Meinberg PZF600 User Manual

PZF600Technical InformationOperating Instructions

10DisplayThe eight digit alphanumeric display shows important information concerning status andtime. The setting of system parameters is also done wit

11Menu DATEAfter Set is pressed, the actual date appears on the display. Menu DAY o.W.The day of the week will be displayed in this menu. Menu

12Menu FIELDThe digitized field strength is displayed in this menu. There is a logarithmic relationbetween this value and the field strength. This men

13Menu OUTP ENAThis menu defines when the output signals are enabled after powering up the system.The following settings are possible: output signal g

14Menu PAR.COMxThe four menus PAR.COM0 to PAR.COM3 allow the configuration of the serialRS232 ports COM0 to COM3. The following settings are possi

15Menu IRIGThis menu allows to select an IRIG, AFNOR or IEEE1344 timecode to be generated. Besides the amplitude modulated sine wav

16Menu OSZ.ADJ.The standard version of the PZF600 includes a voltage controlled temperature compen-sated oszillator (TCXO). Its nominal frequency of 1

17Asynchronous serial interfacesFour independant serial RS232 interfaces are available at the rear connector of thePZF600. As set in menu SER.MODE, th

18Frequency synthesizerThe synthesizer of the PZF600 generates a frequency in the range of 1/3Hz up to9.999MHz, which can be set in the menu SYNTH. Th

19Block Diagram TimecodemicrocontrollermodulatorEPLDD/A converterdriver50 unbalanced digitalsinewavegeneratortimecode10 MHzmodulated timecodeunmodula

ImpressumMeinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KGLange Wand 9D-31812 Bad PyrmontPhone: +49 (0) 52 81 / 9309-0Fax: +49 (0) 52 81 / 9309-30Internet: http://

20IRIG Standard Formatx 3xTYPICAL MODULATED CARRIER IRIG-A : 10000 HzIRIB-B : 1000 Hzbinary 0 binary 1

21AFNOR Standard Format

22Assignment of CF Segment in IEEE1344 CodeBit Nr. Bedeutung Beschreibung49 Position Identifier P550 Year BCD encoded 1unteres Nibble des BCD codierte

23DC and AM TimecodesDC-Level Shift Codes (PWM-signal) B00x and modulated sine wave carrier B12x arealways generated simultaneously. Both signals are

24DCF-time including announcement of changes in daylight saving and announcement ofleap seconds, changing the timezone in the setup menu has no effect

25Firmware updatesWhenever the on-board software must be upgraded or modified, the new firmware canbe downloaded to the internal flash memory via the

26Technical specificationsRECEIVER: Two seperate receiver channels for signal conversion and bestaquisition and tracking of the DCF77 signal.Receptio

27STANDARDFREQUENCIES: 100kHz, 155kHz, 1MHz and 10MHz are synchronized to DCFby a digital PLL.For accuracy refer to table "Oscillator Types"

28PZF600 with different oscillator optionsThe correlation receiver PZF600 can be equipped with several different oscillator types.Compared with the st

29Time StringsFormat of the Meinberg Standard Time StringThe Meinberg Standard Time String is a sequence of 32 ASCII characters starting withthe STX (

Table of contentsImpressum ... 2General information ...

30Format of the Uni Erlangen String (NTP)The time string Uni Erlangen (NTP) is a sequence of 66 ASCII characters starting withthe STX (start-of-text)

31i leap second insertion‘L’ leap second is actually inserted(active only in 60th sec.)‘ ‘ (space, 20h) no leap second is insertedThe following inform

32Format of the ATIS standard Time StringThe ATIS standard Time String is a sequence of 23 ASCII characters terminated by aCR (Carriage Return) charac

33Format of the SYSPLEX-1 Time StringThe SYSPLEX1 time string is a sequence of 16 ASCII characters starting with the SOH(Start of Header) ASCII contro

34Format of the SAT Time StringThe SAT Time String is a sequence of 29 ASCII characters starting with the STX (start-of-text) character and ending wit

35Format of the SPA Time StringThe SPA Time String is a sequence of 32 ASCII characters starting with the characters">900WD" and ending w

36Format of the Computime Time StringThe Computime time string is a sequence of 24 ASCII characters starting with the Tcharacter and ending with the L

37Menu Quick Reference PZF600SETMENUSET (>2s)MENUSET

38Signal description PZF600Name Pin FunctionGND 32a+c Reference potentialVCC in (+5V) 1a+c +5V power supplyVDD in (+12V) 2a+c +12V power supply, not u

39Rear Connector Pin assignmentac1)V5+(niCCV)V5+(niCCV2)V21+(niDDV)V21+(niDDV34niLSB/devreser5devreser6tuoCES_P/tuoCES_P78tuoNIM_P/tuoNIM_P9tuo/niTESE

Menu IRIG REF ... 15Menu OSZ.ADJ. ...

PZF600- PZF600- E- 19. 04. 11

Technical specifications ... 26PZF600 with different oscillator options ...

6General informationThe German long wave transmitter DCF77 started continious operation in 1970. Theintroduction of time codes in 1973 build the basic

7Features PZF600The PZF600 is a high precision receive module for the DCF77-signal build in eurocardsize (100mm x 160mm). The 61mm wide front panel co

8Installation PZF600To achieve the technical data given in chapter 'technical specifications', the followingpoints must be observed.Operatin

9Front panelPilot LEDsThe Field-LED is switched on if a DCF-signal with at least minimum field strengthneeded for the correlation receiption is detect