26 Jun
2012
26 Jun
'12
4:33 p.m.
Word around the campfire is that the 18x is jittery compared to the 18. Maybe it only matters if you are super-anal. Majdi, do you have any current info on this? -r Ryan Malayter <malayter@gmail.com> writes:
+1 on the freesd-or-linux. with say a Garmin GPS-18x or whatever timing puck. Have an intern or junior tech tackle it as a learning exercise. The time geeks on comp.protocols.time.ntp seem to favor low-power Soekris hardware (http://soekris.com/) for stratum-1s. You need RS232 serial to get decent PPS; USB introduces tons of jitter.
If you have to have something pre-integrated and soon, I'd look at Meinberg: http://www.meinberg.de/english/products/index.htm#network_sync
-- RPM