[time-nuts] ntpdc -c kern explanation

[Ron Hahn (EI2JP)]

Colleagues,

Can someone give me a lay mans explanation of each of the lines of
output from my ntpdc -c kern command please?

[root at tock /usr/local/etc]# ntpdc -c kern
pll offset:           8e-07 s
pll frequency:        -2.289 ppm
maximum error:        0.006736 s
estimated error:      1e-06 s
status:               2107  pll ppsfreq ppstime ppssignal nano
pll time constant:    4
precision:            1e-09 s
frequency tolerance:  496 ppm
pps frequency:        -2.289 ppm
pps stability:        0.011 ppm
pps jitter:           1.564e-06 s
calibration interval: 256 s
calibration cycles:   1646
jitter exceeded:      345
stability exceeded:   1
calibration errors:   1
[root at tock /usr/local/etc]#

Thanks!

Ron

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Ron Hahn, EI2JP
Rosslare Strand,
County Wexford, Ireland