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UIP 

User Interface Processor 

UTC 

Coordinated Universal Time 

VAC 

Voltage Alternating Current 

VDC 

Voltage Direct Current 

WAN 

Wide Area Network 

XML 

eXtensible Markup Language 

ZDA 

Data and Time from GPS, NMEA standard 

12.

 

References 

[1]

 

IEEE1588-2008 IEEE Standard for a Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol for Networked 

Measurement and Control Systems 

[2]

 

ITU-T G.703, Physical/electrical characteristics of hierarchical digital interfaces 

 

Summary of Contents for EdgeSync

Page 1: ...28 September 2021 EdgeSync Network Timing Edge Device User Manual EdgeSync and EdgeSync Document Part No 1244 5000 0050 Revision 1...

Page 2: ...ions 10 Power 10 Ground 10 Input Output Signal Connections 10 Management 10 Console 11 FREQ Out 11 Timing outputs 1PPS 11 Timing inputs outputs ToD 1PPS 11 PTP Port 1 and Port 2 11 Connecting GNSS Ant...

Page 3: ...ystem Tab 38 SNMP Tab 39 5 Command Reference 41 EdgeSync Basic Commands 41 Help Command 41 History Command 41 Quit Command 41 Show commands 41 Show Alarms Command 42 Show Status Command 42 System comm...

Page 4: ...ve Acceptance Filter 52 Maintaining Master s List of Static Slaves 53 Unicast BOTH mode of operation 53 Unicast MIXED mode of operation 53 Monitoring Unicast Operations 54 PTP Clocks 54 Gateway and Bo...

Page 5: ...rios 69 EdgeSync for 5G deployment 70 9 Physical Interfaces 72 Antenna input 72 Console 72 Hard Reset Button 72 Hard Reset Button Quick Push for Reboot 72 Hard Reset Button Long Push for Factory Reset...

Page 6: ...1588 2008 PTP as input references PTP algorithms are leveraged to deliver stringent timing for frequency and phase profiles Outputs include IEEE 1588 2008 PTP selectable FREQ Out 1PPS and Time of Day...

Page 7: ...lications EdgeSync is a small form factor IEEE 1588 2008 PTP Edge Grand Master and Boundary Clock that can be used for smart grid transmission and distribution substations This Multi Sync Gateway plat...

Page 8: ...re configured at the factory and cannot be field upgraded at present Section 10 of this User Guide presents the two variants available Components Block Diagram The following block diagram defines the...

Page 9: ...operating temperature is 0 C to 50 C 32 F to 122 F Use only shielded cable for all signal wiring including I O clocks and Ethernet Use the Ground connector to appropriately ground the EdgeSync to eart...

Page 10: ...comes equipped with 2 Phoenix connectors to supply PWR A and PWR B and the user needs to connect the two terminals of it to their DC supplies The EdgeSync can also be powered by two VAC power sources...

Page 11: ...kewise one shielded RJ45 copper port and one SFP port is provided in parallel for Port 2 These ports provide PTP protocol messages to the timing network See Gateway and Boundary clock Section of this...

Page 12: ...port to a PC and run a terminal emulator application Tera Term PuTTY minicom Procomm etc to login to the EdgeSync Login credentials are provided in the EdgeSync Basic Commands section Use the network...

Page 13: ...rted for PTPBASE MIB specification from Timing Over IP Connections and Transfer of Clock TICTOC Working Group The text format of PTPBASE MIB can be downloaded from https files spectracom com public do...

Page 14: ...assword New Password Enter new password Confirm New Password Re enter new password Cancel Change Password hyperlink selects Login webpage Submit button Apply New Password Clear button Clear all entrie...

Page 15: ...t o G8275 2 frequency phase L3 unicast for partial timing network o G8265 1 frequency only from packet network Power profile o Power_V1 IEEE C37 238 2011 o Power_V2 IEEE C37 238 2017 o Power Utility I...

Page 16: ...Source no clock recovery from ports ref frequency from 1pps used for SyncE out Ethernet Tx clock ESMC QL out on both ports plus PTP operation BC Ref input port 1 SyncE in recovered clock input ESMC QL...

