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TSync-PCIe

TSync-PCIe TIME CODE PROCESSOR

with optional GNSS RECEIVER

User Manual

Part number: 1191-5000-0050

Revision: J

Date: May 20, 2014

www.spectracomcorp.com

Summary of Contents for TSync-PCIe

Page 1: ...TSync PCIe TSync PCIe TIME CODE PROCESSOR with optional GNSS RECEIVER User Manual Part number 1191 5000 0050 Revision J Date May 20 2014 www spectracomcorp com...

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Page 3: ...s of those agreements No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval sys tem or transmitted in any form or any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording...

Page 4: ...2016 900 series Three Year Limited Warranty Pendulum Test Measurement Products GPS 12R CNT 9x 6688 6689 GPS 88 89 DA 35 36 GPS GNSS Simulators Country Variances All Spectracom products sold in India h...

Page 5: ...is responsible for all shipping and handling expenses in returning product to Spectracom for repair or evaluation Spectracom will pay for standard return shipment via common carrier Expediting or spe...

Page 6: ...IV User Manual TSync PCIe...

Page 7: ...erview 5 2 1 General Information about GPS and GNSS 6 2 2 Spectracom GNSS Receiver 6 2 3 Unpacking 7 2 4 Product Inventory 7 2 5 Support 8 CHAPTER 3 Specifications 9 3 1 General Specifications 10 3 2...

Page 8: ...l Specifications 15 CHAPTER 4 Pinouts 17 4 1 Timing Connector Pinout 18 4 2 External GNSS Connector Pinout 19 CHAPTER 5 Installation 21 5 1 GNSS Antenna 22 5 2 Changing the Board Bracket 22 5 3 Status...

Page 9: ...6 9 Interrupts 35 6 9 1 Interrupt Descriptions 35 CHAPTER 7 Options and Accessories 37 7 1 Options 38 7 2 Accessories 38 7 2 1 Adapter Cable Timing Interface 38 7 2 2 Premium Breakout Cable 39 7 2 3 B...

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Page 11: ...lso included in this chapter is inform ation about legal compliance and pertinent technical standards to which this product adheres Figure 1 1 Do not ignore the Safety Instructions This Chapter includ...

Page 12: ...is can lead to impaired functionality of the equipment Recycle Recycle the mentioned components at their end of life Follow local laws Table 1 1 Spectracom safety symbols 1 2 About Safety This product...

Page 13: ...ain unit e g by unplugging the line cord Clearly mark the equipment to prevent its further operation 1 3 Compliance This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the following standards Safe...

Page 14: ...anual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correc...

Page 15: ...ng to the TSync PCIe board as well as scope of delivery and support information This Chapter includes the following topics 2 1 General Information about GPS and GNSS 6 2 2 Spectracom GNSS Receiver 6 2...

Page 16: ...s its position longitude latitude and elevation and the time by decoding the signals simultaneously from at least four of the GPS satellites Each satellite transmits a signal in the L1 band at a frequ...

Page 17: ...any equipment has been damaged in transit or you experience any problems during installation and configuration of your Spec tracom product please contact your closest Spectracom Customer Service Cente...

Page 18: ...ocation Phone USA Rochester NY 1 585 321 5800 France Les Ulis Cedex 33 0 1 6453 3980 UK Basingstoke Hampshire 44 0 1256 303630 Table 2 1 Customer service contact information Additional contact informa...

Page 19: ...13 3 11 GPIO Outputs 13 3 12 GNSS Receiver Specifications 13 3 12 1 RF Connector Internal GNSS Receiver 14 3 12 2 Electrical Characteristics GNSS RF Signal14 3 13 External GNSS Receiver 14 3 13 1 Con...

Page 20: ...than 100 ppm 3 4 IRIG DCLS Input IRIG DCLS Input at timing interface connector Accepts IRIG formats A B G NASA36 IEEE 1344 pulse width codes does not accept Manchester modulated codes RS 485 different...

Page 21: ...fferential signal 1 8 Vmax common mode output voltage RS 485 compatible 1 5 Vmin to 3 3 V max differential output voltage swing Single ended amplitude 100 Ohm load 0 5 V VOL max 2 5 V VOH min TTL comp...

