RCIM User’s Guide
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rcim_clocksync
takes the following options:
-i
interactive mode (see below)
-m
prints the configured hostname where the RCIM master is located (see “Con-
figuration” in Chapter 2).
-s
prints the RCIM connection state
devname
The device name of the desired RCIM board. Defaults to
/dev/rcim0/rcim
which is the first RCIM board that was found on boot.
/dev/rcim1/rcim
,
/dev/rcim2/rcim
, etc. should be used to point this
tool to the second, third, etc. RCIM board found on boot.
When interactive mode is invoked, a display similar to the following example provides
configuration and status information updated every two seconds, as well as command
usage. These items are explained below.
RCIM is
indicates the RCIM mode for this system:
master
,
pass-through slave
,
final slave
or
isolated
RCIM version
is the RCIM version number
Configured RCIM master hostname is
indicates the hostname of the RCIM master. This must be configured using the
host
configuration option
(see “Configuration” in Chapter 2)
cable signal
is one of the following:
ENABLED/DISABLED
– For the RCIM master, indicates if the cable clock signal is being propagated to
slaves. For RCIM slaves, indicates if clocks are being driven by the RCIM master or if ticking locally
(without synchronization).
CLOCK_MISSING
– Error condition indicating cable clock signal is not being properly propagated to
slaves.
CLOCK_STOPPED
– Error condition indicating cable clock signal has been stopped.
RCIM is isolated RCIM version: 1
Configured RCIM master hostname is Not_Configured
Clock status and values ...
cable signal : ENABLED
tick timer : CABLE_ENABLE LOCAL_ENABLE
posix clock : CABLE_ENABLE LOCAL_ENABLE
tick timer : 10.3361 seconds ( 25840213 ticks)
posix clock : 18665.4696 seconds
operations are:
s - synchronize clocks
0[tp] - stop clock ([t]ick/[p]osix)
1[tp] - start clock ([t]ick/[p]osix)
w[tp] - update clock value ([t]ick/[p]osix)
i[tp] - isolate clock ([t]ick/[p]osix)
c[tp] - connect clock ([t]ick/[p]osix)
d - disable cable clock signal
e - enable cable clock signal
q - quit
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