Table of Contents
1 Imprint 1
2 Safety instructions for building-in equipment 2
2.1 Used Symbols ................................................. 2
2.2 Safety Hints TCR180PEX-EL ........................................ 3
2.3 Additional Safety Hints ........................................... 3
2.4 Cabling ..................................................... 4
2.5 Replacing the Lithium Battery ....................................... 4
3 TCR180PEX-EL Features 5
4 Block diagram TCR180PEX-EL 6
5 Master oscillator 7
6 Functional description of receiver 8
6.1 Input signals .................................................. 11
6.2 Input impedance for modulated signals .................................. 12
6.3 Photocoupler input .............................................. 13
6.4 Pulse outputs ................................................. 13
6.5 Asynchronous serial port .......................................... 13
6.6 Enabling of outputs ............................................. 14
6.7 Time capture inputs ............................................. 14
7 Connectors and LEDs in the bracket 15
7.1 Pin assignments of the D-Sub-connector ................................. 16
7.2 D-SUB Pin Assignment of MultiRef Port ................................. 17
8 Putting into operation 18
8.1 Installing the TCR180PEX-EL in your computer ............................. 18
8.2 Power supply ................................................. 18
8.3 Configuration of TCR180PEX-EL ...................................... 18
9 Firmware Updates 19
10 Technical specification TCR180PEX-EL 20
11 Technical appendix TCR180PEX-EL 22
11.1 Abstract of Time Code ............................................ 22
11.1.1 Description of IRIG-Codes ..................................... 22
11.2 Time code Format .............................................. 23
11.2.1 IRIG Standard Format ....................................... 23
11.2.2 AFNOR Standard Format ..................................... 24
11.3 Time Strings .................................................. 25
11.3.1 Format of the Meinberg Standard Time String ......................... 25
11.3.2 Format of the Meinberg Capture String ............................. 26
11.3.3 Format of the Uni Erlangen String (NTP) ............................ 27
11.3.4 Format of the SAT Time String .................................. 29
11.3.5 Format of the Computime Time String .............................. 30
11.3.6 Format of the SPA Time String .................................. 31
11.3.7 Format of the RACAL standard Time String ........................... 32
11.3.8 Format of the ION Time String .................................. 33
11.4 PCI Express (PCIe) .............................................. 34
11.5 Content of the USB stick .......................................... 35
Date: 12th August 2020 TCR180PEX-EL
