manual for HMC software v01.06
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1. DST Changeover Begin of DST Hour hh Minute mm Hour hh Minute mm 02 00 End of DST 03 00 ve 7245RC 1 ve 7265RC 1 YE 7270RC 1 YE 7271RC 1 xe 7050RC 1 Sum v Guswes Maren v Time Zone Selection Sunday v taswes October y Time Zone Offset 01 00 Time Zone CET SET Vienna Berlin Prague Paris Madrid Amsterdam Brussels Rome Stockholm Warsaw Budapest Oslo Bern 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 O 41 42 3 4 45 46 7 8 49 10 11 12 h SES Enolis On top and to the right in the configuration view there is a small tool bar for reading and setting device properties as well as for loading and saving complete configurations Transmit changes to the device tl Read all configuration properties from the device Changes not yet transmitted may be lost Undo all recent changes without re reading from the device Qs Load a complete configuration from a file d Save the current configuration to a file 18 of 41 HMC 01 06 In case changes have been made within a tab s area e g Time and Date and not yet transmitted to the device a black asterisk in the tab and in the device tree will signify this fact In case of an invalid input a red asterisk will be shown instead If one tab holds a black asterisk and another tab a red one the red kind will be shown in the device tree Inside the area of a2. minimum maximum frequency offset average minimum maximum jitter average minimum maximum stability average minimum maximum absolute value average lt At gt 101 784 us 516 448 us 2 290 ms 2 292 ms 66 967 ms 15 250 ms 665 002 us 148 811 ys 38 412 ms Peer Statistics 192 168 1 210 time offset average minimum maximum delay average minimum maximum dispersion average minimum maximum jitter average minimum maximum 192 53 103 108 time offset average minimum maximum delay average minimum maximum 1 555ms 43 007 ms 8 529 ms 753 749 us 385 000 us 5 301ms 3 528 ms 71 632 us 7 938 s 392 652 us 3 815 us 67 491 ms 1 481ms 45 558 ms 7 864 ms 33 960 ms 33 328 ms 46 188 ms The Overview area contains separately for loopstats and peerstats a summary of all values in the form of average minimum and maximum In case of the loopstat time offset additionally the absolute value average time offset deviation and time deviation is displayed The peers are represented by their IP address taken from the active peerstat files Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 37 of 41 Loop Statistics T NTP Analysis aS N Overview Loop Statistics 1 Peer Statistics A Realtime Drag Mark Statistics 100 000 Fl f M Hi Jt hi Lit T 11 TA ye Wed ba a tht ed Gus VR val i d gib i
3. 147 hPPS WNI 192 168 1553 INIT Hill i 4000 000 21241 24875 192 53 103 108 2 Hii 0 561 Peer 81 223 14 147 sydney rdcs at Precision 16 0 0153 ms Peer Polling Cycle 16 s Leap no warning Host Polling Cycle 16s Root Distance 0 0 s Peer Mode unspec Root Dispersion 0 000656 s Host Mode client Reference Time TUE 2007 08 28 12 35 54 057 Protocol Version 4 Original Time TUE 2007 08 28 12 36 06 702 Flash Code 0x0000 Reception Time TUE 2007 08 28 12 36 06 698 Transmission Time TUE 2007 08 28 12 36 06 697 The peers list shows all configured peers of the NTP server The values and symbols are the same as the output of ntpq pn The peer address is always shown as IP Address the DNS resolution is performed in the detail view of the selected peer The background color indicates in addition to the symbol the quality of the peer dark green System Peer PPS Peer light green Candidate yellow Excess Selected red Outlyer Reject Falsetick 34 of 41 HMC 01 06 Below the Peers List a detail view for the selected peer grey border is shown The meaning of the values is described in the NTP documentation and in the corresponding RFC Update Interval Update Interval Boseconds y Refresh The update interval can be set per server in every tab and has a value of 30 seconds per default An immediate update can be performed at any time by clicking on the Refresh button If no automatic updates should be per
4. CHANNEL INTERFACE YO 7001RC 192 168 1 230 Disconnected RS232 COM1 YO 7020RC 192 168 1 MF 7245RC 1 BAUD RATE DATA BITS PARITY STOP BITS 9600 8 N 1 XE 7265RC 1 v 7270RC 1 VF 7271RC 1 a 6875 HMC Driver hopf6875_03xx_RS232_v0105 v E 7050RC 1 SYNC STATUS STATUS CHANNEL INTERFACE Disconnected RS232 COM1 BAUD RATE DATA BITS PARITY STOP BITS 9600 8 N 1 Ld 7020RC HMC Driver hopf7020_04xx_TCPIP_v0008 SYNC STATUS STATUS CHANNEL R Connected TCP IP SATELLITES ADDRESS 4 192 168 1 230 12000 SES English v The system overview panel is reached by selecting the main element in the device tree To return to the start screen a single click in the HMC logo area above the device tree is necessary For every integrated device there is a distinct area in the system overview holding the device status normally green blue without connection or yellow red in case of a warning an alert next to the device type The devices order is identical to their order in the device tree Ld F 20RC HMC Driver hapfz7 20 04xx TCPIP_vO0008 SYNC STATUS STATUS CHANNEL F Connected TCP IP SATELLITES ADDRESS 4 192 168 1 230 12000 The left hand area shows synchronization and connection status and in case of a device equipped with a GPS receiver the number of tracked satellites The right area contains the driver identification the device is logically integrated with in the HMC as well as an indication of communication c
5. SV SUOMI IR 07403 c iO B PR PR E En 32 IcerpenintortrialiOi m5 uod adea alee scene darles 33 4 of 41 HMC 01 06 c t PERCHE ERE HD ED cO ROUES ORE M RES 33 Ubdaledntemalis d haces averse eosam SE EE i rame LU sepe E E E UP RCM E E aman 34 NTE Stasies Analys S adeb Seo aeui A ES 35 mil re eee tos eS 36 E D K Re 37 E LT E o aaae Aea a A a aA ia aiaei deria aaiae aiai 38 As a 39 heTecorama dialog att toos 39 List OF recorded SA br E UE EE Em E 40 Other elements of the GPS reception dialog ooooccccooonncococoncncnnononncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 40 VIEW GPS ISecottlutei iaceo eia RE bu edel exivit dato werdo ud bdo gubsstus Roe Doa D ce bb A 41 Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 5 of 41 System Requirements Supported Operating Systems x86 CPUs Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista Or Debian Sarge Fedora Core RedHat Enterprise Linux SuSE Linux SuSE Enterprise Server Solaris x86 x64 with X Server Sun Sparc CPUs Sun Solaris 8 and greater Hardware Requirements 256 MB RAM 100MB Hard Disk Space 200MB during installation process Screen resolution at least 1024x768 pixels 1280x1024 recommended 6 of 41 HMC 01 06 Installation on Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 The installation routine is started via a double click on HMC_v01 06_W32_install exe A query for the installation routine s language will appear sel
