4.
Licenses
This section gives an overview of the licenses that can be purchased with the GridTime
™
3000 GNSS Time Server,
and describes the features activated by each bundle.
The licenses that are purchasable with the GridTime 3000, as well as the features activated by each license, are
described in
.
For licenses that enable all timing protocols on a group of ports, see
for a description of the
protocols supported on each port.
Table 4-1. GridTime 3000 licenses
License name
Activated features
Front Panel Features
Ethernet Copper
Activates 1x RJ-45 Ethernet ports (up to x2 available).
Note:
An additional NTP or PTP license needs to be
purchased to use NTP or PTP on ports.
Ethernet SFP (Copper or Fiber)
Activates 1x SFP or SFP+ Ethernet ports for use at
10/100/1000 Mbps communication speeds (up to 6x SFP
and 2x SFP+ available).
Note:
An additional NTP or PTP license needs to be
purchased to use NTP or PTP on ports.
10GB
License
Activates 10 Gbps communication speed on Ethernet
timing ports 9 and 10.
Note:
An additional NTP or PTP license needs to be
purchased to use NTP or PTP on ports.
PTP
Enables PTP client and server on all activated Ethernet
ports. Enables all PTP profiles, see
for a list of all supported PTP profiles.
NTP/SNTP
Enables NTP broadcast, multicast, and unicast server
mode on all activated Ethernet ports, as well as SNTP
multicast, broadcast and unicast client.
PRP
Enables PRP on all activated Ethernet ports. See
2.5. IEC 62439-3:2016 Parallel Redundancy Protocol
(PRP)
Back Panel Features
T1/E1 & Fixed Frequency
Activates T1/E1/J1 ports (x2), and ITU G.703 square/
sine wave output on Fixed Frequency/TTL BNC ports
(x2)
BNC Outputs
Activates BNC ports and their supported I/O signals (x8)
(apart from G.703 signals on Fixed Freq/TTL ports)
Fiber Pulse
Activates ST fiber ports and their supported pulse
outputs (x2)
Serial Ports
Activates the RS232 serial port and the RS422 serial
port, along with their supported time strings
HV MOSFET
Activates HV MOSFET port and its supported pulse
outputs.
Licenses
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