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What’s in the IEEE 1588 revision: Interdomain interactions

March 1, 2019 by Douglas Arnold 3 Comments

Five Minute Facts About Packet Timing By Doug Arnold The next installment in what's in the revision of IEEE 1588 discusses PTP domains Before we get started. A quick review on domains.  Every PTP message contains a domain number.  A PTP … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: IEEE 1588

PTP Telecom Profile in Power Grids

January 23, 2019 by Andreja Jarc 1 Comment

Five Minute Facts About Packet TimingBy Andreja Jarc. Synchronization in Power Networks There are a few different timing technologies which are used for synchronization in power grids. Traditional power systems use IRIG-B which can deliver from … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Configuration Guidelines, IEEE 1588, Industry Applications

What’s in the 2019 edition of IEEE 1588: Mixed Multicast Unicast Operation

September 11, 2018 by Douglas Arnold 2 Comments

Five Minute Facts About Packet Timing By Doug Arnold The next installment in what's in the revision of IEEE 1588 discusses mixed multicast-unicast operation. In a previous post I described the virtues of mixed multicast-unicast operation in PTP.  … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: IEEE 1588

HSR and PRP: redundant Layer 2 networks

August 1, 2018 by Douglas Arnold 1 Comment

Five Minute Facts About Packet Timing By Doug Arnold If are looking into network technologies for power substations, or industrial automation you may run across HSR and/or PRP.  So here is the five-minute version of what these things are.  … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: IEEE 1588, Industry Applications

Sync Monitor for PTP Networks: How does it work?

May 13, 2018 by Andreja Jarc Leave a Comment

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]

Filed Under: IEEE 1588, Industry Applications, NTP

The virtues of clock watching: Why it’s important to monitor your timing network

May 10, 2018 by Douglas Arnold 2 Comments

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]

Filed Under: IEEE 1588, NTP

What’s coming in the 2019 Edition of IEEE 1588: Special Ports

February 19, 2018 by Douglas Arnold Leave a Comment

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]

Filed Under: IEEE 1588

Trusted Source Mode

February 2, 2018 by Andreja Jarc 2 Comments

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]

Filed Under: Configuration Guidelines, Security Tagged With: GPS, Rubidium clock, safety, security

What’s coming in the 2019 Edition of IEEE 1588: Modular Transparent Clocks

December 11, 2017 by Douglas Arnold 1 Comment

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]

Filed Under: IEEE 1588

Time of Day, Phase and Frequency – select your source

November 30, 2017 by Andreja Jarc 1 Comment

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]

Filed Under: Configuration Guidelines, Industry Applications, NTP

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