6. To the right of the indicator showing that the clock view is at the moment showing the local time there are three buttons Switch the clock view between local time and UTC Universal Time Coordinated Quick Help Explanation of reception quality codes Set Date Time Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 21 of 41 Setting Date and Time The button set date time opens the set time dialog xij L Set Time Hour hh Minute imm Second ssi 13 34 33 Day DD Month MM Year PY YY 28 08 2007 OK Cancel This dialog is initialized with the computer s current time All values are changeable In case of invalid input the input controls will change background colour like everywhere else in the HMC but no asterisk of any kind will be shown in the dialog or elsewhere Yet setting the time with invalid input is not possible After activating OK the time will be sent to the clock immediately It is not a configuration value to be transmitted later separately This is necessary because the point of time of setting time in a device is decisive A delayed transmission just like saving to a file as a configuration value and part of a complete configuration would not make sense Daylight Saving Changeover All hopf clocks hold a control element in the date and time tab that is responsible for configuring the automatic daylight saving time changeover Daylight Saving v eowvaer D5T Changeover Ho
7. a click on the Close button stops recording and closes the dialog immediately Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 41 of 41 View GPS Record A file containing GPS records created with the HMC can be viewed anytime afterwards by selecting the View GPS Record menu item in the menu Tools The user interface and the meaning of the list columns is exactly the same as during a GPS record session see GPS Recording
8. anyway In this example the invalid input state is caused by the fact that the daylight saving change hour has not as demanded and as indicated by the input control s label hh been entered as two digits The input controls group s background colour shows that either a non interpretable input or an input that either doesn t fit in a certain value range or contradicts other inputs has been made in this place Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 19 of 41 Transmit Value Changes Pushing the button transmit changes to device all present configuration value changes that have not yet been successfully transmitted to the device will be transmitted immediately This will not happen if there are any invalid inputs in any of the device s tabs In that case the effort will result in an error dialog Transmission will always affect all changes in all tabs Read from Device The button read all values from device causes a complete re read of all values from the device losing all eventually present changes that have not yet been transmitted Undo All Changes The button undo all changes will discard all eventually present changes that have not yet been transmitted without reading the new state from the device Load a Configuration File The button load a configuration file starts a file open dialog for choosing a configuration file This file must have been saved using the exact same driver else loading the configuration will
9. combinations of both as well as complete values or peers may be selected or deselected for display These colour selections will be stored permanently as long as the HMC is allowed to terminate regularly Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 39 of 41 GPS Recording For all hopf devices equipped with a GPS receiver a cyclic recording of GPS quality and time information can be started via context menu mf O 4465 COMI X 6875 COMI o YO 7001RC 192 168 1 23 o WE vp Record GPS va Record GPS vp FOSORC 1 Recording can be started only for already connected GPS devices all information is logged into a file and is visualized human readable in a dialog Ther rding dial Satellites Satellites Sync Date Time Quality Visible Received Status 2007 08 28 13 36 33 HT 13 2007 08 28 13 36 43 0000 13 2007 08 28 13 36 53 iil 13 2007 08 28 13 37 03 lil 13 2007 08 28 13 37 13 13 2007 08 28 13 37 23 13 2007 06 26 13 37 33 13 e a S Be wy wt E Ln 2007 06 26 13 37 43 13 2007 06 26 13 37 53 13 2007 06 26 13 38 03 13 2007 06 26 13 38 13 13 2007 06 26 13 38 23 13 Ee aj S wl 2007 08 28 13 38 33 13 2007 06 26 13 38 43 13 D D D D D D D D D D D D VDI VAI BA 2007 06 26 13 38 53 13 Polling Interval Scroll Lock Close Stop hf Recording starts immediately after every polling cycle a row is inserted at the end of the list During record
10. possible In case the parameters set in the device differ from the default in an unknown manner a hardware reset of the device to be configured must be performed This procedure is described in more detail in the device s documentation 14 of 41 HMC 01 06 Hew Device Host Mame 192 168 1 230 Port lt Back Forward gt Cancel In the case of a TCP IP connection IP address and remote port have to be set Normally the default remote port 12000 should not be changed Mew Device Select Firmware Host Name 192 1688 1 230 12000 Device Firmware hopf7o20 04 0 Probe lt Back Forward gt Cancel The next step necessary for devices connected via RS232 or TCP IP is defining the device s type name and firmware version All hopf devices allow an automated probing of these properties To initiate such a probe the button Probe has to be activated For this to succeed the device itself has to be connected to the previously configured serial port of the computer It is just as well possible to enter the properties manually Like everywhere in the HMC the input controls background colour indicates an invalid input For device the type name has to be entered in the form hopf4465 or 4465 For firmware the device s firmware version has to entered in the form 04 07 The device s major number is followed by a dot and the device s minor number This applies to the conventions that is followed in the devices do
