ABLE OF ONTENTS CONTENTS Page 1 Brief Information Model 6870 and Delivered Extras 2 Introduction 3 Commissioning 3.1 Voltage Supply 3.2 Antenna Installation 3.3 Default Button in the Front Panel 3.4 LED "CLK" 3.5 Control LED C1-C3 3.6 Set-up via Remote Software 3.6.1 Pre-conditions of the System for the Remote Software...
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6.2 Data String 6870/6021 Time and Date 6.2.1 Data String 6870/6021 Time Only 6.2.2 Status and Day of the Week Nibble in the Data String 6870/6021 Standard 6.2.3 Example of a Transmitted Data String 6870/6021 (Standard) 6.3 Data String DCF-Slave 6.3.1 Status in the Data String DCF-Slave...
ELIVERED XTRAS 1 Brief Information Model 6870 and Delivered Extras The radio controlled clock 6870 is an all-purpose GPS reception module - ideal to synchronise industrial processes. The snap-in module can be supplied with various combinations of interfac- Up to 16 different protocols can be put out via the interfaces, to synchronise devices by different producers (Siemens, ABB, IBM, H+B).
1975, have been ex- tended by GPS reception unit 6870. This guarantees a world-wide use at highest precision. The time basis is synchronised by GPS, a globally installed satellite system.
3.5 Control LED C1-C3 The LED C1-C3 indicate the switching status of the three optical couplers. A lit LED indicates that the corresponding optical coupler is switched active. GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 7...
Windows teaching program. Start the teaching program in the program manager or explorer un- der the menu item Help. You can find further instructions on how to use Window applications in your Microsoft Windows manual. Page 8 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
[serial Parameter] Port=COM1 If the above line exists in the file GPS_INIT.INI, a window indicates after the start of the pro- gramme that this port is used. GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 9...
Check whether the connection cable is connected to the interface named by GPS_6870.EXE. If a transmission to the 6870 is not possible despite the correct connection there is an er- ror in the parameter setting for the interface of the PC and the snap-in module. In this case key "DEF"...
"send setup to device" . When the menu item has been activated a status window pops up demanding "start" or "exit". Using the "start" switch transfers the current settings to the clock. Use the "exit" switch to leave the programme. GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 11...
Please Note: T HE ENTRIES TO THE RIGHT OF THE EQUALS SIGN CORRESPOND WITH THE TRANS- MITTED CONFIGURATION DATA STRING WITHOUT CONTROL CHARACTERS TO THE CLOCK AS DESCRIBED IN THE PROGRAMMING MANUAL Page 12 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
4.1.7 Printing the Setup Settings This menu item can be used to have the current set-up settings printed out by a connected printer. The output is made analogue to the "file-menu" entry "show actual setup". GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 13...
"send" switch. In the status field "transmit buffer" the data string which was transmitted to the clock appears. When the transmission is successful the same data string is shown in the "receive buffer". Page 14 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
The difference time is entered in hours and minutes, extended by the information whether the location lies to the east or west of the 0 longitude (Greenwich). e.g. West 08:00 for the USA and Canada (Pacific Time) e.g. East 09:30 for Adelaide Australia GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 15...
You can find the set-position-function under the menu item "set" and the entry "position". The "set positioning data" dialog appears. Enter the actual data into the fields for latitude and lon- gitude in degrees and 1/100 minutes by using the scroll bar. Page 16 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
Under the menu item "set" you will find the entry "mode of reception". After selecting one of these modes, the dialog "quality of reception" appears. The list box "quality of reception" shows you the actual settings. GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 17...
The possibility to delay the switch-off of the DCF77-simulation and radio bit serves to bridge small reception gaps, where the clock module 6870 does not fall short of the required accuracy due to its internal control. Therefor the clock must be radio synchronised (see pt. 4.2.9 System Byte settings).
Please Note: I "00", F THE VALUE FOR THE DAY AND MONTH IN MODE IS SET TO EVERY DAY A PULSE IS SENT AT THE ENTERED TIME GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 19...
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A given date will be checked on validity. The pulse duration is selectable within the range of 10-2550 msec. in steps of 10 msec. The signal output can be inverted. Page 20 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
The output is able to drive a second pulse or the DCF77-simulation depending on the switch setting of bit 1. 4.2.9.2 Adjustment by bit 2 Bit 2 defines the basis time in the IRIG-B data string. It can be chosen between the local time and UTC. GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 21...
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" " SET TO RADIO UT IF IT IS SWITCHED FROM A RESET MUST BE " " CARRIED OUT SO THAT THE INFORMATION CRYSTAL IS SET IN THE PUTOUT DATA STRING Page 22 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
The function to show the position is activated by "show" and the entry "position". The "posi- tion" dialog appears with the according information. The position data are requested once and then displayed. GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 23...
10 - 30 represent a bad signal / noise ratio 30 - 70 represent a sufficient signal/ noise ratio 70 - 140 represent a good signal/ noise ratio Page 24 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
the voltage supply has a defect 4.3.6 Firmware Revision The firmware version and the date of the connected device can be read from this menu point of the "show" menu. GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 25...
