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18.Dd $Mdocdate: January 15 2015 $
19.Dt ENDRUN 4
20.Os
21.Sh NAME
22.Nm endrun
23.Nd EndRun Technologies native time-of-day message timedelta sensor
24.Sh SYNOPSIS
25.Cd "pseudo-device endrun" Op Ar count
26.Sh DESCRIPTION
27This line discipline interfaces serial EndRun Technologies devices.
28.Pp
29The line discipline is enabled by the following sequence:
30.Bd -literal -offset indent
31#include <sys/ioctl.h>
32int ldisc = ENDRUNDISC, fildes; ...
33ioctl(fildes, TIOCSETD, &ldisc);
34.Ed
35.Pp
36The byte stream is unaltered by the line discipline which
37maintains a timedelta sensor using the EndRun data.
38The timedelta sensor will appear as endrun* in the list of sensors and the delta
39(in nanoseconds) between the received time information and the local time can
40be accessed through the
41.Xr sysctl 8
42interface.
43.Sh SENSOR STATES
44The quality of the timedelta is reported as the sensor status:
45.Bl -tag -width "CRITICALXX" -offset indent
46.It OK
47The time information is valid.
48The timedelta is safe to use for applications like
49.Xr ntpd 8 .
50.It WARN
51The attached receiver has been indicating a warning condition
52for at least the last ten minutes.
53The timedelta should be used with care.
54.It CRITICAL
55tty timestamping has been turned on but there is no PPS signal present or the
56receiver indicated a warning condition for at least the last twenty minutes.
57Check your hardware.
58.El
59.Pp
60The status of a second sensor is used to report the status of the
61device itself using the Time Figure Of Merit (TFOM) character:
62.Bl -tag -width "CRITICALXX" -offset indent
63.It OK
64The clock is synchronized.
65TFOM is 6-8.
66.It WARN
67The clock is synchronized and the time error is greater
68than 10ms or the clock is in the unsynchronized state.
69TFOM is 9.
70.It CRITICAL
71The TFOM is invalid.
72.El
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr tty 4 ,
75.Xr ldattach 8 ,
76.Xr ntpd 8 ,
77.Xr sysctl 8
78.Sh HISTORY
79The
80.Nm
81interface first appeared in
82.Ox 4.6 .
83