Page 22: ...Input impedance 150 pF capacitive 3 9 1PPS Output 1PPS output at timing interface connector 1 Hz pulse rising edge or falling edge active selectable 40 ns to 900 ms active pulse width selectable 200...

Page 23: ...00 ms active pulse width Square wave output 100 ns to 20 second period 50 ns to 900 ms active pulse width Amplitude TTL compatible 4 3 Vmin base to peak into 50 ohms 3 12 GNSS Receiver Specifications...

Page 24: ...Characteristics GNSS RF Signal L1 GPS GLONASS signals from antenna to on board GNSS receiver 30 mA 5 V 10 provided to power antenna 3 13 External GNSS Receiver 3 13 1 Connector A High Density DB 15 c...

Page 25: ...fications Temperature Operating 40 C to 75 C 40 F to 167 F Storage 40 C to 85 C 0 F to 185 F Humidity Operating and storage 5 to 95 RH non condensing Altitude Operating Up to 10 000 feet Storage Suppo...

Page 26: ...BLANK PAGE 3 14 Environmental Specifications 16 CHAPTER 3 Instruction Manual XYZ Rev R...

Page 27: ...Pinouts This Chapter includes the following topics 4 1 Timing Connector Pinout 18 4 2 External GNSS Connector Pinout 19 CHAPTER 4 Instruction Manual XYZ 17 CHAPTER 4...

Page 28: ...of a 25 pin Micro D sub plug 4 1 Timing Connector Pinout Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 GPIO Output 2 14 GPIO Output 3 2 Ground 15 Ground 3 GPIO Output 0 16 GPIO Output 1 4 GPIO Input 2 17 GPIO Input 3 5 Gro...

Page 29: ...c PCIe card is configured for an external GNSS receiver a Mini DIN 8 connector is used for signal transmission The provided adapter cable see illustration below connects the cable of the external rece...

Page 30: ...END A END B 1PPS 9 6 1PPS 14 3 UP 12 8 UP 13 5 DOWN 10 4 DOWN 11 7 SHIELD SHELL SHELL Table 4 2 Adapter pinout ext GNSS receiver 20 CHAPTER 4 Instruction Manual XYZ Rev R 4 2 External GNSS Connector...

Page 31: ...Installation This Chapter includes the following topics 5 1 GNSS Antenna 22 5 2 Changing the Board Bracket 22 5 3 Status LEDs 24 CHAPTER 5 Instruction Manual XYZ 21 CHAPTER 5...

Page 32: ...that the antenna points to the sky i e the connector side pointing down and it must be spaced at least 39 inches 1 meter away from other GNSS antennas Mount the antenna at the desired location Connec...

Page 33: ...the 1 2 height backplane pre installed Follow the pro cedure outlined below to install a full height backplane if so required Figure 5 1 Changing the board bracket 5 2 Changing the Board Bracket CHAPT...

Page 34: ...l height bracket or the breakout cable will not attach properly to the 25 pin connector when the cable is connected to the board for operation 6 Reverse steps 1 through 3 in order to complete installa...

Page 35: ...se between each set 1 blink FPGA programming error 2 blinks failure to decompress 3 blinks CRC failure writing to flash 4 blinks self test failure 5 blinks timing system failure NOTE During the power...

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Page 37: ...external sig nals debug upgrade and access from a host computer are provided This Chapter includes the following topics 6 1 Input References 28 6 1 1 GNSS Receivers as Input References 28 6 1 2 IRIG...

Page 38: ...an select GNSS receivers use coaxial GNSS antenna input and typically provides a serial interface and a 1PPS output The serial interface can be used for bi directional com munication with the GNSS rec...

Page 39: ...ats A B G and NASA36 However IRIG format IEEE1344 coded expression and control field information cannot be auto detected These must be specified by the user if these inputs are to be used NOTE Always...

Page 40: ...vably be used to receive date and time information from a source not available to the board provid ing that information to the board for synchronization to it while using a separate frequency input 6...

Page 41: ...rnal 1PPS reference and can be paired with a GNSS time reference The reference tables the currently selected best reference and the current validity states of all input references can be requested fro...

Page 42: ...associated IRIG DCLS output and outputs the exact same format except for the AM modulation The TSync PCIe board supports IRIG outputs with Formats A B E and G It also supports IRIG outputs using modu...

