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Symmetricom XL-GPS User Manual

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5: Function Reference
F5 Time-Quality Setup
Use function F5 to enable/disable time quality reporting, and to set the thresholds of the four
time-quality flags.
How time quality reporting works: If the GPS timing reference becomes unavailable to
discipline or steer the oscillator, the oscillator begins to drift and gradually accumulates time
error. The XL-GPS estimates time error based on the oscillator-type and on the degree of
steering (the DAC value) that was being applied to the oscillator before the timing reference
became unavailable. As the estimated time error grows, exceeding the threshold of the four
Time Quality Flags set in F5, the XL-GPS outputs four corresponding time quality characters
in text outputs of F8. (See F8 Continuous Time Once-per-Second” on page60)
In addition, a time quality indicator is encoded in the time codes that carry time quality
information (i.e. IRIG, IEEE 1344). (see “F90 Code Output Configuration” on page105).
The XL-GPS accepts threshold values from 200 nS to 40000000000 nS.
The factory settings for F5 are as follows:
Time quality reporting - enabled
First time quality flag 1,000 ns
Second time quality flag 10,000 ns
Third time quality flag 100,000 ns
Fourth time quality flag 1,000,000 ns
See "Factory Default Jumper and Switch Settings for Options" on page 166
Related topics (Time Error):
“F13 Time Error” on page67 displays the current time error
“F71 Oscillator Statistics” on page92 provides the DAC value
Command Line
To determine if the time quality characters are enabled and what the thresholds are, enter:
F5<CR>
XL-GPS responds:
F5<S><STATE><SEP><FLAG><SEP><FLAG><SEP><FLAG><SEP><FLAG><CR><LF>
where:
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BrandSymmetricom
ModelXL-GPS
CategoryReceiver
LanguageEnglish

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