Page 17: ...me GMT or Zulu time PTP Time Format YYYY MM DD HH MM SS fraction of a second Local Time Format YYYY MM DD HH MM SS xxT Can be customized to local time zone using Local TZ configuration Default setting...

Page 18: ...ctets 0 255 for static IP assignment Subnet Mask RW Four dot separated octets 0 255 for static IP assignment Gateway IP RW Four dot separated octets 0 255 for static IP assignment Auto Negotiation RW...

Page 19: ...eive untagged and priority tagged frames VLAN With VLAN ID and Priority 1 to 7 send and receive VLAN tagged frames only VLAN ID 0 4094 RW Set VLAN ID Priority 0 7 RW Set VLAN Priority VLAN Configurati...

Page 20: ...P RW Enable Disable DHCP for dynamic IP assignment Ipv4 Address RW Four dot separated octets 0 255 for static IP assignment Subnet Mask RW Four dot separated octets 0 255 for static IP assignment Gate...

Page 21: ...PS IN RW Enable Disable of 1PPS from external GNSS Receiver ToD IN RW Enable Disable of ToD from external GNSS Receiver Antenna Delay ns RW Calibration for cable delay in nano seconds Range 0 21474836...

Page 22: ...rnal Source Baud Rate RW GNSS ToD Baud Rate 4800 or 9600 Apply Clear Apply Button WO Click for selection and settings to be applied to the EdgeSync Clear Button WO Click to clear the latest changes Ta...

Page 23: ...h us RW 1PPS pulse width in micro seconds Range 250 to 1PPS Period minus 250 1PPS Mode RW 1PPS Mode options Sync Holdover Always 1PPS Error Tolerance ns RW 1PPS Error Tolerance Range 0 to 4294967295 I...

Page 24: ...when Never Free run Holdover NMEA Timezone RW The Timezone options for ToD output are None TZ TZ DST TOD OUT Baud Rate RW Select TOD OUT Baud Rate 4800 9600 14400 19200 28800 38400 57600 or 115200 Ap...

Page 25: ...used for the PTP servo after the servo has synchronized Range 1 to 2147483647 Startup Time Constant s RW The startup Time Constant used for the PTP servo before the servo has synchronized Range 1 to...

Page 26: ...characters can be used letters numbers and special characters Note the following characters are not allowed semi colon space and Clock Type Mode RW Selection of PTP clock for this EdgeSync device The...

Page 27: ...s 1 and 2 PTP Port Legend RO Read Only RW Read Write WO Write Only Labels Access Description Port 1 and Port 2 State RW Select PTP port operational state Disable Enable Port State RO PTP port state Th...

Page 28: ...s from this PTP slave port to PTP master as it may not be same or symmetric The units are in seconds and can be configured as decimal For e g to configure 1 usec asymmetry this field should be set to...

Page 29: ...ar Button WO Click to clear the latest changes Synchronous Ethernet SSM Channel ESMC RO ESMC channel is enabled or disabled Link Mode RO IEEE 802 3 link mode Master or Slave or none Input QL RO Input...

Page 30: ...use for peer delay mechanism Delete Unicast Peer Address Peer Address RW Remove Unicast peer address to add a different one Add Master Node Network Address WO IPv4 address of Master node to be added f...

Page 31: ...econds or fractions of seconds Examples 1 an entry of 0 represents an interval of 1 second between messages 2 an entry of 5 represents an interval of 1 32 seconds between messages or 32 messages per s...

Page 32: ...s PTP Dataset There are two sub tabs on this webpage 1 PTP profile dataset This tab provides profile specific information as shown below G8275 2 profile for example This information will be different...

Page 33: ...the EdgeSync to remain in Holdover Apply Clear Apply Button WO Click for selection and settings to be applied to the EdgeSync Clear Button WO Click to clear the latest changes On board Oscillator On...

Page 34: ...anycast To operate in Manycast mode IP unicast multicast 224 0 1 1 requests are answered Broadcast Periodic SNTP replies are broadcasted 224 0 1 1 To be supported in a future release Mixed This is com...

Page 35: ...y Labels Access Description Restore Default Configuration on Device RESTORE button WO Click to restore EdgeSync Factory Default configuration Download Current Configuration in XML Format DOWNLOAD butt...

