Orolia VersaSync User manual

VersaSync
User Manual
Document Part No.: 1228-5000-0050
Revision: 7.0
Date: 5-August-2019
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CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 1
Product Description 1
1.1 Getting Started 2
1.2 VersaSync Overview 2
1.3 Status LEDs 4
1.3.1 Blinking Intervals 4
1.3.2 LED Lighting Patterns 4
1.3.3 Legend, individual LEDs 5
1.3.3.1 LED Patterns during Boot Sequence 6
1.3.4 Blackout Mode 6
1.4 Interfaces Overview 6
1.4.1 Input Timing Interfaces 7
1.4.2 Output Timing Interfaces 8
1.4.3 Other Interfaces 8
1.5 Connectors and their Pinouts 9
1.5.1 Power Connector 9
1.5.2 Input/Output Connector 10
1.5.3 Ethernet Connector 11
1.5.4 Optional I/O Connector 11
1.5.5 Coaxial Connectors 12
1.5.5.1 ODU® ordering contact information (USA): 12
1.6 Included Cables 14
1.7 VersaSync Specifications 16
1.7.1 Supply Power 16
1.7.2 GNSS Receiver 16
1.7.3 Mechanical & Environmental Specifications 17
1.7.3.1 Physical Specifications 17
1.7.3.2 Environmental Requirements 17
1.8 Regulatory Compliance 18
1.9 The VersaSync Web UI 19
1.9.1 The Web UI HOME Screen 19

1.9.2 The INTERFACES Menu 20
1.9.3 The Configuration MANAGEMENT Menu 21
1.9.4 The TOOLS Menu 22
CHAPTER 2
SETUP 23
2.1 SAFETY 24
2.1.1 SAFETY: Before You Begin Installation 24
2.1.2 SAFETY: User Responsibilities 25
2.1.3 SAFETY: Other Tips 26
2.2 Installation Overview 26
2.2.1 Hardware Connections 26
2.2.2 Mounting 28
2.2.2.1 Selecting a Mounting Location 28
2.2.2.2 Heat Dissipation 29
2.2.2.3 Fasteners 29
2.2.2.4 Grounding 29
2.3 Initial Network Setup 29
2.3.1 USB Driver 30
2.3.2 Network Connection 30
2.4 Accessing the WebUI 32
2.5 Zero Configuration Setup 34
2.5.1 Using Zeroconf 35
2.6 Setting up an IP Address 35
2.6.1 Assigning a Static IP Address 36
2.7 Configuring Inputs/Outputs 38
2.7.1 Assigning I/O Pins 39
2.7.1.1 Signal Types 40
2.7.1.2 I/O Signal Mapping Table 40
2.7.2 Configure I/O Input and Output Settings 44
2.7.2.1 How to Configure an Input Reference 44
2.7.2.2 How to Configure an Output 45
2.7.3 Example: Configuring a 20 PPS Output 45
2.7.4 Configurable I/Os 47
2.7.4.1 Configuring a 1PPS Input 47
2.7.4.2 Configuring a 1PPS Output 48
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2.7.4.3 Configuring an ASCII Input 49
2.7.4.4 Configuring an ASCII Output 51
2.7.4.5 Event Broadcast (ASCII Output) 54
2.7.4.6 Configuring a HaveQuick Input 57
2.7.4.7 Configuring a HaveQuick Output 59
2.7.5 Signature Control 60
2.8 Configuring Network Settings 62
2.8.1 General Network Settings 63
2.8.2 Network Ports 64
2.8.3 Network Services 66
2.8.4 Access Rules 67
2.8.5 HTTPS 68
2.8.5.1 Accessing the HTTPS Setup Window 69
2.8.5.2 About HTTPS 70
2.8.5.3 Supported Certificate Formats 71
2.8.5.4 Creating an HTTPS Certificate Request 71
2.8.5.5 Adding HTTPS Subject Alternative Names 74
2.8.5.6 Requesting an HTTPS Certificate 75
2.8.5.7 Uploading an X.509 PEM Certificate Text 77
2.8.5.8 Uploading an HTTPS Certificate File 78
2.8.6 SSH 79
2.8.7 SNMP 86
2.8.7.1 SNMP V1/V2c 90
2.8.7.2 SNMP V3 92
2.8.7.3 SNMP Traps 94
2.8.8 System Time Message 96
