Table 4: Clocking Port on the MX204 Router
Callout Label Descripon
5
(See Figure 13 on page 13)
10MHz
1PPS
GPS input and output ports.
Connect a Time-of-Day Device to the Router
A me-of-day port—labeled ToD—on the front panel of the router enables you to connect external
ming devices.
To connect the router to a ToD external ming device:
1. Aach an electrostac discharge (ESD) grounding trap on your bare wrist, and connect the strap to
one of the ESD points on the chassis.
2. Plug one end of the RJ-45 cable into the ToD port on the front panel of the router.
3. Plug the other end of the RJ-45 cable into the ToD ming device.
4. Verify that the LEDs for the ToD port on the router are lit steadily green.
5. Congure the port. See
Conguring Clock Synchronizaon Interface on MX Series Routers
.
Table 5: Time-of-Day Port on the MX204 Router
Callout Label Descripon
13
(See Figure 13 on page 13)
ToD ToD RJ-45 port with LED.
Connect a BITS External Clocking Device to the Router
The router has an external building-integrated ming supply (BITS) port—labeled BITS—on the front
panel of the router.
To connect the router to a BITS external clocking device:
1. Aach an electrostac discharge (ESD) grounding trap on your bare wrist, and connect the strap to
one of the ESD points on the chassis.
2. Plug one end of the RJ-45 cable into the internal clock port on the router.
3. Plug the other end of the RJ-45 cable into the BITS external clocking device.
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