11. result in an error dialog Save the Current Configuration The button 4 save the current configuration starts a file save dialog for defining a target file to which the current configuration will be saved for later loading into the same or another device using the exact same driver 20 of 41 HMC 01 06 Date Time and Status All hopf clocks hold a control element in their tab Time and Date showing the device s inner state DATE TIME LOCAL UTC SYNC STATUS TUE 2007 08 28 13 26 41 LOCAL R ATA Changeover Leap Second Simulation In this case a time and date local to the selected time zone see below is shown Automatic daylight saving time changeover is active thus the clock at the given date in august is in daylight saving time mode This fact is shown below the date time view The other possible state indicators are Changeover At the end of the running hour a changeover either from standard time to daylight saving time or vice versa will be performed Leap Second At the end of the running hour a leap second will be inserted The way that this is performed strongly depends on the device s type and configuration The device s documentation contains more detailed information about the clock s leap second behaviour Simulation Some devices like the hopf 020RC support a simulation mode In this mode the device will behave as though it was receiving a valid time signal but output a manually set time
12. C The device s id and port name are presented dark grey and bold This like the icon o means that the device is connected In the device s context menu to be activated by right clicking the device in the tree as well as in the menu Devices there is a menu item Disconnect Via this menu item or the button in the tool bar the connection to the device may be closed without removing it from the tree hme hopf management console version 01 06 P YO 4465 COM2 x 6875 COM2 It is possible to hold in the tree several disconnected devices that are all configured for the same serial port of the computer as shown in this example a hopf 4465 and a hopf 6875 on port COM2 But of course only one connected device is possible for a given port at a time All devices in the device tree will sustain after restarting the HMC Previously connected devices will be not be automatically reconnected Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 17 of 41 Configuring a Device When a connected device is selected in the device tree the HMC s main area will show that device s configuration view Hopf Management Console File Devices Tools Help Q i C C PES Errors System Output Version h FTT C DATE TIME LOCAL UTC SYNC STATUS hopf management console TUE 2007 08 28 13 24 03 LOCAL R version 01 06 pst e Daylight Saving X 4465 COM1 x 6875 COM1 VQ 7001RC 192 168 1 230 YO 7020RC 192 168 1
13. Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 1 of 41 Elektronik GmbH Hopf Management Console User s Manual v 01 06 2 of 41 HMC 01 06 Hopf Management Console User s Manual v 01 06 2005 2007 RDCS Informationstechnologie GmbH Embelgasse 66 10 11 A 1050 Wien Phone 43 1 5455077 0 Fax 43 1 5455077 11 E Mail support hopf rdcs at Web http www rdcs at Author Sebastian Bohmann Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 3 of 41 Table of Contents SystemiseduliremelltSs s tact ste a nee el edo 5 Installation on Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 cccccceeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeens 6 Installation OM LINUX eose oet tpa aue eb dde eiae Acme pete le an iras Ku eu dus T Installation on Solaris SPARC x80 x04 coooccocccccooccccocncoccncoonononnnonononnnnconcncnncnnos T Starting the Hopf Management Console cccccccceeccceeceeeeeeaeeeseueeceeceseeeeseeeeaes 8 Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 ViSta oooocccconncncccoconccnoccncnoncnnonnanononanennnnnncnnonanennos 8 DIribber oae eco A E cET ML SAE 8 A D a teivssealsusmsuue itn dice dedeesgs tee usSaendyaes 8 The Control Elements sta o s aote Sc edi ou anaes ee 9 PADS Ae WINCH CIN eR EE EE 9 O cutn deu odisse tenete ed Sedis te ee ene elem iud cielos 9 SUD UB A E 10 Pod QUNM Eoo NR Mm 10 SUD Men A nee e eee den hee I ie o co ee c s dai es 10 i r Ross Mosa 11 Alea C ING Device TOC eieren ue Doct uds bun cem Fat i e
14. Offset 01 00 Time Zone CET SET Vienna Berlin Prague Paris Madrid Amsterdam Brussels Rome Stackholm Warsaw Budapest Oslo Bern Selecting a Time Zone There are two ways to select a time zone Either one of the predefined time zones is selected by mouse in the world map which implies the limitation that not every theoretically possible time zone is available here but only such time zones that were in practical use at the time of programming A list of cities within the time zone that is marked in the card aids in finding the correct time zone for a certain place on earth Of course no warranty of any kind is given for the correctness of these lists and other information and local time zones are always due to change Map and lists are merely for convenience Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 23 of 41 A time zone can be specified manually too up to a Ea minute precision For this purpose the button will open a dialog allowing to input an offset in Cancel direction hours and minutes Caution Not every device will support minute precision time zones The device s documentation contains more detailed information about its exact time zone granularity 24 of 41 HMC 01 06 GPS Reception Quality All hopf clocks equipped with a GPS receiver are showing a tab containing a view on the current quality of GPS satellite signal reception Satellites Visible g Tracked 4 Update Interval 25econds Y Refr