2.8.8.1 System Time Message Format 97
2.8.9 Configure NTP 98
2.8.9.1 Checklist NTP Configuration 98
2.8.9.2 The NTP Setup Screen 99
2.8.9.3 Dis-/Enabling NTP 101
2.8.9.4 Viewing NTP Clients 102
2.8.9.5 Restoring the Default NTP Configuration 103
2.8.9.6 NTP Output Timescale 104
2.8.9.7 NTP Reference Configuration 105
2.8.9.8 NTP Servers and Peers 107
2.8.9.9 NTP Authentication 114
2.8.9.10 NTP Access Restrictions 123
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2.8.9.11 NTP Expert Mode 125
2.8.9.12 Orolia Technical Support for NTP 128
2.8.10 Configuring PTP 129
2.8.10.1 The PTP Screen 129
2.8.10.2 Enabling/Disabling PTP 133
2.8.10.3 Configuration — General Steps 133
2.8.11 GPSD Setup 133
CHAPTER 3
Managing Time 135
3.1 The Time Management Screen 136
3.2 System Time 137
3.2.1 System Time 138
3.2.1.1 Configuring the System Time 138
3.2.1.2 Timescales 139
3.2.1.3 Manually Setting the Time 141
3.2.1.4 Using Battery Backed Time on Startup 143
3.2.2 Timescale Offset(s) 145
3.2.2.1 Configuring a Timescale Offset 145
3.2.3 Leap Seconds 146
3.2.3.1 Reasons for a Leap Second Correction 146
3.2.3.2 Leap Second Alert Notification 147
3.2.3.3 Leap Second Correction Sequence 148
3.2.3.4 Configuring a Leap Second 148
3.2.4 Local Clock(s), DST 149
3.2.4.1 Adding a Local Clock 149
3.2.4.2 DST Examples 151
3.2.4.3 DST and UTC, GMT 152
3.3 Managing References 153
3.3.1 Input Reference Priorities 153
3.3.1.1 Configuring Input Reference Priorities 154
3.3.1.2 The "Local System" Reference 157
3.3.1.3 The "User/User" Reference 158
3.3.1.4 Reference Priorities: EXAMPLES 160
3.3.2 Reference Qualification and Validation 164
3.3.2.1 BroadShield 164
3.3.3 The GNSS Reference 171
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3.3.3.1 Reviewing the GNSS Reference Status 172
3.3.3.2 Determining Your GNSS Receiver Model 177
3.3.3.3 Selecting a GNSS Receiver Mode 178
3.3.3.4 Setting GNSS Receiver Dynamics 180
3.3.3.5 Performing a GNSS Receiver Survey 183
3.3.3.6 GNSS Receiver Offset 184
3.3.3.7 Resetting the GNSS Receiver 185
3.3.3.8 Deleting the GNSS Receiver Position 186
3.3.3.9 Manually Setting the GNSS Position 188
3.3.3.10 GNSS Constellations 190
3.3.4 Holdover Mode 193
3.4 Managing the Oscillator 197
3.4.1 Configuring the Oscillator 198
3.4.1.1 Time Figure of Merit (TFOM) 200
3.4.2 Monitoring the Oscillator 201
3.4.3 Oscillator Logs 204
CHAPTER 4
System Administration 207
4.1 Issuing the HALT Command Before Removing Power 208
4.2 Rebooting the System 209
4.3 Notifications 209
4.3.1 Configuring Notifications 210
4.3.2 Notification Event Types 213
4.3.2.1 Timing Tab: Events 213
4.3.2.2 GPS Tab: Events 213
4.3.2.3 System Tab: Events 214
4.3.3 Configuring GPS Notification Alarm Thresholds 214
4.3.4 Setting Up SNMP Notifications 215
4.3.5 Setting Up Email Notifications 216
4.4 Managing Users and Security 218
4.4.1 Managing User Accounts 218
4.4.1.1 Types of Accounts 218
4.4.1.2 About "user" Account Permissions 218
4.4.1.3 Rules for Usernames 220
4.4.1.4 Adding/Deleting/Changing User Accounts 220
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4.4.2 Managing Passwords 223
