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EPSILON

 

SWITCH

 

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AMPLIFIER

 

 

SYSTEM

 

E

 

(SAS17E

 

&

 

SAS36E) 

USER’S MANUAL 

 

95 Methodist Hill Drive 

Rochester, NY 14623 

Phone: US +1.585.321.5800 

Fax: US +1.585.321.5219 

 

3 Avenue du Canada  

91974 Les Ulis, France 

Phone: +33(0)1.64.53.39.80 

Fax: +33(0)1.64.53.39.81 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

www.spectracomcorp.com 

www.spectracom.fr 

Ref. Number 170024-D1 

Manual Revision D1 

08 September 2008 

Summary of Contents for SAS17E

Page 1: ...hodist Hill Drive Rochester NY 14623 Phone US 1 585 321 5800 Fax US 1 585 321 5219 3 Avenue du Canada 91974 Les Ulis France Phone 33 0 1 64 53 39 80 Fax 33 0 1 64 53 39 81 www spectracomcorp com www spectracom fr Ref Number 170024 D1 Manual Revision D1 08 September 2008 ...

Page 2: ... Corporation Specifications subject to change or improvement without notice Spectracom EPSILON CLOCK NetClock Ageless TimeGuard TimeBurst TimeTap LineTap MultiTap VersaTap and Legally Traceable Time are Spectracom registered trademarks All other products are identified by trademarks of their respective companies or organizations All rights reserved ...

Page 3: ...Spectracom of the claim with full information as to the claimed defect Spectracom products shall not be returned unless a return authorization number is issued by Spectracom Spectracom products must be returned with the description of the claimed defect and identification of the individual to be contacted if additional information is needed Spectracom products must be returned properly packed with...

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Page 5: ...Spectracom Corporation EPSILON Switch Amplifier System E User s Manual iii ...

Page 6: ...gent Alarm 2 4 2 6 Non Urgent Alarm 2 4 2 7 Ethernet Port 2 5 2 8 Operating Environment 2 5 2 9 EMC 2 5 3 INSTALLATION 3 1 3 1 Powering Up 3 1 3 2 Network Connection 3 1 3 3 Configuring and Operating the SAS E 3 2 3 4 Status of the SAS E 3 4 3 4 1 Status LED 3 4 3 5 Alarm 3 5 3 6 Powering Down 3 6 4 WEB INTERFACE 4 1 4 1 Web Pages 4 1 4 1 1 Welcome Page 4 1 4 1 2 Upper Task Bar and Page Header 4 2...

Page 7: ...Spectracom Corporation EPSILON Switch Amplifier System E User s Manual v ...

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Page 9: ...esults lost signal and minimal period detection are reported to the user through dedicated LEDs and through an Ethernet port When 2 external clocks are connected the SAS E offers a powerful redundant function by selecting automatically the better source This automatic selection may be by passed by the user to allow maintenance or for single clock operation In all cases the distributed signals Freq...

Page 10: ...stomer service is available by telephone at 33 0 1 64 53 39 80 France or 1 585 321 5800 United States Updated contacts information are available on web site see Support page CAUTION Electronic equipment is sensitive to Electrostatic Discharge ESD Observe all applicable ESD precautions and safeguards when handling the Spectracom equipment NOTE If equipment is returned to Spectracom it must be shipp...

Page 11: ... switching Alarm ToD 8 x Freq Switch and Amplifier System GPSantenna External Clock B source 8 x 1 pps Output amplification distribution Signal Monitoring 230 Vac 24 Vdc Redundant Power Supply F r e q A 1 s A p p T o D A A l a r m A F r e q 1 p p s T o D E x t s A i g x2 E x t s B i g x2 F r e q B 1 s B p p T o D B A l a r m B E x t s i g x2 Ext Sig x2 urg Alarm non urg Ethernet port Vac Vdc Ext S...

Page 12: ...itching Alarm ToD 8 x Freq Switch and Amplifier System GPSantenna External Clock B source 8 x 1 pps Output amplification distribution Signal Monitoring 230 Vac 24 Vdc Redundant Power Supply F r e q A 1 s A p p T o D A A l a r m A F r e q 1 p p s T o D E x t s A i g x2 E x t s B i g x2 F r e q B 1 s B p p T o D B A l a r m B E x t s i g x2 Ext Sig x2 urg Alarm non urg Ethernet port Vac Vdc Ext Sig ...

