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MANUAL

LANTIME IMS-M500

Modular Railmount NTP Server

9th June 2016

Meinberg Radio Clocks GmbH & Co. KG

Summary of Contents for LANTIME IMS-M500

Page 1: ...MANUAL LANTIME IMS M500 Modular Railmount NTP Server 9th June 2016 Meinberg Radio Clocks GmbH Co KG ...

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Page 3: ...Front view Frontansicht LANTIME IMS M500 ...

Page 4: ...Bottom view Ansicht Unterseite LANTIME IMS M500 ...

Page 5: ...a with Integrated Lightning Protection 13 6 2 RV 76G GPS GLONASS Antenne for mobile Applications 14 7 Booting the Single Board Computer 16 8 Configuration User Interface 17 9 The Menues in Detail 18 9 1 Root Menu 18 10 The graphical user interfaces 20 11 The WEB Interface 21 12 Attachment Technical Information 22 12 1 Technical Specifications LANTIME IMS M500 22 12 2 Available Modules and Connecto...

Page 6: ...Hz Sinus Output Module 48 12 5 13 FDM Frequency Deviation Monitoring 49 12 5 14 SCG Studio Clock Generator 51 12 5 15 VSG Video Sync Generator 53 12 5 16 CES Chassis Expansion Slot 54 13 Declaration of Conformity 55 Date 9th June 2016 LANTIME IMS M500 ...

Page 7: ...einberg Funkuhren GmbH Co KG Lange Wand 9 31812 Bad Pyrmont Germany Phone 49 0 52 81 93 09 0 Fax 49 0 52 81 93 09 30 Internet http www meinberg de Mail info meinberg de Date 2015 08 26 LANTIME IMS M500 Date 9th June 2016 1 ...

Page 8: ...se in a maximum ambient temperature of 40 C The building in equipment may not be opened Protection against fire must be assured in the end application The ventilation opening may not be covered For AC Supply 100 240 V AC The building in equipment is a class 1 equipment and must be connected to an earthed outlet TN Power System For safe operation the building in equipment must be protected by max 1...

Page 9: ...ruction of high voltage devices 2 2 Supply Voltage WARNING This device is powered by a dangerous voltage Nonobservance of the safety instructions of this manual may lead to serious damage to persons and property and to danger to life Installtion commissioning maintenance and operation of this device are to be carried out by qualified personnel only The general safety instructions and standards e g...

Page 10: ...ints Antenna WARNING DANGER TO LIFE BY ELECTRICAL SHOCK Make sure to comply with the occupational health and safety standards when installing the antenna Never work without a proper fall protection device Do not carry out any installation or maintenance work on the antenna system or cabling when there is a potential risk of lightning Surge Voltage Protector Due to extremely high currents associate...

Page 11: ...tly Only identical batteries or batteries recommended by the manufacturer must be used for replacement The waste battery has to be disposed as proposed by the manufacturer of the battery 2 6 Grounding connection IMS M500 Note To ensure a safe operation and to fulfil the require ments in accordance with IEC 60950 1 the system must be correctly connected to an equipotential grounding bus On the rear...

Page 12: ...address netmask and default gateway To get an overview of the current configuration press F2 from main menu Press F2 again to enter SETUP configuration page Please ask your administrator for propper TCP IP configuration Interfaces Global Cfg Services Use Up and Down to select Port lan0 0 1 of 1 172 100 000 001 OK Then press 3 times the OK button to change to IPV4 ETH0 configuration page to enter t...

Page 13: ... configuration or status requests can come from any Web browser This access via the network can be deactivated if desired Changes in the receiver status errors and other important events are logged either on the local Linux system or on an external SYSLOG Server Messages can also be sent to a data center via SNMP traps or by automatically generated emails where they can be recorded All alarm messa...

Page 14: ...is possible to synchronize your computers with time servers on the internet However a lot of our customers rely on their own time server in their network environment for security and or maintainability reasons Particularly in the case of our LANTIME you or a responsible person can be notified by mail or SNMP trap if there is a malfunction in your time synchronization The clients on the network do ...

