By Andreja Jarc. Meinberg introduced a new monitoring tool called Sync Monitor, which is available in all Meinberg LANTIME Systems with firmware 6.22 or later. Sync Monitor is used for monitoring the performance of NTP or PTP nodes in your … [Continue reading]
Five Minute Facts About Packet Timing By Doug Arnold A network architect's job is never done. It is not enough to design the network, and see that design implemented. You need to keep checking to make sure that everything still works as the network … [Continue reading]
Five Minute Facts About Packet Timing By Doug Arnold Our next update on what's in the 2019 edition of IEEE 1588 , delves into the mysterious sounding topic of special ports. A special port happens when a PTP network interfaces with a transport … [Continue reading]
By Andreja Jarc. In the latest release of our LANTIME firmware 6.24 you can find a new feature called Trusted Source. This additional functionality is much awaited by everyone who is looking for a method that will help to mitigate vulnerabilities of … [Continue reading]
Five Minute Facts About Packet Timing By Doug Arnold As I promised earlier, I will be updating you on what's in the 2019 edition of IEEE 1588. One of the treasures that you will find is the ability to build modular Transparent Clocks (aka, modular … [Continue reading]
By Andreja Jarc. Time can mean many things. For purpose of synchronization, we are trying to determine a sequence of events or we want to compare how long an event lasts. Usually we are talking about the Time of Day (ToD), which represents a … [Continue reading]
By Andreja Jarc. You have probably already heard about a Multi Reference Clock Source from Meinberg, commonly referred as an MRS. What is it about? This is a receiver that can use other input signals in addition to GNSS to synchronize the system. … [Continue reading]
Five Minute Facts About Packet Timing By Doug Arnold The new edition of IEEE 1588, IEEE 1588-2019 is finally available. The name is based on the year it approved by the IEEE Standards Board, not the year it is published. So, what's there? Everything … [Continue reading]
PTP Track Hound is a free network capturing tool and analyzer designed for PTP's special requirements, replacing standard generic tools like Wireshark. Release date will be August 24, 2017 at 9:00 UTC. Meanwhile, visit the PTP Track Hound website … [Continue reading]
Five Minute Facts About Packet Timing By Doug Arnold and Andreja Jarc A previous post discussed unicast PTP. Most PTP Profiles are based on multicast communication. However, PTP can operate using unicast. This is necessary in networks which … [Continue reading]