Format of the meinberg capture string, Assignment of the 5 pin jumper block – Meinberg GPS167PC User Manual
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Format of the Meinberg Capture String
The Meinberg Capture String is a sequence of 31 ASCII characters terminated by a
CR/LF (Carriage Return/Line Feed) combination. The format is:
CHx_tt.mm.jj_hh:mm:ss.fffffff
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:
x
0 or 1 corresponding on the number of the capture input
_
ASCII space 20h
dd.mm.yy the capture date:
dd
day of month
(01..31)
mm month
(01..12)
yy
year of the century
(00..99)
hh:mm:ss.fffffff
the capture time:
hh
hours
(00..23)
mm minutes
(00..59)
ss
seconds
(00..59, or 60 while leap second)
fffffff
fractions of second, 7 digits
Carriage Return, ASCII code 0Dh
Line Feed, ASCII code 0Ah
Assignment of the 5 Pin Jumper Block
The jumper block can be used to access the 10 MHz frequency output and the serial
port COM1. Pin 5 is located near the board's bus connector:
Pin
Signal
1
10 MHz out
2
GND
3
RxD1 in
4
TxD1 out
5
GND