Page 15: ...lready adverted this in the NTP news group The topics outlined above should provide some arguments to install an own time server if an accurate time is a requirement for the reliable operation of a local network LANTIME IMS M500 Date 9th June 2016 9 ...

Page 16: ... RG58 coaxial cable should be used to connect the antenna downconverter unit to the receiver The maximum length of cable between antenna and receiver depends on the attenuation factor of the coaxial cable Up to four GPS180 receivers can be run with one antenna downconverter unit by using an optional antenna splitter The total length of an antenna line from antenna to receiver must not be longer th...

Page 17: ...l a surge voltage protector for coaxial lines is available The shield has to be connected to earth as short as possible by using the included mounting bracket Normally you connect the antenna converter directly with the antenna cable to the system LANTIME IMS M500 Date 9th June 2016 11 ...

Page 18: ... following message appears in the display ANTENNA SHORT CIRCUIT DISCONNECT POWER If this message appears the clock has to be disconnected from the mains and the defect eliminated After that the clock can be powered up again The antenna supply voltage must be 15VDC 12 Date 9th June 2016 LANTIME IMS M500 ...

Page 19: ...North and 55 South If even this is not possible problems occur especially when at least four satellites for positioning have to be found The active L1 timing reference antenna is specifically designed for long lasting trouble free deployments for a variety of applications The low noise high gain amplifier is well suited to address attenuation issues The proprietary quadrifiliar helix design couple...

Page 20: ...he art low noise amplifier into a very low profile extremely compact and fully waterproof enclosure which when connected to a GPS receiver with 5 V DC antenna power provide adequate signal amplification and out band rejection The flat design and the robustness of the case make the RV 76G to one of the most popular antennas on the vehicle navigation and marine market Figure RV 76G with Mounting Kit...

Page 21: ...y 1575 42 MHz 10 MHz 1602 MHz 8 MHz Gain 27 dB 3V typ Band Width 43 MHz min 10 dB Noise Figure 1 5 typ Outband attenuation 20 dB min at Fo 50 Hz Supply Voltage 2 5 5 5 V DC Current consumption 3 V DC 10 6 mA typ 5 0 V DC 21 mA typ Impedance 50 Ohm Cable Connector RF cable 5 m RG174 U standard Pulling strength 6 Kg 5 sec With molded plastics on connector for strain relief Overall performance antenn...

Page 22: ...e clocks usually the hardware clock of the single board computer and the integrated receiver clock The message NTP sync to local is displayed until synchronization is complete For the synchronization of the NTPD with the time reference it is necessary that the receiver is synchronous with the incoming time signal In this case the following message is monitored on the display NORMAL OPERATION NTP O...

Page 23: ...t to 38400Baud 8N1 VT100 emulation Once the IPv4 address net mask and IPv4 GATEWAY have been set up or the network interface has been automatically configured with DHCP Autoconf further configuration changes can be done via a network connection To set up a TELNET connection the following commands are entered replace 198 168 10 10 with the IP of your LANTIME telnet 198 168 10 10 LANTIME IP address ...

Page 24: ...C time zone will be monitored in the bottom line If the IGNORE LOCK option is enabled an will be shown behind the time The multicolor LEDs will reflect the current state of the device Ref Time green the reference clock e g integrated GPS produce valid time red the reference clock produce no valid time e g not synchronized Time Service green NTP has been synchronized to reference clock red NTP is n...

Page 25: ... displayed when pressing the UP and DOWN arrow buttons sync to GPS NTP Offs 3us Fri 15 01 2013 UTC 12 00 00 Ref Time Time Service Network System Setup MRS Info GPS Setup GPS Set Outputs External NTP Local Strat Restart NTP PTP IEEE1588 Time Zone Restart Factory Reset Ref Time Time Service Network System Ref Time Time Service Network System Ref Time Time Service Network System Services Interfaces G...

Page 26: ...s a broad range of browsers we recommend Mozilla Firefox The WEB Interface The web interface can be used by more than one user in parallel but the two or more running sessions may influence each other We explicitly do not recommend the parallel usage of the configuration interfaces Connect to the web interface by entering the following address into the address field of your web browser http 198 16...

