Re: [ts-7000] time at power on

[Jim Jackson <>]

On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Markus Peuhkuri wrote:

> Jim Jackson wrote:
>
> >I've found the free running timers on the ts7200 allow my box to keep an
> >accuracy of the order of 1 sec in a couple of days.
> >
>
> I have not experience (yet, waiting...) on ts72xx, but the average
> crystal found from standard x86 PCs is a better thermometer than a time
> keeping device. (crystall oscillators have quite large temperature
> cofficient).

You are right to warn of this. My environment has a fairly constant temp.
and I have custom tuned the Linux system clock (see adjtimex) for my
setup. My tests of 1 sec per couple of days are empirical - tested against
a server with an NTP maintained clock.

Jim


 
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