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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) charac-
ter. The format is:

<STX>D:

dd.mm.yy

;T:

w

;U:

hh.mm.ss

;

uvxy

<ETX>

The letters printed in 

italics

 are replaced by ASCII numbers whereas the other

characters are part of the time string. The groups of characters as defined below:

<STX>

Start-Of-Text (ASCII code 02h)

dd.mm.yy

the current date:

dd

day of month

(01..31)

mm

month

(01..12)

yy

year of the century

(00..99)

w

the day of the week

(1..7, 1 = Monday)

hh.mm.ss

the current time:

hh

hours

(00..23)

mm

minutes

(00..59)

ss

seconds

(00..59, or 60 while leap second)

uv

clock status characters:

u

:

‘#’ clock has not synchronized after reset
‘ ‘ (space, 20h) clock has synchronized after reset

v

:

different for DCF77 or GPS receivers:

‘*’ DCF77 clock currently runs on XTAL

GPS receiver has not checked its position

‘ ‘ (space, 20h) DCF77 clock is sync'd with transmitter

GPS receiver has determined its position

x

time zone indicator:

‘U’ UTC

Universal Time Coordinated, formerly GMT

‘ ‘

MEZ

European Standard Time, daylight saving disabled

‘S’ MESZ European Summertime, daylight saving enabled

y

anouncement of discontinuity of time, enabled during last hour
before discontinuity comes in effect:

‘!’

announcement of start or end of daylight saving time

‘A’ announcement of leap second insertion
‘ ‘

(space, 20h) nothing announced

<ETX>

End-Of-Text (ASCII code 03h)

Summary of Contents for GPS167PC

Page 1: ...GPS167PC Technical Information Operating Instructions FUNKUHREN...

Page 2: ...Impressum Werner Meinberg Auf der Landwehr 22 D 31812 Bad Pyrmont Phone 49 52 81 9309 0 Fax 49 52 81 9309 30 Internet http www meinberg de Email info meinberg de October 30 2001...

Page 3: ...ver 9 Installing the Radio Clock 9 Setting The Port Base Address 9 Configuring the 9 pin Connector 11 Mounting the Board 11 Mounting the Antenna 11 Powering Up the System 12 Files on the Diskette ship...

Page 4: ...nical Specifications GPS167PC 21 Technical Specifications of Antenna 23 Assembly with CN UB E CN UB 280DC 24 Format of the Meinberg Standard Time String 25 Format of the Meinberg Capture String 26 Ass...

Page 5: ...on of 24 satellites together with some active spares in six orbital planes 20000 km over ground provides a minimum of four satellites to be in view 24 hours a day at every point of the globe Four sate...

Page 6: ...tile memory at power up Optionally the clock is also available with a higher precision time base A monitoring software shipped with the board can be used to check the clock s status and configure some...

Page 7: ...me events A falling TTL slope at one of these inputs lets the microprocessor save the current real time in its capture buffer From the buffer an ASCII string per capture event can be transmitted via C...

Page 8: ...n below M Start of Minute 0 R RF Transmission via secondary antenna 0 A1 Announcement of a change in daylight saving Z1 Z2 Time zone identification Z1 Z2 0 1 Daylight saving disabled Z1 Z2 1 0 Dayligh...

Page 9: ...DIL switch on the board can be used to wire some TTL inputs or outputs 0 5V to some connector pins In this case absolute care must be taken if another device is connected to the port because voltage...

Page 10: ...er 7 is assigned to A8 A9 is hard wired to logical 1 Any switch in the ON position ties the corresponding address line to logical 0 Some common port base addresses and the corresponding DIL switch set...

Page 11: ...ny ISA slot not used yet The rear slot cover must be removed before the board can be carefully plugged in The computer s case should be closed again and the antenna can be connected to the coaxial plu...

Page 12: ...elevation and doppler might not match those values expected by the receiver thus forcing the receiver to start scanning for satellites This mode is called Warm Boot because the receiver can obtain ID...

Page 13: ...manent date time window on the screen COLOR EXE sets the screen attribute of the permanent date time window Support for other Operating Systems Drivers for the operating systems listed below are optio...

Page 14: ...rameters is described below P xxx This parameter is only needed for clocks with ISA bus if the I O port base address does not match the default I O add ress 300 hex If a clock with PCI bus or Micro ch...

Page 15: ...t RTC direct enables the driver to write directly to the computer s real time clock This feature is required in some special environments only see the description of PCPSDRV COM below The Tick Counter...

Page 16: ...r daylight saving is currently in effect or not Time zone and daylight saving parameters can be viewed or modified by a dialog window which comes up if the key F5 is pressed The example below shows th...

Page 17: ...rt base address does not match the default I O address 300 hex If a clock with PCI bus or Microchannel bus is installed then the program will automatically retrieve the I O address from the computer s...

Page 18: ...ow only when special applications are run Firmware Updates Whenever the on board software must be upgraded or modified the new firmware can be downloaded to the internal flash memory via the radio clo...

Page 19: ...e of inadequate replacement of the lithium battery Only identical batteries or batteries recommended by the manufacturer must be used for replacement The waste battery must be disposed as pro posed by...

Page 20: ...20...

Page 21: ...Antenna TIME TO SYNCHRO NIZATION one minute with known receiver position and valid almanac 12 minutes if invalid battery buffered memory PULSE OUTPUTS change of second P_SEC TTL level change of minute...

Page 22: ...1 10 9 10 sec free running 3 10 9 Temperature drift free running 2 10 7 SSB phase noise 10 kHz beside carrier 101 dB Hz 1 kHz beside carrier 76 dB Hz 100 Hz beside carrier 60 dB Hz SERIAL PORTS 2 asyn...

Page 23: ...575 42 MHz bandwidth 9 MHz CONVERTER local oscillator to converter frequency 10 MHz first IF frequency 35 4 MHz POWER REQUIREMENTS 12V 18V 100mA provided via antenna cable CONNECTOR coax type N female...

Page 24: ...24 Assembly with CN UB E CN UB 280DC Type N BNC male Type N male Type N male CN UB E 1 5m max Type N male GPS167 Antenna Meinberg GPS As short as possible...

Page 25: ...hours 00 23 mm minutes 00 59 ss seconds 00 59 or 60 while leap second uv clock status characters u clock has not synchronized after reset space 20h clock has synchronized after reset v different for D...

Page 26: ...efined below x 0 or 1 corresponding on the number of the capture input _ ASCII space 20h dd mm yy the capture date dd day of month 01 31 mm month 01 12 yy year of the century 00 99 hh mm ss fffffff th...

Page 27: ...27 Component Layout GPS167PC...

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