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SyncBox N2X
17th September 2019
Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Page 1 MANUAL SyncBox N2X 17th September 2019 Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG...
  • Page 3 Front view (Frontansicht) SyncBox N2X Out 1 Out 2 Out 3 Optional Outputs Out 1 Out 2 Out 3 Out 1 Out 2 Out 3 Out 1 Out 2 COM 0 48 V 20 60 V 0.22 A ENGLISH Wall Mount Brackets...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    8 Time Strings Format of the Meinberg Standard Time String ......
  • Page 5 ......10.8 SyncBox N2X - optional outputs ........

  • Page 6: Imprint

    1 Imprint 1 Imprint Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG Lange Wand 9, 31812 Bad Pyrmont / Germany Phone: + 49 (0) 52 81 / 93 09 - 0 Fax: + 49 (0) 52 81 / 93 09 - 230 Internet: https://www.meinbergglobal.com...

  • Page 7: General Details

    This manual aims to qualified personnel only. Qualified personnel are those persons who are authorized to install, commission and operated electrical systems and circuits in accordance with the respective national laws and safety regulations. Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 8: Safety Hints

    Meinberg Funkuhren shall not be responsible for any damage arising due to non-observance of these regulations.

  • Page 9: Used Symbols

    Dieses Produkt fällt unter die B2B Kategorie. Zur Entsorgung muss es an den Hersteller übergeben werden. This product is handled as a B2B category product. In order to secure a WEEE compliant waste disposal it has to be returned to the manufacturer. Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...
  • Page 10 This manual is intended exclusively for electricians or persons trained by an electrician who are familiar with the applicable national standards and safety rules. Installation, commissioning and operation of this device may only be carried out by qualified personnel. SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 11: Security During Installation

    For safety reasons, the device with the highest mass should be installed in the lowest position of the rack. Other devices must be placed from the bottom to the top. The device must be protected against mechanical stress such as vibration or shock. Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...
  • Page 12 fluids or foreign objects enter), the current flow can be interrupted. Questions about the house installation, need to be clarified with your house administration. The power supply should be connected with a short, low-inductance line. SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...
  • Page 13 Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 14: Protective Conductor- / Ground-Terminal

    Devices that are connected via one or more uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) remain operational even when the UPS power cord is disconnected. Therefore, you must put the UPS out of operation according to the documentation of the corresponding user documentation. SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 15: Safety During Maintenance

    Risk of explosion if the battery is not replaced correctly. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. When disposing used batteries, observe the local regulations for the disposal of hazardous waste. Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 16: Antenna Mounting

    Liquid can destroy the electronics of the device! Liquid penetrates into the housing of the device and can cause a short circuit of the electronics. Only clean with a soft, dry cloth. Never use solvents or cleaners. SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 17: Prevention Of Esd Damage

    ESD protective covers, which are extremely wrinkled or even have holes, no longer protect against electrostatic discharge. ESD protective covers must not be low-resistance and metallically conductive if a lithium battery is installed on the assembly. Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 18: Return Of Electrical And Electronic Equipment

    Return and Collection Systems For returning your old equipment, please use the country-specific return and collection systems available to you or contact Meinberg. The withdrawal may be refused in the case of waste equipment which presents a risk to human health or safety due to contamination during use.

  • Page 19: Quick Start Guide For Initial Operation

    4 Quick Start Guide for Initial Operation After the SyncBox / N2X was connected to the power supply and the network, it can be configured and moni- tored by using "Meinberg Device Manager" software. The Meinberg Device Manager program can be downloaded here: Windows: https://www.meinbergglobal.com/download/utils/windows/mbgdevman_setup.exe Linux: https://www.meinbergglobal.com/download/utils/linux/mbgdevman.tar.gz...
  • Page 20 Depending on whether the N2X should synchronize via PTP or NTP, further parameters need to be con- figured for this purpose. Zeroconf: If a computer configures a link local IP address, it selects an IP address between 169.254.1.0 and 169.254.254.255 by using a random number generator. SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...
  • Page 21 Status of the network connection (Link, IP, DHCP, virtual interface,...) Status of NTP (Offset, Stratum,...) Status of PTP connections (Path Delay, Offset, Clock Accuracy,...) Event Log Listing of the event logs (Event with timestamp) Sensors Status of the sensors Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 22: The System Syncbox

    NTP status information as well as the complete system configuration. The SyncBox N2X is equipped with a high precision oscillator "TCXO". The oscillator determines the long-term stability in holdover mode, ie when the synchronization with the time source is disturbed. Oscillator update to OCXO-HQ is possible.