Page 43: ...he IRIG outputs provide an offset that can be applied to adjust its relationship with the internal system 1PPS from 500 msec to 500 msec in 5 nsec increments The IRIG outputs provide signature control...

Page 44: ...mmed as a square wave synchronized to the 1PPS When used to output a square wave the General I O has a programmable period range of 100 nsec to 1 sec 10 MHz to 1 Hz in 5 nsec steps and a programmable...

Page 45: ...9 Interrupts The host bus has one interrupt line available from the TSync PCIe All interrupt sources destined for the host bus are multiplexed on the single interrupt line All interrupts are masked on...

Page 46: ...IO output In Direct mode an event is triggered when the output Value in the GPIO output control status register is changed and creates the active edge selected by the GPIO direct mode output interrupt...

Page 47: ...r includes the following topics 7 1 Options 38 7 2 Accessories 38 7 2 1 Adapter Cable Timing Interface 38 7 2 2 Premium Breakout Cable 39 7 2 3 Basic Breakout Cable 41 7 2 4 GNSS Cables 43 CHAPTER 7 I...

Page 48: ...2 1 Adapter Cable Timing Interface The included 6 adapter cable is used to connect the breakout cable to the 25 pin timing inter face connector Figure 7 1 Adapter cable END A END B PIN 1 PIN 1 PIN 2 P...

Page 49: ...0 PIN 20 PIN 21 PIN 21 PIN 22 PIN 22 PIN 23 PIN 23 PIN 24 PIN 24 PIN 25 PIN 25 NO CONNECT PIN 26 SHIELD Table 7 1 Adapter pinout timing connector 7 2 2 Premium Breakout Cable The premium breakout cabl...

Page 50: ...t 0 19 GPIO Input 1 7 External 1PPS Input 20 1PPS Output 8 Ground 21 Ground 9 IRIG AM Output 22 10MHz Output 10 IRIG AM Input 23 Ground 11 IRIG AM Input 24 IRIG DCLS Input 12 IRIG DCLS Output 25 IRIG...

Page 51: ...GP Output DB 9 Female 1 GPIO Output 0 7 Ground 2 GPIO Output 1 8 Ground 3 GPIO Output 2 9 Ground 4 GPIO Output 3 6 Ground BS Ground Table 7 2 Pinout premium breakout cable unspecified pins are not con...

Page 52: ...1PPS Input 21 Ground 8 Ground 24 IRIG DCLS Input 9 IRIG AM Output 25 IRIG DCLS Input 10 IRIG AM Input P2 Digital I O DB 9 Female 1 Ground 6 GPIO Output 0 2 GPIO Input 0 7 Ground 3 Ground 8 GPIO Output...

Page 53: ...cable unspecified poins are not connected in the table 7 2 4 GNSS Cables Contact Spectracom for more information on GNSS cable length options If your TSync PCIe board is configured to be operated wit...

Page 54: ...BLANK PAGE 7 2 Accessories 44 CHAPTER 7 Instruction Manual XYZ Rev R...

Page 55: ...ing doc umentation Please contact your sales representative for more information about Spectracom s bus level timing board driver support for a variety of operating platforms You may also visit our we...

Page 56: ...BLANK PAGE 46 CHAPTER 8 Instruction Manual XYZ Rev R...

Page 57: ...APPENDIX Appendix This appendix comprises lists of figures and tables as well as release information specific to this User Manual Instruction Manual XYZ APPENDIX i...

Page 58: ...e 7 2 Pinout premium breakout cable unspecified pins are not connected in the cable 41 Table 7 3 Pinout basic breakout cable unspecified poins are not connected in the table 43 List of Images Figure 1...

Page 59: ...or corrections maintenance to coincide with TSync driver version 2 41 January 2011 F 2702 Updated address information October 2011 G 3412 Update for new GNSS receiver Updated specification to match da...

Page 60: ...BLANK PAGE iv Instruction Manual XYZ...

Page 61: ...4 D Driver support 45 E Emissions Electro magnetic compliance 3 G GNSS 1 II 6 11 19 22 28 43 iii GPIO 13 I Input references 12 Inputs Outputs Programmable 6 34 Interrupts 35 IRIG Inputs Outputs II 6 1...

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