IGNAL AND UTPUT 5 Signal and Data Output Different time signals and time code outputs are distributed by the module 6870. 5.1 IRIG Time Code Please Note: FG6870G05 NLY AVAILABLE WITH ERSION In this section the settings for the IRIG Time Code signal generation (analogue) are made.
With analogue output the positive zero cycle of a sinus oscillation (carrier frequency 1000Hz) is modulated with the rising edge of the IRIG signal. The rate of modulation for the signal infor- mation of H/L level should be between 3:1 and 6:1. The board 6870 distributes a modulation of 3:1.
This IRIG standard has been laid down by the French institute for standards. It is based on Standard IRIG-B 200. Fixed data such as year, month etc. are assigned to the 27 bits of the control information field. The string is compatible with IRIG-Standard 200-1995 downwards. Page 28 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
In case of problems with the transfer the following in- formation appears in the dialog window after 15 seconds: GPS-System did not accept serial parameter Please refer to pt: 3.6.4 (possible errors) for help. GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 29...
If you select "local time" the time information (UTC ± difference time) including a possibly exist- ing summertime offset is put out. If you chose "UTC" the output data string is set to UTC (uni- versal time co-ordinated) world-time. Page 30 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
In the group "transmission point of time" select the output point of time for the data string. The following settings are possible: every second (on the second change) on the minute change on the hour change on request only GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 31...
If there were any problems with the transmission a dialog window appears after about 15 sec. stating: GPS-System did not accept serial parameter In this case refer to pt. 3.6.4 (possible errors). In the following chapters the structures of the individual data strings are described. Page 32 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
$0A = LF (line feed) $02 = STX (start of text) $03 = ETX (end of text) Please Note: T HE STATUS VALUES ARE TO BE DECODED SEPARATELY SEE STRING STRUCTURE GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 33...
Transmitting the ASCII character "?" releases an output in this data string. Please Note: I N CASE OF OUTPUT ON REQUEST IT SHOULD BE SET IN MODE BYTE OTHERWISE RUNNING CYCLIC OUTPUTS MAY CAUSE DELAYS IN THE ANSWER Page 34 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
TRINGS 6 Data Strings 6.1 General Information on the Data Output of 6870 The control characters STX and ETX are transmitted only if the output "with control charac- ter" was set in the mode byte 1. Otherwise there are no control characters.
TRINGS 6.2 Data String 6870/6021 Time and Date character no. meaning STX (Start of Text) Status (internal status of the clock) ; see 6.2.2 day of the week (1= Monday...7=Sunday) ; see 6.2.2 In case of ‘UTC-time’ bit 3 in the day of the week is set to 1...
TRINGS 6.2.2 Status and Day of the Week Nibble in the Data String 6870/6021 Standard The second and the third ASCII character in the data string contain the status and the day of the week. The status is decoded binarily. Structure of these characters:...
6.3 Data String DCF-Slave hopf_ The following data string is used to synchronise DCF-slave systems. The only difference to the standard data string 6870 / 6021 is the status byte. character no. meaning value (value range) STX (start of text)
ETX on the second change 9600 baud, 8 bit, 1 stop bit, no parity LF, CR This setting guarantees the best adjustment of the time basis in the slave systems. GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 39...
"*" or space $2A / $20 ; see 6.4.1 "S" or space $53 / $20 ; see 6.4.1 "!" or space $21 / $20 ; see 6.4.1 ETX (end of text) Page 40 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
6.4.2 Example of a Transmitted Data String SINEC H1 (STX)D:03.01.96;T:3;U:12.34.56; _ _ _ _ (ETX) ( _ ) = Space radio operation, no announcement, wintertime It is Wednesday 03.01.96 - 12:34:56 h GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 41...
The day of the week nibble can take the value ASCII 1 (Hex 31 MO) to ASCII 7 (Hex 37 SU). In case of an invalid time the byte is transmitted with ASCII 0 (Hex 30). Page 44 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
4160 minutes 6.6.2 Example of a transmitted Data String IBM 9037 / Sysplex Timer (SOH)050:12:34:56 _ (CR) (LF) ( _ ) = Space radio operation, 12:34:56 h, 50 day of the year GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 45...
TRINGS 6.7 Data String 6870/6021 String 2000 The structure of the data string is the same as the standard string 6870/6021 and differs only in the data positions century tens and unit. character no meaning STX (start of text) Status (internal status of the clock) ;...
Saturday Sunday 6.7.2 Example of a Transmitted Data String 2000 (STX)E312345603011996(LF)(CR)(ETX) Radio operation (high accuracy) summertime no announcement It is Wednesday 03.01.1996 - 12:34:56 Uhr. ( ) - ASCII-Steuerzeichen z.B. (STX) GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 47...
$30-36 unit seconds $30-39 CR (carriage return) ; see 6.1 LF (line feed) ; see 6.1 6.8.1 Example of a Transmitted Data String T-String T:96:01:03:03:12:34:56(CR)(LF) It is Wednesday 03.01.96 - 12:34:56h Page 48 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
To install TimeServ on the WinNT-computer you need the program files which can be found on the Microsoft Windows NT Recource Kit CD. The newest version of the program is although available free of charge on the Microsoft Internet site: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt40 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 49...