15. TNNT on FN 0 00000 AL CES d cd E Pii ea i TELA etat Mir APR TM 100 000 Oh 18 06 2007 10 24 hours 17 06 2007 08 57 05 000 18 06 2007 08 57 05 000 time offset frequency offset jitter stability poll interval v Vv wi avg 151 029 us avg 10 164 ppm avg 165 451 us avg 3 438 ppm avg 16 000 s min 151 213 us min 10 223 ppm min 153 572 us min 3 265 ppm min 16 000 s max 150 845 ps max 10 105 ppm max 177 329 us max 3 611 ppm max 16 000 s Loopstat files are shown in the Loop Statistics area For the left scale time for time offset and jitter the right scale ppm for frequency offset and stability as well as the bottom time scale the buttons and allow zooming in resetting the zoom factor and zooming out The two buttons Drag and Mark switch between the two mouse modes In dragging mode the visualization area s content may be moved by holding the left mouse button thus allowing pixel precision alignment Clicking the right mouse button will centre the horizontal zero line In marking mode a time range may be selected by holding the left mouse button On releasing it zoom and position will be adjusted so that if possible only the selected range will be displayed Still the zoom factor is bound to certain values so the selected area will often be found in the centre of a slightly large displayed area In the bottom area the four values displayed namely time offset fr
16. alog Add New NTP Server Hostname IP Address localhost After entering a host name or IP Address and confirming with the OK Button a new Tab is added to the NTP panel A mouse click on the x button closes the currently displayed tab System Information System Information System Peer 192 166 1 210 Leap Indicator no warning Stratum 2 Root Delay 0000214 s Root Dispersion 0 0124 s Jitter 0 00267 s Stability 0 930 ppm The System Information displays system state variables i e state related to the selected server The meaning of the values is described in the NTP documentation and in the corresponding RFC Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 33 of 41 Kernel Information Kernel Infarmatian Maximum Error 0 000724 s Estimated Error 0 00000800 s Status pll ppsfreq ppstime ppssignal nano 2107 The Kernel Information prints kernel phase lock loop operating parameters This information is available only if the kernel has been specially modified for a precision timekeeping function e g Linux Solaris Tru64 If this kind of kernel timekeeping is not supported by the underlying operating system of the selected NTP server e g Microsoft Windows a corresponding message is displayed Peers Peers Peer RefID Stratum When s Poll s Reach Delay ms Offset ms Jitter ms Dispersion ms 192 168 1 7 192 53 103 108 2 Iii 131 130 131 13113025117 2 Hill 192 53 103 108 HET 81 223 14
17. cumentation Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 15 of 41 Mew Device Select Driver hopf7020 4xx TCPIP vOOO8 yj Connect lt Back Finish Cancel The next step necessary for all kinds of devices is the selection of the exact driver to be used Only installed drivers that are compatible with the device are available for selection This step is necessary to integrate a PCI board device that cannot be probed like the hopf 6039 Additionally it allows selecting drivers for special firmware versions that have been delivered by hopf Username po Password pO _ Save OK Cancel For devices connected via TCP IP usually login credentials are needed If they are not yet stored or not valid anymore a dialog is displayed which allows input of username and password In case of a hopf 7050RC network management card either the users master or device are allowed The password matches the password configured via the Web Interface or the Network Management Assistant 16 of 41 HMC 01 06 By choosing OK the device will be configured and connected immediately In the device tree to the left in the HMC the result will look like this for a hopf 4465 hmc hopf management console version 01 06 YO 4465 COM2 The device is logically presented as a sub element of the system overview node n this case the device has no sub elements of its own Yet this is possible as can be seen in case of the hopf 7001R
18. differs from the shape shown in the image especially in the sense that clear falling flanks at second change are not visible any more the worse the DCF signal reception is likely to be These flanks and the clearly visible drops in general are to be sought during manually adjusting the antenna Activation For the DCF7 view to display anything at all it has to be activated through the button Start to the left of the control s screen area This button will switch the whole device to a mode that allows no configuration at all including error state requests and will use the device s configuration port exclusively for transmitting DCF77 signal data thus being able to guarantee a real time data transmission Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 27 of 41 After switching to DCF77 signal mode a certain time will pass device dependently before the signal becomes visible In addition the device will have to adapt to the signal which will take a few seconds up to a minute before an easily visible signal is shown that allows judgement of the reception quality If the signal seems to collapse and the device starts the adaptation cycle again this does not indicate a defect of the device but is based on the interaction of the device s firmware and the DCF77 reception logic Recording In the lower area there is a record button that will switch the DCF77 view to record mode that will try to record a complete signal cycle from the left to the
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20. e welcome panel system overview or the selected device s configuration view is shown See Configuring a Device Area E The Status Bar At the left side of the status bar warnings error end activity messages are shown At the right side there is a language selector and a busy indicator showing that communication with a device is taking place Background communication like error status requests or communication only suited to keep alive connections is not indicated here When another than the active language is selected in the language selector all shown texts are exchanged to texts in the newly selected language If a text is not available in the selected language the generally available English version of the text is shown 12 of 41 HMC 01 06 In case there are changes not yet transmitted or devices in a special state a confirmation dialog is shown before the language switch is performed Opening a Device The menu item Devices New and the Button 9 in the tool bar both open the New Device wizard Hew Device Select Channel Communication Channel Forward gt Cancel First the Communication Channel to the device to be opened has to be defined This will be either a serial connection RS232 or a connection to a device that is directly integrated with the computer e g a PCI board PCI or a device connected via the Internet or a local network TCP IP Forward confirms the selection If PC was selected
