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