query related to network time protocol with tango

# 7 years ago
TCS_GMRT	Hi, I was exploring on integrating Network Time Protocol (NTP) with Tango and I wanted to ask if there are any similar relevant in built functionalities available with existing Tango framework. Thanks and regards, Anshul Regards, TCS_GMRT

# 7 years ago
Andy	Hi Anshul, What do you plan to do? Our control computers are synchronised with NTP and basically the device server programmers has nothing to do. This is because the system clock is synchronised with NTP and the time stamp of the attributes is taken from the system clock using a system call. You can also set the time stamp of the attribute when you return the data. This allows you to get time from another source than the system clock. This might be useful for PTP but we do not have experience with PTP. Andy

# 7 years ago

Andy

Hi Anshul,

What do you plan to do? Our control computers are synchronised with NTP and basically the device server programmers has nothing to do. This is because the system clock is synchronised with NTP and the time stamp of the attributes is taken from the system clock using a system call. You can also set the time stamp of the attribute when you return the data. This allows you to get time from another source than the system clock. This might be useful for PTP but we do not have experience with PTP.

Andy

# 7 years ago
TCS_GMRT	Hi Andy, So does it mean it is not possible to implement NTP at device server level in tango ? Thanks and regards, Anshul Regards, TCS_GMRT

# 7 years ago
Andy	I am not sure I understand what you mean by "implement NTP at device server level". I always thought NTP is implemented at the system level as a daemon to synchronise time. What would you implement in the device server? Andy