21. ect English and click OK The installation wizard has been started now In the lower area there are three buttons Back Forward Cancel The Back button allows returning to previous steps at any time in order to see or change the settings there If the settings ina step of the installation seem to be in order the button Forward will lead to the next step The Cancel button allows leaving the installation wizard at any time in which case no installation of the HMC will be performed on the computer cla Welcome to the Hopf Management Console L ma Installation Wizard WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law estination Folder Select a folder where the application will be installe The Wise Installation Wizard will install the files for Hopf Management Console in the following folder To install into a different folder click the Browse button and select another folder You can choose not to install Hopf Management Console by clicking Cancel to exit the Wise Installation Wizard Destination Folder C Programme Hopf Browse Ready to Install the Application Click Next to begin instal llation hmc Click the Back button to reenter the installati
22. ed in this HMC installation The freshly installed driver is available and usable immediately without restarting the HMC 30 of 41 HMC 01 06 The Network Configuration Assistant The Network Configuration Assistant allows management of network capable hopf devices via the local network It is suitable for the initializing or restoring a device s IP address and net mask or DCHP settings In addition host name and passwords may be set for the device and it may be reset to its factory defaults HMC Network Configuration Assistant 727 1RCOO Device Type Host Name 727100 721 1RCO hopf727x FOSORC Firmware Version Network Configuration Type 03 03 Static IP Address IM Hardware Address IF Address OO 03 C7 01 01 00 192 168 1 210 Serial Number Metmask 7271001093 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 1 7 Apply Set Device Password Reset To Factory Defaults Rescan Network Set Master Password Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 31 of 41 NTP Analysis The NTP Analysis dialog allows monitoring of one ore more NTP servers and display analysis of existing NTP statistics loopstats or peerstats NTP Real Time Monitoring The NTP Real Time Monitor shows current values from running NTP servers Multiple NTP servers can be monitored at once Lm NTP Analysis localhost Realtime System Information Kernel Information Update Interval saisie ERE System Peer 192 168 1 210 Maximum Error Not supported by operat
23. equency offset jitter and stability may be selected or deselected for display In addition for every value the drawing colour may be altered These colour selections will be stored permanently as long as the HMC is allowed to terminate regularly 38 of 41 HMC 01 06 Peer Statistics T NTP Analysis Files Overview Loop Statistics Peer Statistics Realtime T iol Drag Mark t ms Statistics 9 000 8 000 7 000 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2000 4 M afl Ar 1000 Aia PL Lm Jen m uL al dme ter cle arte t 0 000 2 000 BE MU 3 000 4 000 5 000 6 000 7 000 8 000 9 000 I I I I I I 20h 22h Oh 2h 4h 6h 17 05 2007 l gt 0 12 hours 16 05 2007 18 11 54 000 17 05 2007 06 11 54 000 time offset _ delay dispersion jitter 192 168 1 211 192 168 1 210 192 53 103 108 RI RIR s s x s s S RI RIR v Y i In the Peer Statistics area the active peerstat files content is displayed Its handling is very much that of the Loop Statistics area with a few differences There only is a single value scale representing time The four values time offset delay dispersion and jitter area available for every peer in the active peerstat files In the lower area the appear once for every peer There for every combination of value and peer the colour may be altered and
24. esh S H Ratio _BAD_ SUFFICIENT_ Me so AAA PE Anna s A AM 14 SUFFICIENT Reception Mode Reception Position Position ES DEGREES MINUTES SECONDS 1000 DIRECTION ia 3D Refresh iw Positon Fixed In the upper area labelled Satellites the indicator Visible will specify how many satellites could be received from the antenna s location at the given time didn t obstacles and meteorological conditions mostly play their part in hindering the reception of signals from at least some satellites especially those very close to Horizon The indicator Tracked tells of how many satellites at least their unambiguous ID is received Update Interval Immediately to the right there is a control element labelled Update Interval allowing to select the time interval between two automatic updates of satellite and position data The default value is 2 seconds Once again further to the right the button Refresh will update this data immediately Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 25 of 41 Reception Quality View The table below shows IDs and signal noise ratios for a number of tracked satellites The ID is shown at the most left and a bar augmented by a numeric label at its end signifies the satellites reception quality in the sense of its received signal s signal noise ratio Reception Mode Reception Mode means one of two distinct modes of operation Mode 3D default and recommended has the sy
