IP Address

The IP address assigned to the selected port.

Gateway

The IP address of the gateway the Timing Client uses to communicate across the network.

Secondary DNS

IP address of the secondary DNS used by the Timing Client.

Mode

• Static—Choose this option button to manually assign an IP address.
• DHCP—Select this option button if you want the DHCP server to assign an IP address to the Timing Client automatically.
• Apply Button—Click to activate the mode you have selected.

Duplex

Allows you to select either full or half duplex mode for the LAN port.

Ping

Allows you to ping a device on the network.

• Go Button—Click this button to run the ping command.

VLAN

Use the option button to configure or change the VLAN settings for the Ethernet port.

Mask

Enter the subnet mask assigned to the selected VLAN.

Priority

Enter a priority value for the VLAN header to be used for differential services transporting the packet. This value ranges from 0 through 7.

Enable

Use the option button to enable or disable VLAN encapsulation for IP packets.

PPS Squelch

Allows you to turn on or off the PPS squelch.

• Yes—The PPS squelch is turned on, thereby disabling the PPS output when the TCA system is not locked to GPS or PTP.
• No (default)—The PPS squelch is turned off, thereby enabling the PPS output even when the TCA system is not locked to GPS or PTP.

1/5/10MHz

Allows you to set the frequency of the 1/5/10 MHz output port.

Start Date

Allows you to select the date and month on which the DST starts. The default value is 1^st January.

End Date

Allows you to select the date and month on which the DST ends. The default value is 31^st December.

Antenna Voltage

Allows you to set the antenna voltage. Available options are 3.3v or 5v.

SNR

Allows you to set the signal strength display format to be either AMU or dBHz.

Note: This field is not visible if the TCA6500 Timing Client uses the Resolution SMT GPS Timing Receiver. The AMU is not an industry standard unit of measurement.

Priority List

Allows you to enable a priority to be assigned to a reference source. The sync source list is arranged in orders of priority, with 1 being the highest order.

Note: This section is visible only if the TCA6500 Timing Client uses the Resolution SMT GPS Timing Receiver.

Apply button

Allows you to save the anti-jamming configuration.

Mode

Describes E1 port mode as BITS.

Coding

Describes E1 line coding, AMI or HDB3.

TxClk

Describes the Tx clock source as internal.

SSM

Describes Synchronization Status Message state. Options are Enabled or Disabled.

FramerGen

Describes the framer generation configured on the T1 output port. Available options are:

• FRAME_GEN1
• FRAME_GEN2

Note: This field is available only when the Timing Client uses T1 interface type.

Port Number

Allows the user to configure the port number.

Framing

• CRC4 = Common Channel Signaling (CCS) +CRC4
• No CRC4 = Common Channel Signaling (CCS)
• Channel Associated Signaling (CAS) is NOT supported

Framer Gen

Allows user to configure first or second generation framer on the T1 output port. Available options are:

• FRAMER_GEN1
• FRAMER_GEN2

Note: This field is available only when the Timing Client uses T1 interface type.

Tx Clock Source

Allows the user to configure Tx clock source. For the current software release, only Internal is supported.

SSM State

Allows the user to configure Synchronization Status Message state. Options are Enabled or Disabled.

Priority 1

Field not configurable

Domain Number

Enter a value ranging between 0-254 to set the domain number associated with the network broadcast domain the Timing Client will join.

Log Mean Delay Req Interval

Available options: 32 or 64 packets/second

Log Mean Sync Interval

Field not configurable

DSCP

Enter the Differential Service (DiffServ) value for the IP packet.

Note: This should be configured to Explicit Forward (EF) which is a value of 46 decimal.

Delay

Select the delay response message rate that the Timing Client requests from the Grandmaster. The available options are:

• 1 packet/64sec
• 1 packet/32sec
• 1 packet/16sec
• 1 packet/8sec
• 1 packet/4sec
• 1 packet/2sec
• 1 packet/sec
• 2 packet/sec
• 4 packet/sec
• 8 packet/sec
• 16 packet/sec
• 32 packet/sec
• 64 packet/sec
• 128 packet/sec

Note: It is recommended to select 64 packet/sec.

Duration

Enter the Timing Client expiration duration for sending signaling messages without receiving an acknowledgement from the Grandmaster. This value ranges from 100 seconds through 3000 seconds.

Apply

Click to save the unicast configuration.

Acceptable Master List Window

Displays a list of acceptable Grandmasters with their IP addresses.

IP Address

Enter the IP address of the acceptable Grandmaster for the Timing Client.