Page 27: ...ication of this certificate is possible during the first session see chapter The Web Interface Security HTTPS Certificate After entering the right password the main menu page shows up This page contains an overview of the most important configuration and status parameters for the system System information and Status messages Information about LANTIME model and software Network information first in...

Page 28: ...nch width x height x depth HUMIDITY max 85 PROTECTION RATING IP20 AMBIENT TEMPERATURE 0 50 C 32 122 F POWER SUPPLY see power supply type Variant 100 240VAC DC 1 VCC 2 not connected 3 GND Ground 4 not connected 5 VCC Variant 19 72VDC 1 not connected 2 VCC 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5 not connected 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 19 72 V 100 240 V 50 60Hz 100 240 V 22 Date 9th June 2016 LANTIME IMS M500 ...

Page 29: ...hielded data line Module Options Power DC power supply 5pin DFK male 20 72 VDC 5pin MSTB clamp Network LNE GbE RJ45 10 100 1000 MBit shielded data line TSU GbE RJ45 10 100 1000 MBit shielded data line SFP 10 100 1000 MBit shielded data line Signal Outputs CPE configurable BNC DFK 2 PPOs serial TS TC FO shielded data line DSUB9 ST BPE fixed BNC ST PPS 10MHz TC shielded data line LIU RJ45 jack balan...

Page 30: ...gram with 38400 Baud 8 Databits no parity and 1 Stopbit The terminal emulation have to set to VT100 After connecting to the timeserver there will be displayed the login message press RETURN for first connection default user root password timeserver 12 4 USB Connector Most LANTIME M Series products come with a USB interface for connectiong a USB storage device e g a USB stick This USB stick can be ...

Page 31: ... IN 0 6 A Umax 90 240 V Output Current max 10 0 A min 0 15 A Fuse internal T2 5 A 250 V Protective Class Class 1 LED green diameter 5mm on if output OK Power Connector 5pin DFK Hotplug It is possible to remove or install the power supply out of the terminal equipment during operation Pin Assignment 1 N 2 not connected 3 GND Ground 4 not connected 5 L LANTIME IMS M500 Date 9th June 2016 25 ...

Page 32: ...5 V Output Power 50 W Fuse 6 A T 250 V Power Connector 5pin DFK Protective Class Class 1 regarding EN 60950 Hotplug It is possible to remove or install the power supply out of the terminal equipment during operation Pin Assignment 1 not connected 2 3 GND Ground 4 5 not connected 26 Date 9th June 2016 LANTIME IMS M500 ...

Page 33: ...or to Converter Frequency 10 MHz 1 First IF Frequency 35 4 MHz 1 1 these frequencys are transfered via the antenna cable Power Requirements 15 V 100 mA via antenna cable LED Indicators Init blue while the receiver passes through the initialization phase green the oscillator has warmed up Nav Solved green positioning successfully Ant Fail red antenna faulty or not connected Fail red time has not sy...

Page 34: ...start Antenna Cable shielded coax cable Belden H155 PE Cable Length max 100m low loss cable Type of Connector female SMA connector Power Requirements 15 V 100 mA via antenna cable LED Indicators Init blue while the receiver passes through the initialization phase green the oscillator has warmed up Nav Solved green positioning successfully Ant Fail red antenna faulty or not connected Fail red time ...

Page 35: ...W Main Memory onboard 256 MByte Cache Memory 16 KB 2nd Level Cache Flash Disk 1 GB Network Connector 10 100 Base T with RJ45 Jack State LEDs LAN 0 Interface LED Connect Activity and Speed of the network connection LAN CPU R Reference Time T Time Service N Network A Alarm LANTIME IMS M500 Date 9th June 2016 29 ...

Page 36: ...nitialisation LED St blue until USB is configured LED In LED B off until USB is configured USB is configured LED St blue LED In LED B 0 5 sec red 0 5 sec yellow 0 5 sec green 0 5 sec off Normal Operation LED St LED In green LED A green if timecode AM or timecode DCLS or both signals are available at the same time LED B green if 10 MHz or PPS or both signals are available at the same time Figure ri...