25. figuration assistant opens the Network Configuration Assistant See Network Configuration Assistant NTP Analysis opens the NTP Analysis dialog See NTP Analysis View GPS Record opens the GPS Record dialog See GPS Recording Sub Menu Help Info Opens the Info Dialog which shows the HMC s version number as well as contact information Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 11 of 41 Area B The Tool Bar Integrate a new device Like New in Menu Devices x Remove a device from the tree Like Remove in Menu Devices Reconnect devices Like Reconnect Devices in Menu Devices Connect to a device Like Connect in Menu Devices Disconnect a device Like Disconnect in Menu Devices i Show the info dialog Like nfo in Menu Devices Show symbol explanations Area C The Device Tree In the device tree all devices are shown which are integrated in the HMC These may be in connected or disconnected state This difference is indicated through different Icons and font weights vO 4465 COM2 Representation of a connected device x 7020 COM3 Representation of a disconnected device All devices are visualized as sub elements of a main element representing the overview panel and serving as a collective indicator showing the presence of not yet transmitted changes erroneous input and error statuses for connected devices Area D The Main Area In the main area depending on the element selected in the device tree either th
26. formed Manual can be selected in the list Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 35 of 41 NTP Statistics Analysis The NTP Statistics Analysis Tool allows comfortably viewing loopstat and peerstat files generated by NTP NTP Analysis Files Overview Loop Statistics Peer Statistics Realtime Loop Statistics Files Peer Statistics Files Statistics P HOPF 727x ntpstats tests_ppsversatz loops 20070615 Add P HOPF 727x ntpstats tests_ppsversatz peers 20070515 Add P HOPF 727x ntpstats tests_ppsversatz loops 20070616 P HOPF 727x ntpstats tests_ppsversatz peers 20070516 P HOPF 727x ntpstats tests_ppsversatz loops 20070617 P HOPF 727x ntpstats tests_ppsversatz peers 20070517 P HOPF 727x ntpstats tests_ppsversatz loops 20070618 P HOPF 727x ntpstats tests_ppsversatz peers 20070518 Clear Clear Overall Period Overall Period 15 06 2007 14 43 18 000 18 06 2007 08 57 05 000 15 05 2007 13 49 06 000 18 05 2007 07 02 08 000 In the Files area one ore more loopstat and peerstat files may be added and removed again More than one file of a single category loopstat or peerstat files are united to one date as though they originated in a single large file 36 of 41 Overview HMC 01 06 NTP Analysis Realtime Statistics Files Overview Loop Statistics Loop Statistics Peer Statistics time offset average time offset deviation o At time deviation oft
27. hannel and connection settings Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 29 of 41 Driver Management The driver management holds a list of all drivers installed in the current installation of the Hopf Management Console Upon selection of a driver in the list detailed information concerning the driver is shown to the right in the info area like firmware version the necessary HMC version communication channel and the driver s own version Driver Management Drivers hopf1465_03xx_R5232_ v0006 hopf4465_04xx_R5232_v0006 hopf6870_13xx_R5232 wv0006 hopf4475_02xx_R5232 v0005 hopf4475_03xx_R5232 v0005 hopf14985_04xx_R5232 v0005 hopf4985_05xx_R5232_w00005 hopf1985_06xx_R5232 v0005 Minimum HMC Version 01 00 hopf1985_07xx_R5232 v0005 hopf6021_01xx_R5232_v0005 Driver Model 01 00 hopf6021_02xx_R5232 v0005 hopf60 21_03xx_R5232 v0005 hopf6038 xxxx PCI van n5 hopf6870_11xx_R5232 v0006 hopf6870_12xx_R5232 v0006 hopf6870 13xx R5232 vD006 hopf6875_02xx_R5232 v0105 hopfe amp s75 3xx RS232 w0105 hopf7020_03xx_R5232 v0017 hopf7020_04xx_R5232 v0013 hopf 020_04xx_TCPIP_vO0008s Firmware 13 xx Communication Channel RS232 Driver Version 00 06 Adding a Driver The button Aad will start a file open dialog wherein a drv file is to be selected in case it is a valid and intact HMC driver file that does not need an HMC version greater than the version of this HMC installation the driver contained within this file will be install
28. ing no clock configuration can be performed 40 of 41 HMC 01 06 List of recorded values The columns have the following meaning Date Time Current time stamp of the clock in UTC at the time of request Quality Reception quality of all received satellites at the time of request Every received satellite is displayed as bar the color indicates the reception quality red bad orange sufficient green good Satellites Visible Number of theoretically visible satellites at the time of request Satellites Received Number of actually received satellites at the time of request The background color of this column changes if the number differs from the number of the last request in a relevant manner The following rules are applied regarding the background color Number 0 red Number change from 4 to gt 4 green Number change to gt 0 but 4 yellow oync Status Synchronisation status of the clock at the time of request The background color of this column changes if the status differs from the last status R green r yellow all others red Other elements of the GPS reception dialog The Polling Interval can be set between 10 seconds and 5 minutes using the corresponding drop down list Per default the list always scrolls to the most recent entry in the list last entry this can be avoided by activating the Scroll Lock checkbox Recording can be stopped by clicking on the Stop button
29. ing system Leap Indicator no warning Estimated Error Not supported by operating system Refresh Stratum 2 Status Not supported by operating system Root Delay 0 000214 s Root Dispersion 0 0115s Jitter 0 00275 s Stability 1 065 ppm Peer RefID Stratum When s Poll s Reach Delay ms Offset ms Jitter ms Dispersion ms A 192 168 1 7 192 53103 108 2 16 THT 0 106 4 663 0 104 1 306 131 130 1 11 13113025117 2 21 THT 6 718 1 880 4 529 5 165 192 53 103 108 PTB 58 Wil 40 689 1 802 0 682 2 915 81 223 14 147 hPPS 192 168 153 INIT 16 Wii 4000 000 21241 248 75 192 53 103 108 2 12 Will 2 593 Peer 81 223 14 147 sydney rdcs at Precision 16 0 0153 ms Peer Polling Cycle 16s Leap no warning Host Polling Cycle 16s Root Distance 0 0s Peer Mode unspec Root Dispersion 0 000687 s Host Mode client Reference Time TUE 2007 08 28 12 03 15 057 Protocol Version 4 Original Time TUE 2007 08 28 12 03 26 719 Flash Code Reception Time TUE 2007 08 28 12 03 26 715 Transmission Time TUE 2007 08 28 12 03 26 714 The screenshot above shows two configured servers localhost ntp at For every configured NTP server a tab is created the hostname IP Adress is shown in the tab heading 32 of 41 HMC 01 06 Add Remove NTP Server The toolbar at the right side is used to add a new server tab or remove the currently displayed server S A mouse click on the asterisk button opens the Add New NTP Server di
