User:PetesGuide/Windows time synchronization software: Difference between revisions

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!Notes

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|NMEATime2<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.visualgps.net/NMEATime2/|title=NMEATime2|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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|The PC clock is disciplined to the NMEA string from the GPS with a control loop that uses the same techniques in disciplining OCXO oscillators and atomic Rubidium clocks.

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|NetTime<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesynctool.com/|title=NetTime client|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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|Only one I've tested with a clean UX that defaults to NTP Pool addresses.

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|BktTimeSync by IZ2BKT<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.maniaradio.it/en/bkttimesync.html|title=BktTimeSync|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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|Needs more extensive testing, including with USB GPS.

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|winacts-32-bit.exe<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=ftp://ftp.boulder.nist.gov/pub/time/software/acts/|title=ACTS for Windows|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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|Needs testing with modem on my laptop.

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|Meinberg NTP<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/sw/ntp.htm#ntp_stable|title=Meinberg NTP|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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* NTP

|Better than Windows' built-in NTP client because Windows only updates its clock once a week or so. Meinberg NTP alters the clock rate, as well as initially setting the clock time, so that the clock will stay as close as possible to UTC between corrections. It is supposedly the ''official'' Network Time Protocol client software.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.g4ilo.com/2011/04/time-to-ditch-dimension-4.html|title=Time to ditch Dimension 4|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> No graphical UX, and is thus confusing to install, configure, and use.

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| colspan="4" |Use only as backup time sources

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|ToyNTP<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dxatlas.com/ToyNtp/|title=Afreet Software: ToyNtp 1.2|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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NTP portion required UDP port 123 to be open.

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|F6CTE's CLOCK<ref name=":03">{{Cite web|url=http://f6cte.free.fr/index_anglais.htm|title=CLOCK|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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''Need to test if this can link to SDRsharp.''

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|ClockWatch Pro for Windows<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.beaglesoft.com/clwafeateditions.htm#ClockWatch+Pro+95|title=ClockWatch Pro for Windows|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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|Only Windows software that supports NIST's ACTS modem time service.

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|'''nistime-32bit.exe'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=ftp://ftp.boulder.nist.gov/pub/time/software/daytime/|title=NIST DAYTIME software|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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