Siemens SCALANCE XM-400 - Commands in the PTP Transparent Clock Configuration Mode; Delay-Mechanism

System time
5.4 PTP Client
SCALANCE XM-400/XR-500 Command Line Interface (CLI)
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5.4.3
Commands in the PTP Transparent Clock configuration mode
This section describes commands that you can call up in the PTP Transparent Clock
configuration mode.
In the Global configuration mode, enter the
ptp transparent-clock configuration command
to change to this mode.
● If you exit the PTP Transparent Clock configuration mode with the
exit command, you
return to the Global configuration mode.
● If you exit the PTP Transparent Clock configuration mode with the
end command, you
return to the Privileged EXEC mode.
5.4.3.1
delay-mechanism
Description
With this command, you specify which correction mechanism the Precision Time Protocol
uses.
Requirement
You are in the PTP Transparent Clock configuration mode.
The command prompt is as follows:
cli(config-ptp-tc)#
Syntax
Call up the command with the following parameters:
delay-mechanism { end-to-end | peer-to-peer }
The parameter has the following meaning:
Parameter
Description
Range of values / note
end-to-end
The device operates as an end-to-end trans-
parent clock.
With end-to-end synchroniza-
tion with more than 2 slaves,
freak values > 100 ns can oc-
cur in the offset.
peer-to-peer
The device operates as a peer-to-peer trans-
parent clock.
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Result
The correction mechanism for the Precision Time Protocol is specified.