Network Interface Option Cards - Spectracom SecureSync User Reference Manual

5.5 Network Interface Option Cards
Format 3 : Indicates the configured format of the third consecutive ASCII time code input
data stream.
5.4.7.6 ASCII Time Code Input: Status Window
view
To the current settings of the ASCII Input (also referred to as 'Reference'), go to its Status
window. For instructions, see: "Viewing the Configuration of an Input or Output" on page 288.
The Web UI list entries for this card are: ASCII TIMECODE RS-232 and ASCII TIMECODE RS-
485 .
The Status window displays the following settings:
Reference ID : Indicates the letters used in the Input Reference Priority table for this par-
ticular input reference.
Leap Flag : Displays whether the incoming data stream is indicating that a pending leap
second is to be added to the UTC timescale at the end of the month. See "Configuring a
Leap Second Correction" on page 173.
Format : Indicates the configured format of the ASCII time code input data stream.
5.5

Network Interface Option Cards

This section contains technical information and SecureSync Web UI procedures pertaining to
option cards designed as Ethernet network interfaces using, e.g. the PTP format.
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NOTE – SecureSync starts numbering I/O ports with 0 (only 1PPS and 10 MHz out-
puts start at 1, because of the built-in outputs).
Validity : Indicates whether the ASCII input data is present and considered valid for
Time and 1PPS references.
A green light indicates a valid reference.
An orange light indicates the reference is not considered valid.
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