Page 13: ...nual 1 5 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6 Dimensions and Weight Dimensions and Weight Dimensions and Weight Dimensions and Weight SAS17E 1u version SAS36E 2u version Height 43 6 mm 0 1mm 88 1 mm 0 1mm Width 483 mm 0 1mm 483 mm 0 1mm Depth 323 mm 0 1mm 323 mm 0 1mm Weight 3 2 kg 4 1 kg ...

Page 14: ...EPSILON Switch Amplifier System E Spectracom Corporation User s Manual 1 6 ...

Page 15: ...Spectracom Corporation EPSILON Switch Amplifier System E User s Manual 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 Front and Rear Panel Front and Rear Panel Front and Rear Panel Front and Rear Panel 1 7 1 SAS17E ...

Page 16: ...EPSILON Switch Amplifier System E Spectracom Corporation User s Manual 1 8 1 7 2 SAS36E ...

Page 17: ... 2 2 2 DC Power Supply DC Power Supply DC Power Supply DC Power Supply Input power VDC 20 to 72V Consumption 50 W typical Protection against polarity inversion Protection against short circuit polyswitch ensures the isolation of the module in relation to the DC power supply in the event of a short circuit of the EPSILON s power supply Detection of power input presence on AC DC converter informatio...

Page 18: ... load 50 Ω Braid electrical ground 1PPS_In external clock B J25 ToD_In external clock A J3 Mini Din 6 pins Female Pin number 1 Reserved 4 NC 2 Reserved 5 Electrical ground 3 Electrical ground 6 Message input ToD_In external clock B J24 level RS232C ASCII message ALARM_In external clock A J4 Jack 3 5mm Mono Female Input for open collector current drive 0 5mA or for relay contact Braid Electrical gr...

Page 19: ...0 J41 J42 BNC Female Core Periodic pulse if external clock A selected J1 input periodic pulse if external clock B selected J26 input periodic pulse High Level 2 4V load 50 Ω Low Level 0 7V load 50 Ω Braid electrical ground ToD_Out J5 J22 J5 J22 Mini Din 6 pins Female Pin number 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Electrical ground 4 NC 5 Electrical ground 6 if external clock A selected J3 input ToD RS232C if ...

Page 20: ...in case of urgent alarm active Pin 3 and 4 open in case of urgent alarm active Resistive contact Rating 30VA 250V 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 Non Non Non Non Urgent Alarm Urgent Alarm Urgent Alarm Urgent Alarm Connector Universal Serial Bus USB connector A series NURG Pin Signal Description 1 Nurg_al_ closed Non Urgent Alarm active closed contact 2 Nurg_al_ closed Non Urgent Alarm active closed contact 3 Nurg...

Page 21: ...rol Protocol and Internet protocol TCP IP Web page server with HTTP protocol for configuration status included Configuration and status are manageable through SNMP protocol The MIB includes a sub set of configuration and status parameters SNMP traps are sent to the network on event trigger 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 Operating Environment Operating Environment Operating Environment Operating Environment Opera...

Page 22: ...EPSILON Switch Amplifier System E Spectracom Corporation User s Manual 2 6 ...

Page 23: ...ocess OS boot on the front panel All of the LEDs should be activated This process may take about two minutes 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 Network Connection Network Connection Network Connection Network Connection The factory IP address is 192 168 0 100 in static mode On the back panel a reset button allows the user to return to this IP address by default Press the RST reset button and hold it for 2 seconds Th...

Page 24: ... channels the fields 2 to 5 allow the user to set up the signal monitoring process Each input of the SAS E Frequency 1 PPS ToD and Alarm can be monitored individually with the Enable or Disable selections The channel is considered OK when all monitored signals are connected and present The field 1 Channel allows the user to monitor the channel inputs When this field is on only A or only B the SAS ...

