you catch it rolling over from T to T+1.

I'd make a loop that reads the time and counts how many times you get the 
same answer.


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