Page 37: ...ialisation LED St blue until USB is configured LED In LED B off until USB is configured USB is configured LED St blue LED In LED B 0 5 sec red 0 5 sec yellow 0 5 sec green 0 5 sec off Normal Operation LED St LED In green LED A green if PPS and 10MHz flashing green if PPS and 10 MHz flashing yellow if PPS and 10 MHz LED B green if Clock and Framed flashing green if Clock and Framed flashing yellow ...

Page 38: ...two modules have been designed to cover a wide range of interface and signal protocol require ments They feature a two tier architecture with a back end and front end The back end is responsible for internally routing the backplane IMS synchronization signals in case of the BPE or for autonomously generating a wide range of different signals by using a microprocessor on a CPE The front end makes a...

Page 39: ...ls 3 4 Initialisation LED St blue until USB is configured LED In LED B off until USB is configured USB is configured LED St blue LED In LED B 0 5 sec red 0 5 sec yellow 0 5 sec green 0 5 sec off Normal Operation LED St LED In green LED A green if the desired signal is present on output 1 and output 2 LED B green if the desired signal is present on output 3 and output 4 Figure right BPE Frontend BP...

Page 40: ...M BPE 2001 4 x BNC female Out 1 PPS Out 2 10MHz 4HP Out 3 TC DCLS Out 4 TC DCLS BPE 2010 4 x BNC female Out 1 Out 4 PPS 4HP BPE 2014 4 x BNC female Out 1 Out 2 PPS 4HP Out 3 Out 4 10MHz BPE 2020 4 x BNC female Out 1 Out 4 10MHz 4HP BPE 2030 4 x BNC female Out 1 Out 4 TC DCLS 4HP BPE 2050 4 x BNC female Out 1 Out 3 TC DCLS 4HP Out 4 TC AM BPE 2080 4 x BNC female Out 1 Out 4 2 048kHz 4HP 34 Date 9th...

Page 41: ...not used LED B currently not used LED Indicators LED St blue during initialisation green normal operating mode LED In red no signal yellow signal available not sync green flash allready sync LED A off currently not used LED B off currently not used Figure CPE Frontends CPE 1000 4 config outputs via BNC female CPE 5000 4 config outputs FO ST connectors CPE 2500 3 x prog Pulses DFK 2 1 x TC AM BNC L...

Page 42: ...n with other devices The possible pin assignments and module types are listed below CPE 3000 CPE 3010 CPE 3020 CPE 3030 CPE 3040 PIN RS232 PPS RS422 RS422 PPS RS485 RS485 PPS 1 PPO RxD RxD 2 TxD RxD RxD 3 RxD TxD TxD RxD 4 TxD TxD RxD 5 GND GND GND GND GND 6 7 TxD PPO TxD RxD PPO 8 TxD PPO TxD RxD PPO 9 1 5 6 9 D SUB 9 Male 3000 CPE COM A COM B 36 Date 9th June 2016 LANTIME IMS M500 ...

Page 43: ... are assigned according to the MAC address order Thus the uppermost interface on a LNE module has the lowest and the bottommost interface has the highest MAC address respec tively Let s take an example where three LNE modules are inserted in a device Then the logical order of network interfaces assigned in a webinterface follows the MAC address order of LNE modules disregarding the I O slot order ...

Page 44: ...et Synchronization Messaging Channel ESMC Network Protocols IPv4 IPv6 DHCP DHCPv6 DSCP IEEE 802 1q VLAN filtering tagging IEEE 802 1p QOS Ethernet Interface Combo Port 1 x 100 1000BASE T RJ45 1 x GBIT SFP Slot USB Interface USB 1 1 USB 2 0 full speed Micro USB female connector Signal Outputs 2x SMA 50 Ohm connectors configurable signals 1PPS 10MHz 2048kHz CPU 825 MHz Cortex A9 Dual Core on SOC Tim...

Page 45: ...k but initialized green link up red stopped LED A LED B Shows the current State of the TSU yellow yellow Listening green off Master Mode off green Slave Mode yellow off Passiv Mode off yellow uncalibrated red red stopped A detailed configuration guide you will find in the corresponding firmware manual of the system See chapter The Web Interface Configuration PTP V2 LANTIME IMS M500 Date 9th June 2...

