Example 4 – Time set manually by the User. Other references may or
may not be available
In this use case, the objective is to use a hand-set time, in combination with Ver-
saSync's oscillator as a 1PPS source as valid references.
Step-by-step procedure:
If the objective is to use a manually set time as a backup to other references
(such as GNSS or IRIG):
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2. For all other references, uncheck the
disabled.
3. Configure the NTP Service as described under
Synchronization"" on
Note:
When selecting NTP as an input reference, do not select
another reference (such as GNSS, IRIG, etc.) to work with NTP as a
reference. NTP should always be selected as both the Time and 1PPS
input when it is desired to use NTP as an input reference.
Note:
In order for a manually set time to be considered valid and
used to synchronize VersaSync, a "User" needs to be created and
enabled in the Reference Priority table.
on
page 177.
1. If necessary (see NOTE above), create a "User."
2. Move the reference which has "User 0" in the
the
1PPS
column to the top of the table, with a
Enabled
checkbox.
3. For all other references, uncheck the
disabled.
1. Move the "User/User" reference to a place in the table that has a priority
lower than the references the "User/User" reference will be backing up.
Make sure the
Enabled
2. With "User/User" enabled, if no other higher priority references are enabled
or available (or if the higher priority references have since been lost), you
can now manually set the
(MANAGEMENT > OTHER: Time Management > System Time > Manual
Enabled
page 117.
Enabled
checkbox is selected.
System
time to the desired value
3.3 Managing References
checkbox, so that they are all
"Configuring "NTP Stratum
"The "User/User" Reference"
Time
column and "User 0" in
Priority
value of 1. Click the
checkbox, so that they are all
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