Juniper Profile

Sync/Delay Response

Multicast

Delay Request

Unicast

Telecom Profile

Sync/Delay Response

Unicast

Delay Request

Unicast

Default Profile

Sync/Delay Response

Multicast

Delay Request

Multicast

PTP Over Ethernet Profile

Sync/Delay Response

Multicast

Delay Request

Multicast

sysName

Provides information describing the Timing Client.

ReadOnlyComm

Enter the command the network will use to request read community strings.

Apply Button

Click to save SNMP parameters to memory.

Destination

The IP address of the trap to which the Timing Client sends SNMP data.

Edit Button

Edit the parameters of the trap destination.

Address

Enter the IP address of the Trap to which the Timing Client will send alarm information.

Save Button

Save information to memory.

Auth Crypt

Specifies the type of encryption a user will use to log in to the Timing Client.

Edit

Edit the parameters for the SNMPv3 user.

Name

The username assigned to access the Timing Client.

Auth Crypt

• MD5—Use MD5 cryptographic scheme
• SHA1—Use SHA1 cryptographic scheme

Pri Protocol

Allows you to configure the privacy protocol for the SNMPv3 user.

• DES = Use DES (Data Encryption Standard)
• AES = Use AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
• No Privacy = Do not use encryption

Edit Button

Click to modify the configuration details of the selected user account.

Username

Enter the username for the user account. The character length ranges from 4 through 12 characters. The characters that can be used are alphanumeric and underscore (that is, _).

Class

Select to configure the login class for the user account. The options are:

• ReadOnly—User is given show view privilege. For more information, see Table 3.
• Read/Write—User is given modify privilege. For more information, see Table 3.

New Password

Enter the new password to be set for your user account. The character length ranges from 4 through 12 characters. The characters that can be used are alphanumeric and special characters (that is, !@#$_).

Save Button

Click to change your password and save the changes.

Note: The new password will be effective from next login onwards. The current session is not affected.

Edit Button

Click to modify the configuration details of the selected RADIUS authentication server.

Server IP

Enter the IP address of the RADIUS authentication server to be used for user authentication.

Retry

Enter the number of attempts to be tried for contacting the specified RADIUS authentication server. The value ranges from 1 through 10. The default value is 3.

When all retries fail, the Timing Client contacts the next RADIUS authentication server in the authentication server list.

Secret Word

Enter the password shared with the specified RADIUS authentication server. The character length ranges from 16 through 32 characters. The characters that can be used to define the secret word are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and special symbols (that is, ` ! @ # $ % ^ * ( ) _ + - = { } [ ] : ; < > , . /).

This section allows you to configure the order of authentication. The default authentication order is RADIUS server authentication and then the local authentication.

• radius—User is authenticated by using configured RADIUS authentication servers.
• local—User is authenticated locally.

Note: The value in the first drop box takes precedence over the value in the second drop box.

Radius Accounting Servers window

Displays a list of configured RADIUS accounting servers with their corresponding configuration details.

Note: You can add only a maximum of three RADIUS accounting servers.

Delete Button

Click to delete the selected RADIUS accounting server from the server list.

Port

Enter the port through which the specified RADIUS accounting server is contacted for accounting. The default port number is 1813.

Timeout

Enter the time in seconds till which the Timing Client waits for a response from the specified RADIUS accounting server. The value ranges from 1 through 90 seconds. The default value is 3 seconds.

If the response is not received within the specified time period and the configured retry limit is not attained, then the Timing Client once again tries to contact the accounting server.

If the response is not received within the specified time period and the configured retry limit is attained, then the Timing Client contacts the next RADIUS accounting server in the accounting server list.

Save Button

Click to save the configuration details of the RADIUS accounting server.

This section allows you to configure the type of accounting information to be logged in the RADIUS accounting server.

• 1: For login accounting only—Only the login information is sent to the RADIUS accounting server for accounting.
• 2: For interactive and login accounting—The login information and interactive command details are sent to the RADIUS accounting server for accounting.
• 3: For configuration, interactive and login accounting—The login information, interactive command details, and configuration command details are sent to the RADIUS accounting server for accounting.

The default value is 3: For configuration, interactive and login accounting.

Apply Button

Click to activate the selected accounting level.

This section allows you to enable or disable RADIUS accounting in the Timing Client.

• Enable—Enables RADIUS accounting.
• Disable—Disables RADIUS accounting.

By default RADIUS accounting is enabled.

Apply Button

Click to activate the selected RADIUS accounting status.