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[gpsd-dev] [PATCH 3/5] Update C;ock Types section


From: Sanjeev Gupta
Subject: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 3/5] Update C;ock Types section
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 02:01:19 +0800

Minor changes
---
 www/time-service-intro.txt | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/www/time-service-intro.txt b/www/time-service-intro.txt
index 6aca5c7..2ee1e5f 100644
--- a/www/time-service-intro.txt
+++ b/www/time-service-intro.txt
@@ -119,17 +119,17 @@ commonly claim 100 ns.
 A plain GPS, without a stabilized crystal, can serve as a clock
 source.  However, it will generally be unable to deliver time at all when
 it lacks memory of a previous 3D position fix and current lock on at
-least one satellite.
+least one satellite.  In other words, it has no ''holdover''.
 
-GPSes actually deliver two times: 1PPS at top of second and in-band
+GPSes actually deliver two times: 1PPS at top of second, and in-band
 time expressed in a message packet over the serial or USB link.  In
-consumer-grade GPSes 1PPS may not be shipped to the serial connector;
+consumer-grade GPSes, 1PPS may not be shipped to the serial connector;
 if it is, it becomes a pulse on a handshake line, usually DCD.
 
-In-band time is usually delivered to the second only and is shipped
-with significant and variable delay after 1PPS, typically on the order
-of 100 ms. By contrast, 1PPS time output total error will typically be
-close to 1μs.
+In-band time is usually delivered accurate to the second only and is 
+shipped with significant and variable delay after 1PPS, typically on 
+the order of 100 ms. By contrast, 1PPS time output total error will 
+typically be close to 1μs.
 
 == Basics of NTP ==
 
-- 
2.1.4




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