
9 SOFTWARE OVERVIEW
The software used in the SOLYS 2 contains open source components that are listed in the table below.
This software is available from our website: www.kippzonen.com/suntrackers/SOLYS2/software/download
The software and versions listed below were used during the production of this manual. Look on the website
for the last revision of this list.
LGPL 2.1 / Licenses for non-FSF code in
GLIBC
gpsd-4093 (pre 2.34
+ patches)
Network Time Protocol
Daemon
OpenSSL (for
configuration data
integrity only)
OpenSSL License / SSLeay License
OPEN RTLINUX PATENT LICENSE / GPL 2
Kipp & Zonen SOLYS License
Table 7.1
9.1 ALGORITHM
The algorithm the SOLYS 2 is using is a free to use algorithm developed by J.J. Michalsky. (Working for
N.O.A.A.)
One of the inputs for this algorithm is time!
Six out of ten years the time needs to be corrected due to the earth slowing down. This is what we call the
“leap second”
The SOLYS 2 has a built in GPS receiver that constantly synchronizes the internal clock with the satellite clock
(compensating for drift in the RTC (real time clock) as for the equation of time, the correction is also applied
into this algorithm.
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