Ethernet switch supports IEEE 1588
-- Test & Measurement World, 2/1/2009 2:00:00 AM
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Test and industrial-automation equipment can use the IEEE 1588 protocol to obtain synchronized clocks for precise measurement timing within a LAN. The SyncSwitch TC100 1U-sized Ethernet switch from Symmetricom acts as a “transparent clock,” letting synchronization packets pass through it from a grandmaster clock to network nodes. The switch supports both E2E (End-to-End) and P2P (Peer-to-Peer) transparency, which the 2008 revision of the IEEE 1588 standard defines.
Equipment that supports IEEE 1588, such as LXI Class A and Class B instruments, can use the protocol to synchronize measurements. The SyncSwitch TC100 has eight 10/100BaseT/TX copper ports, but you can replace up to two ports with 100BaseFX single-mode or multimode fiber.
Although the SyncSwitch TC100 can plug into a network without needing to be configured, you can customize the switch through a Windows GUI to configure it for ring topologies, eliminate unnecessary multicast traffic, and provide remote management and monitoring.
Base price: $5195. Symmetricom, www.symmetricom.com.
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