Signature Control
Signature Control is a user-set parameter that controls under which output states an output will be present. This feature allows you to determine how closely you want to link an output to the status of the active input reference e.g., by deactivating it after holdover expiration. It is also offers the capability to indirectly send an input-reference-lost-alarm to a downstream recipient via the presence of the signal.
EXAMPLES:
You can setup Signature Control such that SecureSync's built in 1PPS output becomes disabled the moment its input reference is lost (e.g., if a valid GNSS signal is lost).
Or, you can setup your output signal such that remains valid while SecureSync in holdover mode, but not in free run.
The available options are:
- Output Always Enabled—The output is present, even if SecureSync is not synchronized to its references (SecureSync is free running).
- Output Enabled in Holdover—The output is present unless SecureSync is not synchronized to its references (SecureSync is in Holdover mode).
- Output Disabled in Holdover—The 1PPS output is present unless the SecureSync references are considered not qualified and invalid (the output is NOT present while SecureSync is in Holdover mode.)
- Output Always Disabled—The output is never present, even if SecureSync references are present and valid.
Signature control output-presence states
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In holdover | In-sync with external reference |
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To review or configure the Signature Control setting for any output:
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Navigate to INTERFACES > OUTPUTS and click the output you want to configure.
- In the Outputs panel, click the GEAR button for the desired output. Ehe Edit window will open with the current Signature Control setting, and a drop-down list to change it.
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The SecureSync front panel allows you to change the signature control between two states: Output Always Enabled and Output Always Disabled. For more options and control over the Signature Control setting, you must use the Web UI (see above).
On the unit front panel:
- Press the
Outputs button.
- Select the output you wish to configure.
- Use the arrow keys to select ON (enabled) or OFF (disabled). Press the enter key.
- In the confirmation menu on the right hand side of the screen, press the enter key again.