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3 GPS170SV Features
The GPS170SV hardware is a 100mm x 160mm microprocessor board. The 40.6mm wide front panel integrates
two LED indicators and one covered push button. The receiver is connected to the antenna/converter unit by a
50 ohm coaxial cable (refer to "Mounting the Antenna"). Feeding the antenna/converter occurs DC insulated
via the antenna cable. Optional an antenna diplexer for up to four receivers connected to one antenna is available.
The GPS170SV is using the "Standard Positioning Service" SPS. Navigation messages coming in from the satel-
lites are decoded by the GPS170SV microprocessor in order to track the GPS system time. Compensation of
the RF signals propagation delay is done by automatic determination of the receivers geographical position. A
correction value computed from the satellites navigation messages increases the accuracy of the boards oven
controlled master oscillator (OCXO) and automatically compensates the OCXOs aging. The last state of this
value is restored from the battery buered memory at power-up.
The GPS170SV has several dierent optional outputs, including three progammable pulses, modulated / un-
modulated timecode and max. four RS232 COM ports, depending on the hardware conguation. Additionally,
you can get the GPS170SVwith dierent OCXOs (e.g. OCXO- LQ / MQ / HQ / DHQ or Rubidium) to cover
all levels of accuracy requirements.
You can review and change the hard- and software conguration options of the clock with the GPSMON32
application(see corresponding section in this manual).
3.1 Time Zone and Daylight Saving
GPS system time diers from the universal time scale (UTC) by the number of leap seconds which have been
inserted into the UTC time scale since GPS was initiated in 1980. The current number of leap seconds is part of
the navigation message supplied by the satellites, so the internal real time of the GPS170 is based on UTC time
scale. Conversion to local time and annual daylight saving time can be done by the receiver's microprocessor if
the corresponding parameters are set up by the user.
3.2 Pulse and Frequency Outputs
The pulse generator of GPS170 generates pulses once per second (P_SEC) and once per minute (P_MIN).
Additionally, master frequencies of 10 MHz, 1 MHz and 100 kHz are derived from the OCXO. All the pulses are
available with TTL level at the rear connector.
Frequency Outputs (optional)
The included synthesizer generates a frequency from 1/8 Hz up to 10 MHz synchronous to the internal timing
frame. The phase of this output can be shifted from -360
◦
to +360
◦
for frequencies less than 10 kHz. Both
frequency and phase can be setup from the front panel or using the serial port COM0. Synthesizer output is
available at the rear connector as sine-wave output (F_SYNTH_SIN), with TTL level (F_SYNTH) and via an
open drain output (F_SYNTH_OD). The open drain output can be used to drive an optocoupler when a low
frequency is generated.
In the default mode of operation, pulse outputs and the synthesizer output are disabled until the receiver has
synchronized after power-up. However, the system can be congured to enable those outputs immediately after
power-up. An additional TTL output (TIME_SYN) reects the state of synchronization. This output switches
to TTL HIGH level when synchronization has been achieved and returns to TTL LOW level if not a single satellite
can be received or the receiver is forced to another mode of operation by the user.
GPS170SV
Date: 4th November 2013
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