Page 25: ...off and the LED B is on This mode forces the selected channel B whatever the results of the signal monitoring process In the case of a channel B default the Urgent Alarm is active and in the case of a channel A default the Non Urgent Alarm is active o Automatic When this mode is selected the LED AUTO in the front panel is always on The selection of the channel A or B depends on the results of the ...

Page 26: ...rs are saved in a flash EPROM and are reloaded on further reboot In the case of a reboot and when the panel switch is enabled while Channel A and B are monitored the selection mode is set in the automatic mode by default 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 Status of the SAS Status of the SAS Status of the SAS Status of the SAS E E E E The status of SAS E could be shown by a specific web page refer to the web page dis...

Page 27: ...on urgent alarm is generated LED red Alarm urg ON when a urgent alarm is generated 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 Alarm Alarm Alarm Alarm The Non Urgent alarm is generated when o Only one channel is detected fail in the case of both channel are monitored and the SAS E is not forced on the faulty channel The output signals are still nominal o Both channel are monitored and there are fail o A default on a supervis...

Page 28: ...ration User s Manual 3 6 o The contact relay between Pin 3 and Pin 4 is open 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 Powering Down Powering Down Powering Down Powering Down To switch off the SAS E place the main power switch to the 0 position and or unplug the DC power supply ...

Page 29: ...ocol the user can check the SAS E status modify setup parameters and perform software updates The status web pages may be accessed by the user at any time Setup pages require a password the factory default is pwd The protocol used for accessing the SAS E is HTTP 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 Web Pages Web Pages Web Pages Web Pages 4 1 1 Welcome Page Click to enter the web site The first displayed page is the ST...

Page 30: ... by password c Logout Log out from the web site 2 SAS E configuration a SAS E setup Configure the equipment protected by password b Time setup Configure the system time in order to date the log event protected by password 3 SAS E Status Summary of status and alarms of SAS E 4 Tools a Event logging Display of event history b Software Version Display of current version of software parts c Software u...

Page 31: ...ifier System E User s Manual 4 3 4 1 3 SAS E Status This page contains a copy of the SAS E front panel with all the monitored states inputs outputs power supply alarms and the equipment type This page is automatically refreshed every 15 seconds ...

Page 32: ...ot monitored 2 TOD input b OK Green ToD inputs are monitored and are present b Alarm Red ToD inputs are monitored and are detected as failed c Disable Gray ToD inputs are not monitored 3 1PPS input a OK Green 1PPS inputs are monitored and are present b Alarm Red 1PPS inputs are monitored and are detected as failed c Disable gray 1PPS inputs are not monitored 4 Alarm input a OK Green Alarm inputs a...

Page 33: ...ront panel switch is unlocked and the choice of the channel is made via the front panel switch Output Channel Status of all Outputs 1 Frequency output a OK Green Frequency inputs are monitored and all frequency outputs are OK b Alarm Red Frequency inputs are monitored and at least one frequency output is failed c Disable gray Frequency inputs and outputs are not monitored 2 ToD output a OK Green T...

Page 34: ... monitored and on b Alarm Red DC power is monitored and off c Disable Gray DC Power is not monitored Alarms Status of Alarm 1 Urgent a OK Green No urgent alarm present b Alarm Red An urgent alarm is present which means that there is at least one fault on one of the outputs monitored 2 No Urgent a OK Green No urgent alarm present b Alarm Red A non urgent alarm is present which means that there is o...

Page 35: ...Corporation EPSILON Switch Amplifier System E User s Manual 4 7 4 1 4 Admin Password Page A password is necessary to access the Setup pages The default password is pwd It can be modified in the Network Setup page ...

Page 36: ...this case the IP address of the SAS E is automatically allocated by the network DHCP server according to the SAS E MAC address The fields that follow are not used b No The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol function isn t available A static IP address is used In this case the operator must fill in the fields that follow 3 IP Address Sub network mask Sub network address Broadcast address Default G...

Page 37: ...mplifier System E User s Manual 4 9 When set in Use DHCP mode if the SAS E starts without a network connection the IP address is not set After the network connection is restored a 1 or 2 minute delay occurs before the IP address is assigned ...