4.4.2.1 Configuring Password Policies 223
4.4.2.2 The Administrator Password 224
4.4.2.3 Lost Password 225
4.4.3 Web UI Timeout 227
4.5 Miscellanous Typical Configuration Tasks 227
4.5.1 REST API Configuration 227
4.5.2 Creating a Login Banner 228
4.5.3 Show Clock 229
4.5.4 Synchronizing Network PCs 230
4.6 Quality Management 230
4.6.1 System Monitoring 230
4.6.1.1 Status Monitoring via the Web UI 230
4.6.1.2 Ethernet Monitoring 233
4.6.1.3 Monitoring the Oscillator 234
4.6.1.4 NTP Status Monitoring 237
4.6.2 Logs 242
4.6.2.1 Types of Logs 243
4.6.2.2 The Logs Screen 247
4.6.2.3 Displaying Individual Logs 248
4.6.2.4 Saving and Downloading Logs 249
4.6.2.5 Setting up a Remote Log Server 250
4.6.2.6 Clearing All Logs 252
4.7 Updates and Licenses 252
4.7.1 Software Updates 252
4.7.2 Applying a License File 254
4.8 Resetting the Unit to Factory Configuration 255
4.8.1 Resetting All Configurations to their Factory Defaults 255
4.8.2 Backing-up and Restoring Configuration Files 256
4.8.2.1 Accessing the System Configuration Screen 256
4.8.2.2 Saving the System Configuration Files 258
4.8.2.3 Uploading Configuration Files 259
4.8.2.4 Restoring the System Configuration 260
4.8.2.5 Restoring the Factory Defaults 261
4.8.3 Cleaning the Configuration Files and Halting the System 261
4.8.4 Default and Recommended Configurations 261
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APPENDIX
Appendix 263
5.1 Troubleshooting 264
5.1.1 Minor and Major Alarms 264
5.1.2 Troubleshooting: System Configuration 264
5.1.2.1 System Troubleshooting: Browser Support 265
5.1.3 Troubleshooting – Unable to Open Web UI 265
5.1.4 Troubleshooting via Web UI Status Page 266
5.1.5 Troubleshooting GNSS Reception 267
5.1.6 Troubleshooting – 1PPS, 10 MHz Outputs 268
5.1.7 Troubleshooting – Network PCs Cannot Sync 269
5.1.8 Troubleshooting Software Update 270
5.2 Command-Line Interface 271
5.2.1 Setting up a Terminal Emulator 271
5.2.2 CLICommands 272
5.3 Time Code Data Formats 277
5.3.1 NMEA GGA Message 277
5.3.2 NMEA RMC Message 278
5.3.3 NMEA ZDA Message 278
5.3.4 ASCII Output Settings 279
5.3.4.1 VNYPR 279
5.3.4.2 VNQTN 280
5.3.4.3 VNQMR 281
5.3.4.4 VNMAG 282
5.3.4.5 VNACC 282
5.3.4.6 VNGYR 283
5.3.4.7 VNMAR 284
5.3.4.8 VNYMR 285
5.3.4.9 VNYBA 286
5.3.4.10 VNYIA 286
5.3.4.11 VNIMU 287
5.3.4.12 VNGPS 288
5.3.4.13 VNGPE 289
5.3.4.14 VNINS 291
5.3.4.15 VNINE 293
5.3.4.16 VNISL 296
5.3.4.17 VNISE 297
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5.3.4.18 VNDTV 298
5.3.4.19 VNG2S 300
5.3.4.20 VNG2E 301
5.3.5 Spectracom Format 0 303
5.3.6 Spectracom Format 1 304
5.3.7 Spectracom Format 1S 306
5.3.8 Spectracom Format 2 307
5.3.9 Spectracom Format 3 310
5.3.10 Spectracom Format 4 311
5.3.11 Spectracom Format 7 313
5.3.12 Spectracom Format 8 314
5.3.13 Spectracom Format 9 316
5.3.13.1 Format 9S 316
5.3.14 Spectracom Epsilon Formats 317
5.3.14.1 Spectracom Epsilon TOD1 317
5.3.14.2 Spectracom Epsilon TOD3 318
5.3.15 BBC Message Formats 318
5.3.15.1 Format BBC-01 318
5.3.15.2 Format BBC-02 319
5.3.15.3 Format BBC-03 PSTN 321
