[Info-vax] NTP Error 0.000977

[Ken Fairfield]

On Aug 30, 11:25 am, Grant <grantmacdon... at eastlink.ca> wrote:
> Hi folks.  My OpenVMS systems (Vax, Alpha & I64) have stopped syncing
> with a Windows NTP server.  Error in the TCPIP$NTP_RUN.LOG file is as
> follows:
>
> date, ntp[538969125]: offset: 0.000000 sec freq: 62.720 ppm poll 16
> sec error: 0.000977
>
> I can't find a description of this error on the web anywhere.

This is *not* an error, per se.  This is just the current
calculated error-bar on the time (pretty good, after all,
0.977 msec :-).

You didn't say what version of TCPIP Services you're
running, but on my systems, running VMS/Alpha V8.3
and TCPIP Services V5.6 - ECO 3, my .LOG files
show the same messages (but with a real date),
for example:

31 Aug 05:59:31 ntp[583010357]: offset: 0.001360 sec  freq: -2.423
ppm  poll: 10
24 sec  error: 0.001502
31 Aug 06:59:43 ntp[583010357]: offset: 0.000418 sec  freq: -2.469
ppm  poll: 10
24 sec  error: 0.001845
31 Aug 07:59:56 ntp[583010357]: offset: -0.001766 sec  freq: -2.670
ppm  poll: 1
024 sec  error: 0.001520

(watch for line wraps in the above...I can't control
Google Groups posting...)

So I'd say everything is fine.  The message you show
is normal logging.

    -Ken