30. lock systems Further information about kopf products at www hopf com or info hopf com In case of problems and for error reports support hopf com or support hopf rdcs at 2005 2007 rdcs all rights reserved fo Open new device Area A The Menu Submenu File Exit Closes the Hopf Management Console In case there are changes not yet 10 of 41 HMC 01 06 transmitted or devices in a special state a confirmation dialog is shown before closing Sub Menu Devices New Integrate a new device See Opening a device Remove Removes the selected device from the device tree In case there are changes not yet transmitted or devices in a special state a confirmation dialog is shown before removal Restore Connections Restore all devices which have been connected after the last program termination After program start no device is connected automatically Connect Connect to the unconnected device selected in the device tree Disconnect Close the connection to the connected device selected in the device tree In case there are changes not yet transmitted or devices in a special state a confirmation dialog is shown before disconnecting Driver Management Opens the driver management dialog which shows details about installed drivers and allows the addition of new drivers See Driver Management Sub Menu Tools View DCF77 Record allows opening a DCF77 reception data record file from the file system Network con
31. on information or click Cancel to exit the wizard 101x ating The features you selected are currently being installed hmc Copying new files File Pago Pago Directory C AProgrammeSHopf HM C runtimeMibNziS Pacific Wise Installation Wizard Step 1 The Welcome Screen Information is shown partly of a legal kind concerning the licence conditions for the Hopf Management Console Activating the Forward button implies having read the information and accepting the licence conditions otep 2 Installation Directory Selection Instead of the standard installation directory on a English language Windows Installation this would be C Program Files Hopf it is possible to install the HMC into any other directory This allows the parallel installation of different versions Step 3 Finalization In this place the user is informed that the next activation of the Forward button will start the HMC installation process following the settings made in the previous steps In case of concordance with these settings the installation process is to be commenced by activating the Forward button Step 4 The Installation Process A progress bar indicates how much of the installation process has been accomplished It is necessary to wait until the installation process is finished Activating Cancel allows to cancel the process at any time In this case a complete installation of the HMC on the computer will not be
32. or use and may be started 8 of 41 HMC 01 06 Starting the Hopf Management Console Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista In the windows Start Menu under Programs and in the directory Hopf there is an entry Hopf Management Console A simple click on this entry will start the Hopf Management Console Linux Solaris In the HMC s installation directory there is an executable shell script named hmc sh This script is used to start the HMC It is necessary for an X server to be present and the DISPLAY environment variable to be set correctly After the Start h Before the HMC s main window pops up a splash screen is mc ipd l instr cei shown It contains a visualization of the HMC s start up progress ds henf HOPF7020_04XX_RS232_V0007 COM2 9600 8 N 1 A Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 9 of 41 The Control Elements A Menu Access to all main features B Tool Bar Fast access to device management and help C Device Tree All integrated devices are visualized here D Main Area The welcome screen and the configuration area of connected devices are shown here E Status Bar Status information is shown here to the right there are the language selection and busy indicator Hopf Management Console Jog File Devices Tools Help hmc hopf management console version 01 06 Welcome to the hap f Application for configuration and management of hopf rad o and satellite controlled c
33. performed Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 7 of 41 lalxl Step 5 Confirmation etup Hopf Management Console has L been successfully installed ae acinagemenfconsol e Click the Finish button to exit this installation The user is informed that the hopf management console has been successfully installed Activating Finish will close the installation wizard The Hopf Management Console has now been prepared for use and may be started Installation on Linux The RPM file hmc 01 06 1 1386 rpm has to be installed from the command line In the directory where this RPM file is located the installation process will be initiated by the command rpm i hmc 01 06 1 i 386 rpm The HMC will be installed automatically into the directory opt hopf hmc No further steps are necessary for installation After finalization of the automatic installation process the Hopf Management Console is prepared for use and may be started Installation on Solaris SPARC x86 x64 From the command line unpack the file hmc 01 06 solaris sparc tar gz hmc 01 06 solaris x86 tar gz Then the installation may be commenced from the same directory by the command pkgadd d After choosing Hopf Management Console 01 06 the HMC will be installed automatically into the directory opt hopf hmc No further steps are necessary for installation After finalization of the automatic installation process the Hopf Management Console is prepared f
