Format of the uni erlangen string (ntp) – Meinberg PZF600 User Manual
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Format of the Uni Erlangen String (NTP)
The time string Uni Erlangen (NTP) is a sequence of 66 ASCII characters starting with
the STX (start-of-text) character and ending with the ETX (end-of-text) character. The
format is:
<STX>tt.mm.jj; w; hh:mm:ss; voo:oo; acdfg i;bbb.bbbbn lll.lllle hhhhm<ETX>
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)
v
sign of the offset of local timezone related to UTC
oo:oo
offset of local timezone related to UTC in hours and minutes
ac
clock status characters:
a:
‘#’ clock has not synchronized after reset
‘ ‘ (space, 20h) clock has synchronized after reset
c:
‘*’ GPS receiver has not checked its position
‘ ‘ (space, 20h) GPS receiver has determined its position
d
time zone indicator:
‘S’
MESZ European Summertime, daylight saving enabled
‘ ‘
MEZ
European Standard Time, daylight saving disabled
f
anouncement of discontinuity of time, enabled during last hour
before discontinuity comes in effect:
‘!’
announcement of start or end of daylight saving time
‘ ‘
(space, 20h) nothing announced
g
anouncement of discontinuity of time, enabled during last hour
before discontinuity comes in effect:
‘A’ announcement of leap second insertion
‘ ‘
(space, 20h) nothing announced