Source code and documentation are available as freeware in the internet under the following address: http://www.ntp.org hopf_ NTP supports the standard protocol as described under pt.. "Datentelegramm (data string) 6870/6021". The following settings in the clock are required: transmission parameter: 9600 baud 8 databit parity no 1 stop bit...
(0local, 1UTC) $30-31 CR (carriage return) ; see 6.1 LF (line feed) ; see 6.1 6.12.1 example of a transmitted data string NTGS T960103312340(CR)(LF) It is Wednesday 03.01.96 - 12:34 h GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 51...
This setting guarantees the best control of the time basis in the slave systems of more than ± 1 msec and the adjustment of the crystal for the free running operation to ± 1 ppm. GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 53...
Only binary values are transmitted character no.: meaning value (value range) header header status $08-17 start day of the week $01-07 $01-31 month $01-12 year $00-99 hour $00-23 minute $00-59 second synchronisation character Page 54 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
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Bit 4 Bit 3 Time UTC-time standard time daylight saving time invalid Bit 5 bank holiday (not used at present) Bit 6 not used Bit 7 not used GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 55...
$30-39 unit year $30-39 "/" day of the week $31-37 "/" tens hour $30-32 unit hour $30-39 ":" tens minute $30-35 unit minute $30-39 ":" tens second $30-35 unit second $30-39 Page 56 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
D/S-changeover) CR (carriage return) LF (line feed) 6.15.3 Data String Example )18.07.02/4/02:34:45UTC_ _( (STX CR)(LF)(ETX) It is Thursday 18.07.2002 - 02:34:45 o'clock UTC The clock is synchronised with GPS GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 57...
$23 / $20 "*" or space $2A / $20 "S", "U" or space $53 / $55 / $20 "!", "A" or space $21 / $41 / $20 ETX (end of text) Page 58 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
6.16.2 Example of a Transmitted Data String (STX)D:03.01.96;T:3;U:12.34.56; _ _ _ _ (ETX) ( _) = Space radio operation, no announcement, standard time It is Wednesday 03.01.96 - 12:34:56 h GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 59...
The structure of the data string contains additionally identifier information against the time in- formation: time basis: GP (time basis GPS) string identifier: status: A for synchronous, V for invalid respectively crystal NMEA = National Marine Electronics Association Page 60 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
TRINGS 6.17.2 Example of a Transmitted Data String $GPRMC,072601.00,A,,,,,,,270409,,*02(CR)(LF) It is Monday 27.04.2009 - 07:26:01 h The clock is synchronous. Leap-second Winter 2009->2010 (simulated) $GPRMC,235958.00,A,,,,,,,311209,,*00`lf´`cr´ $GPRMC,235959.00,A,,,,,,,311209,,*01`lf´`cr´ $GPRMC,235960.00,A,,,,,,,311209,,*0B`lf´`cr´ $GPRMC,000000.00,A,,,,,,,010110,,*09`lf´`cr´ $GPRMC,000001.00,A,,,,,,,010110,,*08`lf´`cr´ $GPRMC,000002.00,A,,,,,,,010110,,*0B`lf´`cr´ Page 62 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
4 bits of the checksum are transformed into ASCII characters and transmitted, while the binary values A-F are transformed into ASCII-characters "A"-"F" (41h - 46h). NMEA = National Marine Electronics Association GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 63...
RS232 COM 0 (transmit data) RS232 COM 0 TTY out + COM 1 TTY out – COM 1 TTY in COM 1 TTY in – COM 1 high active low active Page 66 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
RS232 COM 0 TxD (transmit data) RS232 COM 0 NTGS-pulse (s. 4.2.9 bit 3, 5.3, 5.3.6) Please Note: T 7-10 HE VERSIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT PRESENT high active low active GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 67...
(ext erne B es c hal tung) (Ka rte 68 70/44 65) + V in OC1-3 + O C1 -3 - O C 1-3 load (Ve rb ra uc h er) - V i n G ND Page 68 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
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Board 6870/4465 (ext erne B es c hal tung) (Ka rte 68 70/44 65) OC1-3 + O C1 -3 - O C 1-3 load (Ve rb ra uc h er) GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 69...
Warm start: < 1min (voltage failure < 3 days) Via BNC socket Antenna connection: For active antennas: Ub = 5V DC Antenna power fed via Board 6870 BNC socket Page 70 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
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The system quartz frequency is the leading value to generate PPS pulses and 1kHz (msec). It is determining for the system accuracy. After a minimum of 4 hours continuously synchronisation at constant temperature. System related offset / Delay to PPS (intern) τ Capture time / Averaging time GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01 Page 71...
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System related offset / delay to PPS (internal) tailor-made products: Hard-and software alterations according to customer specifications and standards are available. hopf company withholds the right to hard- and software alterations at any time Page 72 GPS Satellite Clock 6870 - Ver. 15.01...
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