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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 2 List of Figures Figure 1 ..................................14 Figure 2 ..................................14 Figure 3 ..................................16 Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024 Page 5 of 50...
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3 Change History VERSION DATE EDITOR CHANGE DESCRIPTION 01.00 05.10.2023 Document creation 02.00 31.10.2024 Added hopf binary and hopf binary v2 and ION 7550 Added FG8803S20 details Added request characters Added recommended settings Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024 Page 6 of 50...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 4 Preliminary Remarks This document describes the functions, operation, mounting and commissioning of the FG8803Sxx products. WARNING Read the instructions completely. This will help you to avoid hazards and errors. The product information contains important information on the intended use, installation and start-up.
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 4.1 Conformity data CE conformity This device complies with the requirements of the EU Directives 2014/30/EU "Electromagnetic Compatibility" and 2014/35/EU "Low Voltage Directive". For this purpose, the device bears the CE marking (CE = Communautés Européennes = European Communities). The CE indicates to the control authorities that the product complies with the requirements of the EU Directive - in particular with regard to health protection and safety of users and consumers - and may be freely placed on...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 4.2 Signal words for warnings This document is not a complete list of all safety measures required for operation of the product. However, it does contain information that you must observe for your personal safety and to prevent damage to property.
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 5 Safety instructions Note The product information is intended exclusively for qualified electricians. This document is not a complete list of all safety measures required for operation of the product. However, it does contain information that you must observe for your personal safety and to avoid damage to property.
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 5.1 Intended Use The equipment may only be operated under the ambient conditions described in this document. Correct and safe operation of the product requires the following: • A proper transport • Proper storage, installation and assembly •...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 6 Device description The FG8803Sxx boards are field-replaceable, hot-pluggable, mutually independent extension boards for time reference systems of the 8100 or 8200 product series with service provider (SP for short) functionality. They can only be operated in systems of the 8100 or 8200 product series (e.g., FG8101G01).
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 7 Mounting and demounting How to mount / demount FG8803Sxx boards, is described in the technical documentation of the time reference system in which the board should be / is mounted. Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024 Page 13 of 50...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 8 FG8803S02 - SP functionality Figure 1 FG8803S02 is an extension board with SP functionality. This extension board takes the time provided by one or two TDCs of the time reference system in which it is mounted and provides the time via its 9-pole D-SUB connectors.
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Pin number Functionality Functionality short PPS+ When PPS output voltage is configured as RS232, the PPS signal in RS232 is output on this pin. When PPS output voltage is configured as RS485, the positive RS485 signal of the PPS is output on this pin. RS232 RXD RS232 receive line RS232 TXD...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 9 FG8803S20 - SP functionality Figure 3 FG8803S20 is an extension board with SP functionality. This extension board takes the time provided by one or two TDCs of the time reference system in which it is mounted and provides the time via its ST type connectors.
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 10 Status LEDs The FG8803Sxx boards are equipped with status LEDs on their front panel. These LEDs are used for quick identification of the operating status of the FG8803Sxx. LED status Configured time outputs are no longer generated Yellow Configured time outputs are generated but a problem is present Green...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 11 Factory default A factory default can be performed via the push button that’s reachable through the 1.5mm diameter hole next to the LED symbols on the board’s bezel. The button must be pressed for at least 10s to perform a factory default. When the button is pressed for 1s to 10s a reboot is performed.
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 12 Supported board pages in huma The following table lists the supported huma board pages of this board. Board Overview General ➔ Status General ➔ Action Details ➔ Status Network General ➔ Config Interface ➔ Status Interface ➔ Config Routing ➔...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Time Service General ➔ Status General ➔ Config NTP ➔ Status NTP ➔ Action NTP ➔ Config PTP ➔ Status PTP ➔ Config SIMATIC NTP 10s broadcast ➔ Config Xx ➔ Config Monitoring Events ➔ Config Syslog ➔ Config Email ➔...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 13 Supported strings 13.1 ABB Melody / Freelance (LF / CR), hopf 6021 (LF / CR) This string can be sent on request. To request this, string the character “G” (0x47) must be sent to the channel where this string is configured.
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Ten’s year $30-$39 Unit year $30-$39 LF (line feed) CR (carriage return) ETX (end of text) Status: Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 Meaning No DST announcement DST announcement Standard time Daylight saving time (DST) The time domain controller has no valid time The time domain controller is operating in crystal mode and the accuracy is worse than or equal 100ns...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 13.2 ABB Melody / Freelance (CR / LF) / hopf 6021 (CR / LF) ABB Melody / Freelance (LF / CR), hopf 6021 (LF / CR) Identical to only character 16 and 17 are exchanged. Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 13.3 hopf Binay Character no. Meaning Hex value STX (start of text) “:” “T” “I” “M” “E” “:” “8” “0” “:” 11-20 Milliseconds since start of the year as $30-$39, $41-$46 unsigned 40bit value, represented with 10 hex digits “;”...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Status byte 1: Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Meaning Time is invalid Unused The time domain controller is operating in crystal mode and the accuracy is worse than 10ms Unused The time domain controller is operating in crystal mode and the accuracy is better than or equal 10ms and worse than 100ns The time domain controller is locked to a sync source (accuracy worse than 100ns)
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Status byte 2: Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Meaning The time domain controller is operating in crystal mode or has invalid time The time domain controller is locked to sync source unused unused unused Bit 3 to 0 are unused and set to 0.