5.3.15.4 Format BBC-04 322
5.3.15.5 Format BBC-05 (NMEA RMC Message) 323
5.3.16 GSSIP Message Format 324
5.3.17 EndRun Formats 325
5.3.17.1 EndRun Time Format 325
5.3.17.2 EndRunX (Extended) Time Format 326
5.3.18 Event Broadcast Time Code Formats 327
5.3.18.1 Event Broadcast Format 0 327
5.3.18.2 Event Broadcast Format 1 328
5.4 IRIG Standards and Specifications 328
5.4.1 About the IRIG Output Resolution 328
5.4.2 IRIG Carrier Frequencies 329
5.4.3 IRIG B Output 333
5.4.4 IRIG E Output 337
5.4.5 IRIG Output Accuracy Specifications 341
5.5 Subnet Mask Values 342
5.6 Product Registration 343
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5.7 Technical Support 343
5.7.1 Regional Contact 344
5.8 Return Shipments 344
5.9 License Notices 345
5.9.1 NTPv4.2.8p12 345
5.9.2 OpenSSH 349
5.9.3 OpenSSL 352
5.10 List of Tables 356
5.11 List of Images 358
5.12 Document Revision History 358
INDEX
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CHAPTER 1•VersaSync User Manual 1
CHAPTER 1
Product Description
The Chapter presents an overview of the VersaSync Time and
Frequency Synchronization System, its capabilities, main tech-
nical features and specifications.
The following topics are included in this Chapter:
1.1 Getting Started 2
1.2 VersaSync Overview 2
1.3 Status LEDs 4
1.4 Interfaces Overview 6
1.5 Connectors and their Pinouts 9
1.6 Included Cables 14
1.7 VersaSync Specifications 16
1.8 Regulatory Compliance 18
1.9 The VersaSync Web UI 19

1.1 Getting Started
Figure 1-1: VersaSync Rugged GPS Time & Frequency Reference
Welcome to the VersaSync User Manual .
First steps:
If you are not yet familiar with VersaSync, you may want to start here: "VersaSync
Overview" below.
If you are ready to begin the installation process, see: "Initial Network Setup" on
page29
If your unit is already up and running, and you would like to change specific settings,
see …
…"Managing Time" on page135, or
…"System Administration" on page207.
1.2 VersaSync Overview
VersaSync is a high-performance time & frequency GPS master clock and network time
server that delivers accurate, software configurable time and frequency signals under all cir-
cumstances, including GNSS-denied environments. Its compact size and high level of rug-
gedization make VersaSync suitable for mobile applications in harsh environments.
VersaSync's small footprint allows for easy integration of the time and frequency func-
tionality into systems architecture.
VersaSync includes all the timing functionality required in modern, network-centric applic-
ations:
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NTP/PTP precise time transfer over Ethernet, including security protocols that pre-
vent network vulnerabilities
Low phase noise 10 MHz frequency distribution
Configurable pulse signals, including IRIG or HaveQuick timecodes
Serial link Time Of Day (ToD) messages
GPS-Denied Environments
VersaSync accommodates an OCXO oscillator, allowing the unit to maintain frequency and
time accuracy for long periods of GPS/GNSS outage. In addition, it can be re-synchronized
by an external reference.
