[mrtg] Advice: monitoring GPS based clock

[Alex van den Bogaerdt]

> We have some ntp clocks that provide snmp monitoring.  Unfortunately, the
> data presented is not structured nicely in a mib:
>
> SYMM-SMI::gpsSatlist.0
> "9,3,-156,C,6,-158,C,7,-154,C,8,-161,C,10,-159,C,11,-156,C,16,-159,C,19,-152
> ,C,23,-153,C"
> [...time passes]
>
> SYMM-SMI::gpsSatlist.0
> "8,3,-158,C,6,-160,C,7,-153,C,8,-159,C,10,-158,C,11,-157,C,19,-153,C,23,-152
> ,C"
>
> The format of the string is:
> N, x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2...xn,yn,zn
> Where N is the number of currently visible satellites , the x,y,z are
> specific information about each satellite.  X is a unique number
> associated
> with the satellite, Y is the dB loss talking to it, and Z is a flag
> indicating whether the time protocol considers the satellite or is just
> tracking it for later.
[...]
> However, I don¹t know what the possible X values are, so pre-loading that
> seems challenging.  I think adding targets on the fly in mrtg (by adding
> them to the $$targ array) would be a tad challenging.

Guessing only: 1 to 32

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GPS_satellite_launches#Cross_reference_of_PRNs_to_satellite_blocks