Page 46: ...8261 G 8262 and G 8264 Ethernet Synchronization Messaging Channel ESMC Network Protocols IPv4 IPv6 DHCP DHCPv6 DSCP IEEE 802 1q VLAN filtering tagging Ethernet Interface Combo Port 1 x 100 1000BASE T RJ45 1 x GBIT SFP Slot Signal Outputs 2x BNC 50 Ohm connectors configurable signals 1PPS 10MHz 2048kHz CPU 1 GHz Dual Core ARM Time Stamp Accuracy 10 ns LED Indicators LED St Init lights blue during i...

Page 47: ...depends on oscillator of the reference clock OCXO SQ 5 10 10 OCXO MQ 2 10 10 OCXO HQ 5 10 12 OCXO DHQ 2 10 12 Rubidium 2 10 11 LED Indicators Power T1 E1 Power Init blue during initialisation green in normal operation mode T1 green selected mode T1 red output disabled yellow signal quality unknown E1 green selected mode E1 red output disabled yellow signal quality unknown LIU Power T1 E1 BITS 0 Cl...

Page 48: ... DAB DVB Pinbelegung Pin assignment 1 2 2048 kBit s 2048 kHz 75 Ohm 75 Ohm 2048 kBit s 2048 kHz 120 Ohm 120 Ohm LEDs 1 Power 2 3 T1 4 E1 green red on off green red on off 1 TRING 2 TTIP Power T1 E1 unsymm unbalanced symm balanced There are two separate signal paths on the board LIU One is for providing the standard frequencies the second path is for generation of the telecom signals All output sig...

Page 49: ...nterface isolation isolation isolation isolation isolation isolation isolation isolation 4 096 MHz framed outputs T1 403 G703 9 balanced or unbalanced 1 544 Mbps or 2 048 Mbps diplexer diplexer diplexer amplifier amplifier amplifier amplifier clock outputs G703 13 balanced 1544 kHz or 2048 kHz clock outputs G703 13 unbalanced 1544 kHz or 2048 kHz USB IMS interface LANTIME IMS M500 Date 9th June 20...

Page 50: ...048 kHz E1 Four unbalanced and four balanced outputs according to ITU T G703 13 CCITT recommendation Physical electrical characteristics of hierarchical digital interfaces are available via BNC female and RJ45 connectors The framed outputs are consisting of data signals known from digital telephony which are distributed by using a special frame structure EFS Framing Mode Extended Superframe As a s...

Page 51: ... The board LIU meets these recommendations T1 T 403 253 175 149 97 78 0 97 149 175 220 298 395 499 603 752 Time in nanoseconds 0 0 05 0 05 0 26 0 45 0 50 0 80 0 90 0 95 1 05 1 20 Normalized amplitude E1 G 703 269 nsec 244 nsec 194 nsec 219 nsec 488 nsec Nominal pulse 0 10 20 20 50 80 90 100 110 120 Percantage of nominal peak voltage LANTIME IMS M500 Date 9th June 2016 45 ...

Page 52: ...5 socket 2048 kHz E1 mode or 1 544 MHz T1 mode G 703 75 Ω unbalanced BNC connector 2048 kBit s E1 mode or 1 544 MBit s T1 mode 120 Ω balanced RJ45 socket 2048 kBit s E1 mode or 1 544 MBit s T1 mode 75 Ω unbalanced BNC connector Overview LIU Modules for IMS Systems LIU Model Size Signal bal unbal Connectors LIU A4040 8TE BITS 4 0 4 x RJ45 Clock 4 0 4 x RJ45 LIU A4004 8TE BITS 4 0 4 x RJ45 Clock 0 4...

