Table of Contents
1 Imprint 1
2 Introduction 2
3 Safety instructions for building-in equipment 3
3.1 Important Safety Instructions and Protective Measures ......................... 3
3.2 Used Symbols ................................................. 4
3.3 Safety Hints TCR180PEX-EL ........................................ 6
3.4 Prevention of ESD Damage ......................................... 7
3.5 Cabling ..................................................... 8
3.6 Replacing the Lithium Battery ....................................... 8
4 The System TCR180PEX-EL 9
4.1 TCR180PEX - Brand and Device Type .................................. 9
4.2 Device Manufacturer ............................................. 9
4.3 Target Audience ................................................ 9
4.4 Return of Equipment ............................................. 10
5 Front Connectors TCR180PEX-EL 11
5.1 COMx Timestring - RS-232 ......................................... 12
5.2 Time Code Fiber Optic Input ........................................ 12
5.3 TCR180PEX-EL - Status LEDs ...................................... 13
6 Functional description of receiver 14
6.1 Fiber Optic FO Input ............................................ 16
6.2 Signals of the D-SUB9 Inferface ...................................... 16
6.2.1 Optocoupler input .......................................... 17
6.2.2 Pulse outputs ............................................. 17
6.2.3 Asynchronous serial port ...................................... 17
6.2.4 Time capture inputs ......................................... 18
7 Before you start 19
7.1 Scope of Delivery ............................................... 19
7.2 Disposal of Packaging Materials ...................................... 19
7.3 Pre-setting - standard and multiref port ................................. 20
7.4 Installing the TCR180PEX-EL ....................................... 24
7.4.1 Installation of slotcards. ...................................... 24
8 Configuration of TCR180PEX-EL 25
9 Firmware Updates 26
10 Technical specification TCR180PEX-EL 27
11 Technical appendix TCR180PEX-EL 30
11.1 Abstract of Time Code ............................................ 30
11.1.1 Description of IRIG-Codes ..................................... 30
11.2 Time code Format .............................................. 31
11.2.1 IRIG Standard Format ....................................... 31
11.2.2 AFNOR Standard Format ..................................... 32
11.3 Time Strings .................................................. 33
11.3.1 Format of the Meinberg Standard Time String ......................... 33
11.3.2 Format of the Meinberg Capture String ............................. 34
11.3.3 Format of the Uni Erlangen String (NTP) ............................ 35
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