34. right border of the screen area After successful completion of a record a file save dialog will pop up allowing to select a target file for saving the recorded DCF77 signal data This mainly serves the purpose of error detection through people who are not personally present The HMC allows to open such a record file for viewing This achieved through the menu item Tools View DCF77 Record Low Pass View The check box Low Pass allows additionally viewing a modified signal filtered through a low pass and visualized as a thin blue line laid over the raw signal Under certain conditions this makes it possible to still see a signal that is hardly recognizable in the raw signal view due to high frequency noise Clearing the Screen The button CLS erases the complete screen view so the always remaining shadows of past signal cycles are deleted These serve viewing the temporal development of the DCF77 signal Deleting them is especially helpful immediately after the device s adaptation process Shown Time Interval to the right of the CLS button there is a control element for setting the time interval in seconds that is represented by the width of the DCF77 signal screen view 28 of 41 HMC 01 06 System Overview L 4 Hopf Management Console Jay File Devices Tools Help O ij h moc hopf management console version 01 06 e x 4465 COM1 Ni 4465 HMC Driver hopf4465_03xx_RS232_v0006 x 6875 COM1 SYNC STATUS STATUS
35. stem evaluate its own position for calculating correcting terms for received time information distorted by the signal run length from satellite to surface Mode Position Fixed on the other hand demands a more or less exact definition of latitude and longitude from the user The better this position matches the real position the more exactly the correction terms may be evaluated thus the more exactly the clock will work The only real disadvantage of the default Mode 3D is that for time synchronization the device needs a satellite reception situation suitable for evaluating its exact location Unlike for pure time measurement with a given position a number of just one or two concurrently visible satellites will in all cases not be sufficient 26 of 41 HMC 01 06 DCF77 Reception Quality All hopf clocks equipped with a DCF77 Receiver contain a tab containing a view for the direct visualization of the time signal that is modulated on the DCF77 radio wave Quality Stop CLS seconds This signal generated and emitted via radio in Braunschweig Germany transmits bits of information encoded as shorter and longer typically 100ms and 200ms signal level drops The falling flank of these level drops signifies the exact second change The Image shows more or less the ideal case of such a signal that is realized by connecting the DCF 7 input to the DCF77 simulation output of another device instead of to an antenna The more the signal
36. tab holding a red asterisk at least one input control should signify an invalid input through its background colour Transmitting values to a device is not possible whenever an invalid input is present 4 Hopf Management Console Cay File Devices Tools Help O i Time Errors System Y GPS Output Version V r5 e gt O L FTT C DATE TIME LOCAL UTC SYNC STATUS version 01 06 psT Daylight Saving O 446 OM 1 O 687 OM 1 DST Changeover Hour hh Minute mm Hour hh Minute mm 7001RC 192 168 1 230 Begin of DST 2 00 End of DST 03 00 7020RC 192 168 1 230 Sunday w Last Week w March v Sunday w Last Week v October NE v pz 7245RC 1 Me 7265RC 1 ve 7270RC 1 Time Zone Selection YE 7271RC 1 Time Zone Offset NEN NN pen mm NEN vg 7050RC 1 01 00 E E Time Zone soes E Sa a CET qu l ax SET a gt Vienna gt Berlin ip Prague 1 Paris i Madrid Amsterdam d Brussels Rome Stockholm Warsaw P Budapest Oslo Bern NEN NEN NN Ea 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 OF 41 42 43 4 45 46 7 8 49 10 11 12 ERES English ES An example of an invalid input in the tab area Time The System tab holds a black asterisk indicating a value change The device tree only shows a red asterisk which implies a value change
37. the following steps are skipped and the driver selection see below will follow immediately If RS232 or TCP IP was selected thus a device connected with the computer via a serial port or network in the next step the connection parameters will be set Hopf Management Console 01 06 Page 13 of 41 Mew Device PC COM Part COM1 La Baud Rate Data Bits se Tele Ti Parity Stop Bits lt Back Forward gt Cancel In the case of a device to be connected via the serial port the computer s serial port used for the connection is selected in this example the serial port COM1 on Microsoft Windows The serial port ids may differ depending on the operating system in use e g dev ttySO for Linux dev cua a for Solaris platforms The hopf devices serial ports on the other hand always have names like COM1 just like the computer s serial ports on Microsoft Windows In the dialog shown in the screenshot the serial port s name will never signify the device s serial port but always the name of the computer s serial port that is to be used for configuring the device Additionally the four parameters baud rate data bits parity and stop bits may be set All hopf devices default settings are 9600 8 N 1 like shown in the screenshot Some devices allow changing these parameters for the configuration port in their configuration In this case it is necessary to change the settings here accordingly else no communication at all will be
38. ur hh Minute imr Hour thhi Minute mimi Begin of DST 02 00 End of DST 03 00 Say e as Maren v a e ea eo v If the check box DST Changeover is active automatic changeover from standard to daylight saving time or vice versa will be performed at the specified time points To the left labelled Begin of DST the point of time is set for DST activation To the right label End of DST the point of time for deactivation 22 of 41 HMC 01 06 First Week combined with e g Sunday means that the first Sunday of the month will be the day of changeover The same applies for Second Third Fourth Week The setting Last Week on the other hand would either mean the fourth or the fifth Sunday of the month given depending on whether that month had four or five Sundays but in any case the ast Sunday Setting the changeover minute is deactivated in some devices as only an automatic changeover at the full hour is supported by the device Time Zone In the Date and Time tab all hopf clocks hold a control element responsible for setting and visualizing the time zone that defines the clock s local time relative to UTC This setting only defines the offset of the local normal time that in practice is identical to standard time An additional offset of an hour is added in case of daylight saving time Thus there are no direct dependencies between daylight saving changeover and time zone settings Time Zone Selection Time Zone
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