  • Page 23: Precision Time Protocol (Ptp) / Ieee1588

    When acting as a Transparent Clock, then the "residence time" of the Masters’ Sync-Packet is measured and added to the packet as a correction value. Internally the PTP timescale TAI (see chapter Timescale in Global Parameters). Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 24: Functionality In Slave Systems

    After decoding valid time information from a PTP Master, the system sets its own PTP seconds and nanoseconds accordingly. The PTP offset calculated by the PTP driver software is used to adjust the master oscillator of the SyncBox N2X. This allows the PTP Slave to generate very high accuracy output signals (10 MHz/1PPS/IRIG). SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 25: Ptpv2 Ieee 1588-2008 Configuration Guide

    6.2.2 Network Layer 2 or Layer 3 PTP/IEEE 1588-2008 offers a number of so-called mappings on different network communication layers. For Meinberg products you can choose between running PTP over IEEE 802.3 Ethernet connections (network Layer 2) or UDP/IPv4 connections (Layer 3).

  • Page 26: End-To-End (E2E) Or Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Delay Measurements

    So, E2E is the only available choice if you are running PTP traffic through non-PTP-aware switches. It is a reasonable choice if you are not using redundant network topologies or can accept that the delay measurements are wrong for a certain amount of time. SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 27: P)Delay_Request Messages

    (oscillator) very often due to its instability. Meinberg slave devices will limit the effect of an outdated path delay measurement by using filters and opti- mized PLL algorithms. This avoids that a clock “jumps around” and basically monitors the time difference to the master clock carefully for a certain amount of time before adjusting its own clock.

  • Page 28: Introduction: Abstract Of Time Code

    (TOY) (YEAR) , BCD , SBS (TOY) (YEAR) , BCD (TOY) (YEAR) , BCD , SBS (TOY) (YEAR) ———————————————————————————————————————– BCD: time of year, BCD-coded Control-Functions (user defined) SBS: seconds of day since midnight (binary) SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 29: Irig Standard Format

    7.2 IRIG Standard Format Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 30: Afnor Standard Format

    7 Introduction: Abstract of Time Code 7.3 AFNOR Standard Format SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 31: Generated Time Codes

    SBS time-of-day,C37.118 extensions for date, timezone, daylight saving and leap second in control functions (CF) segment (also see table ‘Assignment of CF segment in IEEE1344 mode’ but sign bit of local offset is inverted ) Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 32: Time Strings

    8 Time Strings 8.1 Format of the Meinberg Standard Time String The Meinberg Standard Time String is a sequence of 32 ASCII characters starting with the STX (start-of-text) character and ending with the ETX (end-of-text) character. The format is: <STX>D:dd.mm.yy;T:w;U:hh.mm.ss;uvxy<ETX>...

  • Page 33: Format Of The Meinberg Gps Time String

    8.2 Format of the Meinberg GPS Time String The Meinberg Standard Time String is a sequence of 36 ASCII characters starting with the STX (start-of-text) character and ending with the ETX (end-of-text) character. Contrary to the Meinberg Standard Telegram the Meinberg GPS Timestring carries no local timezone or UTC but the direct GPS time without conversion into UTC.

  • Page 34: Format Of The Meinberg Capture String

    8 Time Strings 8.3 Format of the Meinberg Capture String The Meinberg Capture String is a sequence of 31 ASCII characters terminated by a CR/LF (Carriage Return/- Line Feed) combination. The format is: CHx_tt.mm.jj_hh:mm:ss.fffffff <CR><LF> The letters printed in italics are replaced by ASCII numbers whereas the other characters are part of the time string.

  • Page 35: Format Of The Sat Time String

    ‘!’ announcement of start or end of daylight saving time ‘ ‘ (space, 20h) nothing announced <CR> Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh <LF> Line Feed, ASCII Code 0Ah <ETX> End-Of-Text, ASCII Code 03h Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 36: Format Of The Uni Erlangen String (Ntp)

    (active only in 60th sec.) ‘ ‘ (space, 20h) no leap second is inserted bbb.bbbb latitude of receiver position in degrees leading signs are replaced by a space character (20h) latitude, the following characters are possible: SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...
  • Page 37 ‘E’ east of Greenwich ‘W’ west of Greenwich hhhh altitude above WGS84 ellipsoid in meters leading signs are replaced by a space character (20h) <ETX> End-Of-Text, ASCII Code 03h Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 38: Format Of The Nmea 0183 String (Rmc)

    (01..31) month (01..12) year of the century (00..99) magnetic variation checksum (EXOR over all characters except ‘$’ and ‘*’) <CR> Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh <LF> Line Feed, ASCII Code 0Ah SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 39: Format Of The Nmea 0183 String (Gga)

    Units, meters (fixed value) ggg.g Geoid Separation (altitude of WGS84 - MSL) Units, meters (fixed value) checksum (EXOR over all characters except ‘$’ and ‘*’) <CR> Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh <LF> Line Feed, ASCII Code 0Ah Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 40: Format Of The Nmea 0183 String (Zda)

    (01..31) month (01..12) yyyy year (0000..9999) checksum (EXOR over all characters except ‘$’ and ‘*’) <CR> Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh <LF> Line Feed, ASCII Code 0Ah SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 41: Format Of The Abb Spa Time String