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Recommended settings: Setting Recommended value Baud rate 9600 Data bits Stop bit(s) Parity bit Transmission interval Every second (at second change) Transmission scheme Without second forerun / immediate control character Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024 Page 27 of 50...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 13.4 hopf Binary v2 Character no. Meaning Hex value “$” “H” “B” “2” 5-20 Seconds since 00:00 01.01.1970 as $30-$39, $41-$46 unsigned 64bit value, represented with 16 hex digits. Example: 000000006155BC00 (for 30.09.2021 13:30:40) Leap second state $30-$32, $34 0 ➔...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 1 ➔ daylight saving time is active 2 ➔ daylight saving time is not configured 40-43 Daylight saving time offset in minutes that $30-$39, $41-$46 should be added to the standard time while daylight saving time is active, as 16bit value, represented with 4 hex digits 44-59 Time stamp of the next daylight-saving time...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Recommended settings: Setting Recommended value Baud rate 115200 Data bits Stop bit(s) Parity bit Transmission interval Every second (at second change) Transmission scheme Without second forerun / immediate control character Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024 Page 30 of 50...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 13.5 hopf Master / Slave Character no. Meaning Hex value STX (start of text) Status $30-$39, $41-$46 Day of week $31-$37 1 ➔ Monday … 7 ➔ Sunday When the time is output in UTC the $39, $41-$46 following hex values apply 9 ➔...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 1 ➔ difference time is negative (west), and ten’s hour is 1 8 ➔ difference time is positive (east), and ten’s hour is 0 9 ➔ difference time is positive (east), and ten’s hour is 1 Difference time unit hours $30-$39 Difference time ten’s minutes $30-$35...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Recommended settings: Setting Recommended value Baud rate 9600 Data bits Stop bit(s) Parity bit Transmission interval Every second (at second change) Transmission scheme With second forerun / control character at second change Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024 Page 33 of 50...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 13.6 hopf Time Universal Character no. Meaning Hex value STX (start of text) 2 - 3 Status byte $30-$39, $41-$46 Ten’s hours $30-$32 Unit hours $30-$39 Ten’s minutes $30-$35 Unit minutes $30-$39 Ten’s seconds $30-$35 Unit seconds $30-$39 Ten’s day...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation CR (carriage return) ETX (end of text) Status byte: Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Meaning Time is invalid Unused The time domain controller is operating in crystal mode and accuracy is worse than 10µs The time domain controller is operating in crystal mode and accuracy is better than or equal 10µs The time domain controller is operating in sync mode and...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Recommended settings: Setting Recommended value Baud rate 9600 Data bits Stop bit(s) Parity bit Transmission interval Every second (at second change) Transmission scheme With second forerun / control character at second change Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024 Page 36 of 50...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 13.7 IEC-103 If actual second is the change of a minute: Character no. Meaning Hex value Start flag Length of information Repeated length of information Start flag Control field Station address Frame type identification Variable structure identifier Cause of transmission Common address of ADSU Function type...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Initialization string for IEC-103 (sent every second which is not a minute change): Character no. Meaning Hex value Start flag Control field IEC-Address $01-$FE Checksum $00-$FF End flag Recommended settings: Setting Recommended value Baud rate 9600 Data bits Stop bit(s) Parity bit Even...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 13.8 SAT 1703 This string can be sent on request. To request this, string the character “?” (0x3F) must be sent to the channel where this string is configured. Character no. Meaning Hex value STX (start of text) Ten’s day $30-$33 Unit day...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation “Z” or “S” or “C” (standard time, $43 or $53 or $5A daylight saving time “ “ or “Z” or “ “ $20 or $5A or UTC) “ “ when the time domain controller is $20 or $2A locked to a sync source “*”...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 13.9 SINEC H1 Extended This string can be sent on request. To request this, string the character “?” (0x3F) must be sent to the channel where the SINEC H1 Extended is configured. Character no. Meaning Hex value STX (start of text) “D”...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Unit minutes $30-$39 “.” Ten’s seconds $30-$35 Unit seconds $30-$39 “;” “#“ when time domain controller has no $20 or $23 valid time “ ” when the time domain controller has a valid time “*“ when the time domain controller is $20 or $2A operating in crystal mode or has no valid time...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 13.10 Trimble TSIP Character no. Meaning Hex value Packet ID Sub packet ID Event count (0 for GPS) Event count (0 for GPS) Second in week as little endian Exponent 1. byte $00-$FF Exponent 3. nibble plus 1. Nibble mantissa $00-$FF Mantissa $00-$FF...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 13.11 ION 7550 This string can be sent on request. To request this, string the character “C” (0x43) or “c” (0x63) must be sent to the channel where this string is configured. Character no. Meaning Hex value SOH (start of header) Hundredth day of year $30-$39...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation Recommended settings: Setting Recommended value Baud rate 9600 Data bits Stop bit(s) Parity bit Transmission interval Every second (at second change) Transmission scheme Without second forerun / immediate control character Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024 Page 45 of 50...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 14 Configuration huma ® web edition of the The FG8803Sxx boards can be configured and monitored via the extension board with the management functionality, that is equipped to the system. Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024 Page 46 of 50...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 15 Maintenance No special maintenance is required for FG8803Sxx boards. If a malfunction is detected, follow the instructions in the troubleshooting chapter or contact the hopf Elektronik GmbH -Support. Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024 Page 47 of 50...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 16 Troubleshooting hopf If a FG8803Sxx board reports an error, then Elektronik GmbH recommends proceeding as follows: huma • Access the ® web edition of the extension board with the management functionality, that is equipped to the system, go to the Start Page and hover over the FG8803Sxx board.
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 17 Repair hopf FG8803Sxx boards cannot be repaired outside a factory of the company Elektronik GmbH, hopf if a defect is observed, contact the Elektronik GmbH -Support to organize the shipment to our factory. Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024...
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FG8803SXX Technical Documentation 18 Technical Specifications Technical specifications can be found in the latest 8100 product series product sheet. Version: 02.00; Date: 31.10.2024 Page 50 of 50...
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