This appendix contains a description of the time code used for the different kind of
outputs.
1. ‘A’ AND ‘R’ TYPE CARDS (ASCII+TOP OUTPUT)
The default conguration is shown below:
The PPS is generated every 30 seconds and is 1 second long; ►
The ASCII frame is generated at the same time than the PPS. This frame is a 23 ►
characters frame with following format:
STX D A Y D D / M M / Y Y H H : M M : S S CR
Here is a description of the different elds of this frame:
Field Size Value/Meaning
STX 1 A single byte which value is 2 – mark the beginning of the frame.
DAY 3
The day in the week in a human-readable way (MON for Monday, TUE
for Tuesday, WED for Wednesday, THU for Thursday, FRI for Friday,
SAT for Saturday, SUN for Sunday)
DD 2 Day in the month on two characters ASCII (01-31)
MM 2 Month in the year on two characters ASCII (01-12)
YY 2 Year on two characters ASCII (00 for 2000 – 99 for 2099)
HH 2 Hours on two characters ASCII (00 to 23)
MM 2 Minutes on two characters ASCII (00 to 59)
SS 2 econds on two characters ASCII (00 to 59)
CR 1 A single byte which value is 13decimal – mark the end of the frame
APPENDIX B – OUTPUT CODE FORMATAPPENDIX B – OUTPUT CODE FORMAT