NTP / PPS UBlox status_ntpd - GPS Information not working

pete

Are you able to post some sample working and not working data?

I just configured a new PFSense VM with the U-Blox GPS.

I can post the SureGPS data and the U-Blox data.

Would that work?

pete

***If you see GN messages , it seems that your receiver is configures for Multi GNSS (aka multiple GPS systems , GPS, GLONAS , Beidu , Galileo).

Try to switch it to GPS "Only" ,and you should see GP messages***

Yes only see GN messages. Where in the config do I change it to GPS only?

bingo600

@pete

uCenter

Will prob. also reveal if it's a true Ublox or a clone

pete

@bingo600

Thank you very much. Messages now have changed.

Will change this to be same as yours.

Output info:
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,u-blox AG - www.u-blox.com50
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,HW UBX-M8030 000800007E
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,EXT CORE 3.01 (107900)2D
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,ROM BASE 2.01 (75331)07
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,FWVER=SPG 3.0158
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,PROTVER=18.000F
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,MOD=NEO-M8N-079
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,FIS=0xEF4015 (100111)46
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,GPS;GLO;GAL;BDS69
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,SBAS;IMES;QZSS57
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,GNSS OTP=GPS;GLO29
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,LLC=FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFED-FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF-FFFFFF693D
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,ANTSUPERV=AC SD PDoS SR20
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,ANTSTATUS=INIT25
17:27:00 $GPTXT,01,01,02,PF=3FF*55

bingo600

@pete

That answer actually looks like it could be a real Ublox

Only configure/enable GPS

It's NOT advisable anyway to have multi GNSS in a timing oriented setup.

/Bingo

pete

@bingo600

Thank you for helping me today with this endeavor!!!

bingo600

@pete
Does that mean you got it to work ?

/Bingo

pete

@bingo600

Yes all of the U-Blox GPS modules working except for one.

One U-Blox GPS module doesn't save the settings after powering it off. Thinking it is that little button battery on it. It is about 5 years old now. Maybe a touch of my soldering gun will remove it?

pete

@bingo600

Unrelated to OP ....here using a 8 drive NAS SAS ZFS pool (Xigmanas) and running out of space.

Wanting to upgrade (doubling size) one drive at a time.

Can I shut down one drive, have it resilver and then replace and expand the drive?

bingo600

@pete
I have no experience with NAS , sorry

/Bingo

pete

Now seeing the following in the NTP logs on both boxes. One with the SureGPS (new box) and the other with the UBlox GPS...

Dec 31 10:51:34	ntpd	19356	kernel reports TIME_ERROR: 0x2307: PPS Time Sync wanted but PPS Jitter exceeded
Dec 31 10:47:34	ntpd	19356	kernel reports TIME_ERROR: 0x2307: PPS Time Sync wanted but PPS Jitter exceeded
Dec 31 10:36:22	ntpd	19356	kernel reports TIME_ERROR: 0x2307: PPS Time Sync wanted but PPS Jitter exceeded
Dec 31 10:31:50	ntpd	19356	kernel reports TIME_ERROR: 0x2307: PPS Time Sync wanted but PPS Jitter exceeded
Dec 31 10:06:14	ntpd	19356	kernel reports TIME_ERROR: 0x2307: PPS Time Sync wanted but PPS Jitter exceeded
Dec 31 09:57:58	ntpd	19356	kernel reports TIME_ERROR: 0x2307: PPS Time Sync wanted but PPS Jitter exceeded
Dec 31 09:40:06	ntpd	19356	kernel reports TIME_ERROR: 0x2307: PPS Time Sync wanted but PPS Jitter exceeded
Dec 31 09:35:02	ntpd	19356	kernel reports TIME_ERROR: 0x2307: PPS Time Sync wanted but PPS Jitter exceeded
Dec 31 09:32:38	ntpd	19356	kernel reports TIME_ERROR: 0x2307: PPS Time Sync wanted but PPS Jitter exceeded
Dec 31 09:27:50	ntpd	19356	kernel reports TIME_ERROR: 0x2307: PPS Time Sync wanted but PPS Jitter exceeded

On the NTP status page looks good...

Computer with Sure GPS

PPS Peer	127.127.20.0	.GPS.	0	l	8	16	377	0.000	-0.006	0.003

ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
oGPS_NMEA(0)     .GPS.            0 l   15   16  377    0.000   -0.012   0.001
 time-d-g.nist.g .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
 0.pool.ntp.org  .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
 2610:20:6f15:15 .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
 0.ubuntu.pool.n .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
 0.pfsense.pool. .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
+time-d-g.nist.g .NIST.           1 u   31   64  377   34.472   +3.546   1.306
*ntp2.wiktel.com .GPS.            1 u   26   64  377   29.702   +3.131   1.278
+time-d-g.nist.g .NIST.           1 u   53   64  377   34.859   +2.847   1.668

ntpq -c rv
associd=0 status=043d leap_none, sync_uhf_radio, 3 events, kern,
version="ntpd 4.2.8p15@1.3728-o Fri Feb  5 22:07:56 UTC 2021 (1)",
processor="amd64", system="FreeBSD/12.2-STABLE", leap=00, stratum=1,
precision=-24, rootdelay=0.000, rootdisp=1.015, refid=GPS,
reftime=e579b796.df8aca69  Fri, Dec 31 2021 11:08:38.873,
clock=e579b798.9b3b4c7a  Fri, Dec 31 2021 11:08:40.606, peer=1700, tc=4,
mintc=3, offset=-0.002700, frequency=-6.038, sys_jitter=0.003059,
clk_jitter=0.001, clk_wander=0.003

Computer with U-Blox GPS

PPS Peer	127.127.20.0	.gps.	0	l	6	16	377	0.000	-0.001	0.000

ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
oGPS_NMEA(0)     .gps.            0 l    3   16  377    0.000   +0.000   0.001
 time-d-g.nist.g .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
 0.pool.ntp.org  .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
 0.ubuntu.pool.n .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
 0.pfsense.pool. .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
*time-d-g.nist.g .NIST.           1 u   40   64  377   35.688   +3.124   1.447
+time-d-g.nist.g .NIST.           1 u    9   64  377   35.765   +2.721   1.666
+time.nullrouten 132.163.97.1     2 u   54   64  377   59.810   +3.261   0.899

ntpq -c rv
associd=0 status=041d leap_none, sync_uhf_radio, 1 event, kern,
version="ntpd 4.2.8p15@1.3728-o Wed Mar 10 18:50:10 UTC 2021 (1)",
processor="amd64", system="FreeBSD/12.2-STABLE", leap=00, stratum=1,
precision=-21, rootdelay=0.000, rootdisp=1.120, refid=gps,
reftime=e579b6c4.00030c50  Fri, Dec 31 2021 11:05:08.000,
clock=e579b6cc.a1a5c47b  Fri, Dec 31 2021 11:05:16.631, peer=41531, tc=4,
mintc=3, offset=+0.001608, frequency=-43.364, sys_jitter=0.000807,
clk_jitter=0.002, clk_wander=0.001