Meinberg PZF600 - Manual (Page 33)

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Format of the SYSPLEX-1 Time String
The SYSPLEX1 time string is a sequence of 16 ASCII characters starting with the SOH
(Start of Header) ASCII controll character character and ending with the LF (line feed,
ASCII Code 0Ah) character. The format is:
ddd:hh:mm:ssq
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:
Start of Header (ASCII control character)
ddd day of year (001..366)
hh:mm:ss the current time:
hh hours (00..23)
mm minutes (00..59)
ss seconds (00..59, or 60 while leap second)
q Quality indicator (space) Time Sync (GPS lock)
(?) no Time Sync (GPS fail)
Carriage-return (ASCII code 0Dh)
The start bit of carriage-return is transmitted synchronous with the
rising edge of the PPS pulse.
Line-feed (ASCII code 0Ah)