Page 38: ...racom Corporation User s Manual 4 10 4 1 6 SNMP and Traps Setup Page In this page the operator can enable the SNMP Traps generation The SNMP traps report an event alarm or configuration modification by sending a trap message to a destination ...

Page 39: ...a Yes Generates a trap when the 1PPS signal input on channel A fails and is monitored b No No trap generated 9 Channel A TOD Input Fault a Yes Generates a trap when the ToD signal input on channel A fails and is monitored b No No trap generated 10 Channel A Input Fault a Yes Generates a trap when an alarm input on channel A becomes active and is monitored b No No trap generated 11 Channel B Freque...

Page 40: ... a trap when one of the output ToD signals fails and ToD inputs are monitored b No No trap generated 18 Channel Swap a Yes Generates a trap when the SAS E swaps from channel A to channel B or from channel B to channel A b No No trap generated 19 Power Fault a Yes Generates a trap when any enabled power source alarm is detected b No No trap generated 20 Urgent Alarm a Yes Generates a trap when an U...

Page 41: ...4 1 7 2 Time Setup This page allows the operator to configure the SAS E system time in order to date the log events It is accessible with the user s password Manual Setup time must be set on every switch on There are two ways to set up the time o Automatically by addressing an NTP server o Manually by setting date and time ...

Page 42: ...le on network The system time must be updated manually according to the fields for Time Parameters b NTP server Address IP address of the NTP server in the network c Request frequency Number of seconds between each request 2 Time Parameters a Date Time and Set button Time manual setting when the field Use NTP Server is disabled b Manual Time Adjust Adjust the time by 1 second when the field Use NT...

Page 43: ...ding of events detected alarms warning information within the SAS E Only the information in the MIB Get information is logged Display Filter select the required type of displayed event on the log panel Max lines defines the number of events per page to be displayed Buttons Navigation through the screens Update list button Refresh display ...

Page 44: ...irmware 4 1 8 3 Software and Firmware Upgrade Software and firmware upgrade is performed with this Upgrade Application page Two steps are necessary First Upload a New Release and then Activate New Release Before starting the upload new version process select the file to be downloaded usually a tgz file provided by the manufacturer Click on the Upload button to proceed ...

Page 45: ...m E User s Manual 4 17 The uploaded release is shown in the Application Version field The actual version is the running version Clicking on the Install New version button will result in an automatic restart of the SAS E The Delete File option is not used ...

Page 46: ...o perform a software or hardware reset This page is accessible with the user s password Reset type Software Reset only the Ethernet port including Web server and SNMP server This reset has no effect on the signals selection and distribution Hardware Reset the SAS E This reset affects the signals selection and distribution ...

Page 47: ... selection Get Urgent alarm status Get Trap No urgent alarm status Get Trap Frequency input channel A status Get Trap PPS input channel A status Get Trap TOD input channel A status Get Trap Alarm input channel A status Get Trap Frequency input channel B status Get Trap PPS input channel B status Get Trap TOD input channel B status Get Trap Alarm input channel B status Get Trap Frequency output sta...

Page 48: ...P Traps SNMP Traps SNMP Traps Traps are based on status information readable by GET procedure refer to the preceding lists Traps are generated on events related to alarm and configuration modifications The two trap destinations are programmable and traps are individually enabled in the trap setup web page ...

Page 49: ...nce Maintenance The SAS E is fully automatic and requires no field maintenance 2 Fuses 5 x 20 1A TD 250V 6 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 Updating the Software Version Updating the Software Version Updating the Software Version Updating the Software Version Refer to the corresponding webpages to perform the software firmware upgrade ...

Page 50: ...08 Creation B 23 04 08 Update marketing of 1PPS and frequency inputs update IP fix address C First iteration of this Spectracom documentation converted from Temex Sync documentation D0 25 08 08 Update Web page SNMP and Traps setup page D1 08 09 08 Update rear panel ...

Page 51: ...on 95 Methodist Hill Drive Rochester NY 14623 www spectracomcorp com Phone US 1 585 321 5800 Fax US 1 585 321 5219 3 Avenue du Canada 91974 Les Ulis France www spectracom fr Phone 33 0 1 64 53 39 80 Fax 33 0 1 64 53 39 81 ...

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