Meinberg TCR180, Manual

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9 Putting into operation
9 Putting into operation
To achieve correct operation of the board, the following points must be observed.
9.1 Configuration of TCR180
The selection of the time code, configuration of the serial interface and a possible offset of the received time to
UTC must be set up by the monitor software. In contrast to AFNOR NF S87-500 the IRIG telegram containes
only the day of year (1...366) instead of a complete date. To ensure correct function of TCR180, the date stored
in the realtime clock of the board must be set when using IRIG codes therefore. This setting can be done by a
terminal software also.
If the time zone of the received time code is not UTC,
the local offset to UTC must be configured to ensure
correct function of the driver software. If the local time
zone is MEZ for example, the board must be set to a
local offset of ‘+60min’ (MEZ = UTC + 1 h).
The serial interface COM0 can be configured to send a time telegram with reference to UTC or to the re-
ceived local time.
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