    (00..59, or 60 while leap second) fff milliseconds (000..999) Check sum. EXCLUSIVE-OR result of the previous characters, displayed as a HEX byte (2 ASCII characters 0..9 or A..F) <CR> Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 42: Format Of The Computime Time String

    (01..07, 01 = monday) hh:mm:ss the current time: hours (00..23) minutes (00..59) seconds (00..59, or 60 while leap second) <CR> Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh <LF> Line Feed, ASCII Code 0Ah SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 43: Format Of The Racal Standard Time String

    (01..31) hh:mm:ss the current time: hours (00..23) minutes (00..59) seconds (00..59, or 60 while leap second) <CR> Carriage Return, ASCII code 0Dh Interface parameters: 7 Databits, 1 Stopbit, odd. Parity, 9600 Bd Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 44: Format Of The Sysplex-1 Time String

    (00..23) minutes (00..59) seconds (00..59, or 60 while leap second) Quality indicator (space) Time Sync (GPS lock) (?) no Time Sync (GPS fail) <CR> Carriage-return (ASCII code 0Dh) <LF> Line-Feed (ASCII code 0Ah) SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 45: Format Of The Ion Time String

    (00..23) minutes (00..59) seconds (00..59, or 60 while leap second) Quality indicator (space) Time Sync (GPS lock) (?) no Time Sync (GPS fail) <CR> Carriage-return (ASCII code 0Dh) <LF> Line-Feed (ASCII code 0Ah) Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 46: Format Of The Irig J Time String

    (1 to 366) HH, MM, SS time of the start bit given in hour (HH), minute (MM), second (SS) ASCII code „Carriage Return“ (0x0Dh) ASCII code „Line Feed“ (0x0Ah) SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 47: Pulses

    The phase of this output can be shifted from 0 to 359 for frequencies <10 kHz. 10 MHz Selecting "10 MHz" directly from the oscillator. Time Slots In this mode, you can select defined time slots. "Number of Time Slots" determines the number and length of Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...
  • Page 48 • Number of Time Slots = 10 • Slot Length Reduction = 500ms Time slots 1 and 2 are enabled (0 - 6s and 6 - 12s). In fact, the outputs triggers from 0 - 11,5s. SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 49: Attachment: Technical Information

    10 Attachment: Technical Information 10.1 Technical Specifications SYNCBOX N2X Power Supply: Nominal: 48 V DC (max. 20 - 60 V DC) Input Fuse: Medium Slow 500 mA / 250 V Protection Rating: IP20 Power Consumption: 7,5 W Humidity: max. 85% Ambient Temperature: 0 ...

  • Page 50: Syncbox N2X Connectors

    10 Attachment: Technical Information 10.2 SYNCBOX N2X Connectors Name Type Signal Cable ———————————————————————————————————————— FRONT Network RJ-45 10/100 BaseT CAT 5 network cable Out 1 – 3 BNC connector TTL into 50 Ohm shielded coax line (Optional outputs) ST connector Fiber Optic...

  • Page 51: Rs232 Comx Timestring / Configuration

    Connector: BNC, female Cable: shielded coax line Pulse outputs: Pulse Per Second Cyclic Pulse Single Shot Timer Out x Idle All Sync Time Sync Position OK DCF77 Marks Pulse Per Hour Pulse Per Min Date: 17th September 2019 SyncBox N2X...

  • Page 52: Status Leds

    ST - Status: blue during initialization green normal operation error 10.7 10/100base-T Ethernet (IEEE 803.2) / Configuration Link speed: 10/100 MBit Connector Type: 8P8C (RJ45) LAN x Cable: CAT 5.0 Duplex Modes: Half/Full/Autonegotiaton SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 53: Syncbox N2X - Optional Outputs

    10.8 SyncBox N2X - optional outputs 10.8.1 Fiber optic - Programmable pulse Output Output: Fiber optic output, 850nm Connector: ST-connector Cable/Connection: GI 50/125 m or 62,5 m gradient fibre Pulse outputs: Pulse Per Second Cyclic Pulse Single Shot Timer Out x...

  • Page 54: Pmo6

    CURRENT: 150mA (Peak AC, DC) TOTAL POWER DISSIPATION: 410mW ISOLATION VOLTAGE: 1.500V AC SWITCHING SPEED: turn on time: 180 s turn off time: 70 s Fuse Vext +24V DC (NO) (CO) Load Vext GND SyncBox N2X Date: 17th September 2019...

  • Page 55: Declaration Of Conformity

    11 Declaration of Conformity Konformitätserklärung Doc ID: SyncBox N2X-2019-02-21 Hersteller Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG Manufacturer Lange Wand 9, D-31812 Bad Pyrmont erklärt in alleiniger Verantwortung, dass das Produkt, declares under its sole responsibility, that the product Produktbezeichnung SyncBox N2X Product Designation auf das sich diese Erklärung bezieht, mit den folgenden Normen und Richtlinien übereinstimmt:...

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