Page 36: ...Each Alarm entry will have the Alarm s Name the Alarm s Current Status the Alarm s Last Occurrence and the number of times the Alarm has occurred since EdgeSync startup The timestamp of last occurren...

Page 37: ...ity risks Figure 25 Security Webpage Security Legend RO Read Only RW Read Write WO Write Only Labels Access Description Security Secure http https RW Enable Disable HTTPS Apply Clear Apply Button WO C...

Page 38: ...ded and the web access to EdgeSync stops working then the user can restore to factory default https configuration from CLI using the HTTPS Restore command System Tab System Tab Provides EdgeSync hardw...

Page 39: ...ess of SFTP server SW Image Filename RW Software file to be used for the upgrade Server Login Username RW Login credentials for SFTP server Server Password RW Login credentials for SFTP server Start S...

Page 40: ...tion RW Location of this EdgeSync node SysContact RW Contact information for support for this EdgeSync node Apply Clear Apply Button WO Click for selection and settings to be applied to the EdgeSync C...

Page 41: ...le 18 SNMPv3 Options EdgeSync maintains the list of active SNMPv3 users with the user name and their security level at the bottom of the webpage 5 Command Reference EdgeSync Basic Commands The login c...

Page 42: ...f PTP slaves supported and GNSS module type System Restore Command system restore The EdgeSync System Restore command will restore factory default configuration System Upgrade Status Command system Up...

Page 43: ...is command gives the user to option to reset to factory default removing the user uploaded SSL certificate file and restoring the self signed certificate This is needed if wrong user file got uploaded...

Page 44: ...RUNNING SYNTONIZING SYNCHRONIZING or HOLDOVER 6 Troubleshooting and Safety Considerations This section provides some EdgeSync Troubleshooting and Safety Considerations References are provided on how...

Page 45: ...erted in the port Verify that the 1 PPS source is outputting a 1 PPS signal ToD Input Error on Front Panel RJ45 port Verify that the input RJ45 connector is securely inserted in the port Verity that t...

Page 46: ...Grand Master time source through the RJ45 or SFP connectors Verify that the PTP Grand Master is providing PTP Timing messages The user has selected external 1PPS ToD inputs but has not connected the...

Page 47: ...ble configuration does not meet requirements of the Antenna input Section Verify that the GNSS Antenna cable meets requirements of the Antenna input Section EdgeSync Alarm condition is affecting input...

Page 48: ...etwork subnet as the MGMT port Make sure that the IP addresses of Port 1 Port 2 and MGMT port are on different networks subnets EdgeSync Alarm condition is affecting Timing Ports Link State Check the...

Page 49: ...uipment could result in equipment damage and voiding the EdgeSync warranty Use caution when installing the GNSS antenna near under or around high voltage lines The GNSS antenna should be equipped with...

Page 50: ...ng mode If a better clock exists on the network based on BMCA the clock will switch to the PTP passive state GNSS Primary PTP Secondary mode This mode is almost the same as Mode 1 but after the holdov...

Page 51: ...e The EdgeSync clock enters this state when it starts to synchronize its time and frequency with either a PTP or GNSS source If the synchronization source is the GNSS then both time and frequency are...

Page 52: ...m the master To accept unicast negotiation requests from slave nodes the master needs to be configured as follows Unicast negotiation must be enabled Slave acceptance filter must be populated Note tha...

Page 53: ...The PTP port on EdgeSync can be configured to automatically assume either the role of a unicast Master or a unicast Slave when the port mode is unicast BOTH For example if a port is in unicast Master...

Page 54: ...P Clocks IEEE 1588 v2 standard specifies different types of clocks that are used to propagate timing and synchronization The grandmaster master and slave or subordinate clocks are generally grouped as...

Page 55: ...the best GM from which to recover the PTP time messages The Boundary Clock The Boundary Clock BC has one port defined as a master port and the second port as a slave port receiving PTP messages from a...

Page 56: ...holdover The time variation is based on a statistical measurement of time error between the source input time and the slave s formulated time where the source input time is the GNSS or ToD 1PPS input...

Page 57: ...SNTP server implementation of EdgeSync as per the specification in RFC 4330 Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP Version 4 for IPv4 IPv6 and OSI 8 Network Architecture Deployment Considerations Network O...

