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Time Strings

Format of the Meinberg Standard Time String

The Meinberg Standard Time String is a sequence of 32 ASCII characters starting

with the STX (start-of-text) character and ending with the ETX (end-of-text)

character. The format is:

The letters printed in italics are replaced by ASCII numbers whereas the other

characters are part of the time string. The groups of characters as defined below:

<STX> Start-Of-Text (ASCII code 02h)

sending with one bit occuracy at change of second

dd.mm.yy the current date:

dd day of month (01..31)

mm month (01..12)

yy year of the century (00..99)

w the day of the week (1..7, 1 = Monday)

hh.mm.ss the current time:

hh hours (00..23)

mm minutes (00..59)

ss seconds (00..59, or 60 while leap second)

uv clock status characters:

u: ‘#’ clock has not synchronized after reset

‘ ‘ (space, 20h) clock has synchronized after reset

v: different for DCF77 or GPS receivers:

‘*’ DCF77 clock currently runs on XTAL

GPS receiver has not checked its position

‘ ‘ (space, 20h) DCF77 clock is sync'd with transmitter

GPS receiver has determined its position

x time zone indicator:

‘U’ UTC Universal Time Coordinated, formerly GMT

‘ ‘ MEZ European Standard Time, daylight saving disabled

‘S’ MESZ European Summertime, daylight saving enabled

y announcement of discontinuity of time, enabled during last hour before

discontinuity comes in effect:

‘!’ announcement of start or end of daylight saving time

‘A’ announcement of leap second insertion

‘ ‘ (space, 20h) nothing announced

<ETX> End-Of-Text (ASCII code 03h)

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