Reliable, Versatile, and Configurable
VersaSync physical inputs and outputs are software configurable and can adapt to various
application requirements. I/O pins can be configured as TTL, 10 V pulse, RS232, RS422,
and RS485. This allows VersaSync to provide a high number of outputs of the same type,
while still fitting into a small form factor. However, if the combination of software con-
figurable outputs is not enough, VersaSync can accommodate an option board (within the
same form factor), designed to customer requirements to provide additional outputs of the
same type or other type of interface (IRIG AM, etc…).
Due to its high level of ruggedization, VersaSync provides very high intrinsic reliability.
Strong status monitoring capability, either locally or remotely, allows quick fault diagnosis.
Physical alarm (dry contact) and network alarms (SNMP traps) are raised in real time. An
internal, exportable log can be accessed either locally or remotely. In addition to oscillator
options (OCXO), VersaSync is available with a C/A L1 GPS receiver or with an L1/L2
SAASM receiver. Pulse outputs are configurable through the web user interface ("Web
UI"). An extension slot is available to accommodate additional timing interfaces.
Typical Applications
Airborne: Observation payload (radars, optronics, electronic warfare), flying test
bench, flight analysis
Ground: Satcom On the Move (SOTM), anti-IED jamming systems, mobile radios and
C3I, robotics
Marine: Sensor support (radars, sonars, optronics, electronic warfare), com-
munication networks, offshore/DSO platforms, buoys
1.2 VersaSync Overview
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1.3 Status LEDs
VersaSync's front panel status LEDs provide a real-time status overview: Eight (8) LEDs
indicate the unit's current operating state:
The LEDs can be disabled, see "Blackout Mode" on page6.
1.3.1 Blinking Intervals
The status LEDs can communicate five different operating states:
"OFF"
"ON"
"FAST": blinking interval @ 8Hz
"SLOW": blinking interval @ 2Hz
"HEARTBEAT": sinus-shaped interval @ 1Hz
1.3.2 LED Lighting Patterns
The table below indicates LED status light patterns for common VersaSync operating
statuses.
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Table 1-1: Common light patterns
Start-up HEARTB. OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
Acquir-
ing fix
FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST HEARTB. FAST
Soft-
ware
upgrade
FAST OFF OFF FAST OFF FAST HEARTB. OFF
1.3.3 Legend, individual LEDs
Table 1-2: Legend for Status LEDs
Icon Light Meaning
OFF No power
HEARTBEAT Booting
ON Powered
OFF No GNSS reception (0 satellites)
HEARTBEAT GNSS acquisition in process (≥ 1satellite(s), or 1PPS OK, or Time OK
SLOW Jamming detected
FAST Antenna short circuit
ON GNSS is available as reference (1PPS and Time OK)
OFF Inputs not detected/all inputs are disabled
FAST 1 or more input is missing, or invalid timing on 1 or more input detec-
ted
ON Inputs are enabled
OFF Unit is in Holdover (valid)
ON System Clock OK (valid)
FAST Invalid Time (Holdover period exceeded, or oscillator damaged)
OFF No output signal(s) detected/all outputs are disabled
FAST Malfunction detected (short circuit, or overload)
ON Outputs are enabled
1.3 Status LEDs
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Icon Light Meaning
OFF No network detected
FAST Network malfunction detected (e.g., no auto-negotiation)
ON Network OK, configuration OK
OFF Unit OK
FAST Unit requires attention; check other status LEDs, see Web UI
HEARTBEAT See table "LED Lighting Patterns" on page4
OFF Temperature OK
FAST High temperature detected
1.3.3.1 LED Patterns during Boot Sequence
For the first five seconds after power-up all LEDs will be OFF. Then the Power LED will be
blinking before it will be lit permanently. If you have configured your unit to operate in
Blackout Mode, this will take effect once the blinking cycle ends.
1.3.4 Blackout Mode
All LEDs can be turned off via the WebUI.
The LED brightness level can be set from 63 (as bright as possible) to 0(not visable).
To disable all LED activity via the WebUI:
Navigate to MANAGEMENT > OTHER: LED Configuration, and set the Brightness
level to "0".
1.4 Interfaces Overview
All of VersaSync's interfaces are integrated into the unit's connectors, which are located on
the front panel:
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