Page 53: ...ck 0 4 LIU A2020 BITS 2 0 Clock 2 0 LIU A2002 BITS 2 0 Clock 0 2 LIU_A0400 BITS 0 4 LIU A1111 BITS 1 1 Clock 1 1 Power T1 E1 LIU A4000 BITS 1 BITS 2 BITS 3 BITS 4 Power T1 E1 Clock 1 Clock 2 Clock 3 Clock 4 LIU A0040 Power T1 E1 Clock 1 Clock 2 Clock 3 Clock 4 LIU A0004 LIU Power T1 E1 A2020 BITS 1 BITS 2 Clock 1 Clock 2 LIU Power T1 E1 A2002 BITS 1 BITS 2 Clock 1 Clock 2 LIU Power T1 E1 A0400 BIT...

Page 54: ... phase is locked This condition is signalized by all LEDs switched from green to red In the phase locked state the output levels of the four outputs are monitored and in case of a failure signalized by an associated red LED Technical Specifications Frequency Input 10 MHz sine 1Vpp min or TTL Output Level 5 dBm 1 dBm an 50Ω Warm up time 3 25 C within accuracy of 1 x 10 7 Electrical Connectors BNC f...

Page 55: ... as the frequency itself is sent out via serial interface or is beeing converted to an analog voltage output provided by a DAC Pin Assignement 16 pin DMC Phoenix Connector Pin Signal Pin 1 A0 Pin 2 A1 Pin 3 GND Pin 4 n c Pin 5 n c Pin 6 GND Pin 7 COM 0 RxD in Pin 8 COM 0 TxD out Pin 9 Pin 14GND Pin 15 COM 1 RxD in Pin 16 COM 1 TxD out LED Indicator LED St Init blue during inintialisation green nor...

Page 56: ...0 PLT 15 03 30 368 TD 00 368 CR LF SHORT FDM String FD 00 016 TD 00 368 CR LF AREVA FDM String STX 02049 984 CR LF 021 00 016 CR LF 022 00 378 CR LF 02315 03 30 368 CR LF 024068 15 03 30 CR LF ETX Resolution of Measurement frequency accuracy the oscillator 10MHz 100µHz time deviation accuracy of reference PPS 1ms Analog outputs 2 analog outputs for longtime recording time deviation and or frequenc...

Page 57: ...cations The SCG Module provides four outputs with different frequencies The SCG provides a wide range of programmable word clock rates between 24Hz 24 576MHz Technical Specifications Outputs 4 x BNC 2 5V TTL into 50 Ohm outputs with configureable frequencies Input Signal 10MHz sinewave or square pulse Current Consumption 5 V 5 400 mA Ambient Temperature 0 50 C 32 122 F Humidity 85 max LANTIME IMS ...

Page 58: ...ly configured via the web interface then Configuration Sample SCG Out 3 In the IO Configuration menu each output frequency can be adjusted seperately In the figure above the following value is set Frequency Out 3 Base Frequency Scale Frequency Out 3 44 1 kHz 1 4 Frequency Out 3 11 025 kHz 52 Date 9th June 2016 LANTIME IMS M500 ...

Page 59: ... configurable video signals in different formats The generated signals have a phase reference to 1PPS Generated Signals SMPTE standards PAL Blackburst NTSC Blackburst 720p 50Hz SMPTE296M3 1080i 25Hz SMPTE274M6 720p 59 94Hz SMPTE296M1 1080i 29 97Hz SMPTE274M7 V H Frame Sync for HD and SD formats Status Info ST Status of VSG In Status of reference input A Status Out 1 2 B Status Out 3 4 Electrical C...

Page 60: ...lock The error relay output is connected to the TTL TIME_SYNC output of the reference clock GPS GLONASS If the internal reference clock has been synchronized by its source the relay will switch to mode NO Normaly Open In error case the relay switched to mode NC Normaly Closed Error Output Relay A Clock 1 Relay B Clock 2 PPS Relay C RSC Switch Unit 10MHz Technical Specifications Operational Voltage...

Page 61: ...trum Matters ERM ElectroMagnetic Compatibility EMC standard for radio equipment and services Part 1 Common technical requirements Sicherheitsprüfung nach EN 60950 1 2006 Safety Test in accordance with EN 60950 1 2006 Information technology equipment safety Part 1 General requirements Beschränkung gefährlicher Stoffe nach EN 50581 Restriction of hazardous substances in accordance with EN 50581 Tech...

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