Page 58: ...ows how network dynamic reconfiguration could impact the sync characteristics at the end point PTP slave PTP Profiles EdgeSync provides the flexibility and ease for customers to select one of the many...

Page 59: ...st mode of operation G 8275 1 Telecom Profile This is one of the Telecom profiles specified by ITU T and is recommended for new deployment or green field networks comprising switches It is expected th...

Page 60: ...s profile is used where there are network elements which are not PTP aware and do not participate in PTP protocol processing They act as pass through elements but introduce additional delays which the...

Page 61: ...ronization Figure 35 G 8265 1 PTP Profile Power version 1 profile This profile is specified for the power industry mainly in power system protection control automation and data communication applicati...

Page 62: ...wer Profile v2 as shown below Figure 37 Power Profile v2 additional configuration parameters Power Utility Profile This profile is specified as in Power Utility IEC IEEE 61850 9 3 2016 standard Commun...

Page 63: ...ee ATSC In PTP Clock page additional configuration parameters are provided that are specific to Power Utility profile as shown below Figure 39 SMPTE Profile additional configuration parameters Synchro...

Page 64: ...odes of operation in which SyncE feature can be deployed as described below The PHY s used in EdgeSync support SyncE in terms of supporting clock recovery on Ethernet Rx and being able to provide 125M...

Page 65: ...laves There are some differences that should be noted when using L2 Ethernet multicast based PTP profile like G8275 1 and L3 based PTP profile like G8275 2 More details to follow in the sections below...

Page 66: ...th the input from SyncE and PTP engine Unlike in G8275 1 here the physical layer output is NOT directly from input reference and hence not traceable and cannot be used for SyncE output distribution Sy...

Page 67: ...icates AUTO QL FAILED In GM mode the input QL processing in EdgeSync is set to AUTO to take the input from the port and feed it into the PLL as one of the inputs What is shown in the parentheses is th...

Page 68: ...n that port from its link partner o For Port1 it indicates AUTO QL PRC indicating that incoming SyncE ESMC has QL PRC This is used as SyncE reference o For Port2 it indicates AUTO QL DNU indicating th...

Page 69: ...and network operation use case scenarios a higher precision or sync accuracy may be required For Time Alignment Error TAE within a cluster of RUs all of which synchronizing from the same DU it is 130n...

Page 70: ...equires products from multi vendors to be interoperable and there is no single vendor lock in Most of the hardware is off the shelf and the software is open source which empowers smaller players to en...

Page 71: ...anual rev 1 71 Figure 49 EdgeSync solution for ORAN S plane The figure below shows other deployment scenarios for 5G using legacy network architecture for synchronization Figure 50 EdgeSync solution f...

Page 72: ...e Hard Reset Button should be a last resort consideration as it is abrupt and not a graceful way Hard Reset Button Quick Push for Reboot When Hard Reset Button is pushed and held for a short duration...

Page 73: ...al RJ45 ports and two SFP ports Each RJ45 port can support triple speed 10 100 1000 Mbps and each SFP port can support 1GE For Port 1 the same PTP messages packets will be present in both the RJ45 and...

Page 74: ...Amber Orange Initial boot and OS load completed successfully Loading Applications Green HW and SW Applications loaded and ready for normal operation Green blinking EdgeSync software upgrade in progre...

Page 75: ...2 PTP Unicast Slaves 100 927 03 EdgeSync HP OCXO 128 PTP Unicast Slaves 11 Glossary Acronyms and Abbreviations 1PPS Pulse Per Second 1RU 1 Rack Unit 1 75 inches or 44 45 millimeters API Application Pr...

Page 76: ...niversal Serial Bus MCE Managed Clock Engine NMEA National Marine Electronics Association NV Nonvolatile Memory OC Ordinary Clock OCXO Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator P2P Peer to Peer delay measure...

Page 77: ...tage Direct Current WAN Wide Area Network XML eXtensible Markup Language ZDA Data and Time from GPS NMEA standard 12 References 1 IEEE1588 2008 IEEE Standard for a Precision Clock Synchronization Prot...

Page 78: ...d you have any questions or comments please visit the following link where you can request product information or technical assistance orolia com support You can also email Technical Support directly...

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