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Type	Title	Date
Success Stories: Terrabonne Parish Communications District PSAP Sync	Terrabonne Parish Communications District PSAP Sync Spectracom’s® NetClock® public safety master clock provides time sync within the PSAP to our 911 server, LAN/WAN CAD and GIS servers, 5 local dispatch consoles, one wall-mounted TimeView Display and our voice/radio logging recorder. Through the use of Spectracom’s remote radio interface, the master clock also time syncs the Sheriff’s Office and the local Police Department.	pdf - 113 KB Thursday, July 26, 2012 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: Precise Sub-Microsecond Timing Solution Delivered for High Frequency Trading	Precise Sub-Microsecond Timing Solution Delivered for High Frequency Trading Thesys Technologies solved these requirements: (1) a highly reliable and accurate GPS-source of time; (2) The ability for the GPS time server to distribute time to multiple networks and physical locations; (3) Sub-microsecond synchronization between company servers and the GPS time server; (4) Eliminate any potential backward time adjustment that was observed with a PTP client as correctly sequenced events is a must.	pdf - 223 KB Monday, August 27, 2012 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: Accurate Time for Payment Card Processing	Accurate Time for Payment Card Processing Verus Card Services required a Stratum-1 time server to synchronize all of its internal systems to comply with the Payment Card Industry requirements. They utilized standard NTP to distribute network time from a GPS-based NTP server.	pdf - 121 KB Thursday, July 26, 2012 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: Time Synchronization in a Public Safety Answering Point.	Time Synchronization in a Public Safety Answering Point. The Catawba County (Newton, North Carolina) E911 Communications Center had a problem: The inability to synchronize its systems to determine what time an incident occurred. They implemented an Orolia NetClock® GPS system that connected directly to a server. It is now the time server for the complete County network of over 1,000 computers.	pdf - 153 KB Tuesday, March 12, 2019 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: GPS Timing Integration for Small Form Factor PDRS	GPS Timing Integration for Small Form Factor PDRS Spectracom’s TSync bus-level timing platform was integrated into a new small, rugged, Passive Detection and Reporting System (PDRS) to receive GPS, discipline an onboard rugged ovenized crystal oscillator and generate high precision time and frequency signals for system synchronization. It also delivers GPS coordinates for the system. The development of the system greatly benefited from Spectracom's customization-to-COTS approach by adapting the platform into a standard VPX-based card without the need for non-recurring engineering charges. It offered the necessary ruggedization, small size, and low weight and power consumption to meet the goals of system portability, and is available with secure SAASM GPS.	pdf - 996 KB Thursday, March 24, 2016 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: Synchronizing Services With a Public Safety Answering Point	Synchronizing Services With a Public Safety Answering Point Terrebonne Parish (Louisiana) relied on wall clocks to provide less-than accurate time. As a result, CAD reports were depicting fire apparatus arriving prior to the call being received. Police and deputies’ times were equally as skewed. The Parish decided to purchase an Orolia NetClock solution. Terrebonne Parish now has the ability for its agency and remote agencies to add numerous items and offices for synchronization, ensuring that all their reports are accurate.	pdf - 126 KB Tuesday, March 12, 2019 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: The Importance of Legally Traceable Time® In Criminal Cases	The Importance of Legally Traceable Time® In Criminal Cases The Martinsville-Henry County 911 Center, located in Henry County, Virginia, installed an Orolia NetClock® time server solution. During an investigation, there was some confusion as to the timeline of a homicide. The 911 Center was able to testify with certainty about the times that its recorder showed that the 911 calls were placed.	pdf - 126 KB Tuesday, March 12, 2019 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: Defense Network Upgrades - Precision Time Synchronization	Defense Network Upgrades - Precision Time Synchronization Orolia was contacted by a global defense infrastructure client to evaluate the obsolescence of its fixed site timing infrastructure, and the impact on overall system performance. This case study demonstrates how Orolia’s SecureSync® time server solutions can upgrade and enhance legacy defense timing infrastructure while preserving critical system functionality, at minimal cost.	pdf - 296 KB Monday, April 29, 2019 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: Chelsea Community Hospital - Time Synchronization	Chelsea Community Hospital - Time Synchronization The employee’s of Chelsea Community Hospital recognized a need to standardize time. The main purpose was to provide a synchronized time source for the manual documentation process, and for coordinating meeting and events. The staff recognized four main sources of time: desktops, phones, organization clocks and personal clocks, which often varied in time.	pdf - 171 KB Thursday, July 26, 2012 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: Orolia Announces Successful Synchronization with SecureSyncand Satelles STL Signal	Orolia Announces Successful Synchronization with SecureSyncand Satelles STL Signal	pdf - 2 MB Wednesday, March 22, 2017 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: Case Study: Banking on BroadShield	Case Study: Banking on BroadShield This case study demonstrates the importance of installing anti-jam and anti-spoofing software in the financial services environment.	pdf - 661 KB Wednesday, December 5, 2018 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: Unleashing the Power of SecureSync®	Unleashing the Power of SecureSync® A large U.S. power authority contacted Orolia wanted to replace twenty time servers and potentially serve as their new vendor. They needed precision time stamps with command line functionality to interface with their Tripwire change/ control monitoring platform so that they could maintain NERC CIP compliance.	pdf - 325 KB Friday, October 11, 2019 [ Permalink ]
Success Stories: Dawson Creek Fire Department	Dawson Creek Fire Department The Dawson Creek Fire Department had a problem. The clock on the wall showed a different time than the computer clock, which had a different time than devices recording the mergency calls routed through the department. Times noted on manual documentation did not always match times from the recording devices. DCFD was not using a true official time reference to maintain consistent records as is the best practice in public safety answering points.	pdf - 147 KB Thursday, September 13, 2012 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: IEEE-1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP)	IEEE-1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) System diagram showing SecureSync grandmaster with SecureSync and PCIe slave.	pdf - 419 KB Tuesday, June 26, 2012 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Indoor GPS Location	Indoor GPS Location These diagrams describe the issues relating to GPS for indoor positioning and navigation. Typically you'd consider a pseudo-satellite appriach but which require a specially designed receiver A GPS RF simulator could generate signals that a GPS receiver would interpret as a single (pre-programmed) position (or trajectory) which could be useful for "zone positioning" A GPS repeater would do something similar but the GPS receiver would always interpret at the position of the outdoors GPS antenna	pdf - 259 KB Wednesday, August 21, 2013 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Legal EHR Diagram	Legal EHR Diagram System diagram for legal EHR based on NetClock.	pdf - 300 KB Tuesday, November 4, 2014 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Legally Traceable Time Diagram	Legally Traceable Time Diagram System diagram for BIPM and NIST/USNO through GPS.	pdf - 3 MB Thursday, July 26, 2012 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Multiple GPS Receiver Testing	Multiple GPS Receiver Testing System diagram for multiple GPS receiver testing.	pdf - 212 KB Friday, January 6, 2012 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Reliable Network Time Protocol (NTP) Configuration	Reliable Network Time Protocol (NTP) Configuration System diagram for reliable Network Time Protocol (NTP) configuration.	pdf - 378 KB Monday, July 7, 2014 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: RSG Typical Use Scenarios	RSG Typical Use Scenarios System diagram for RSG typical use scenarios.	pdf - 395 KB Wednesday, October 31, 2012 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Secure Network Synchronization	Secure Network Synchronization System diagram for secure network synchronization based on NetClock master and 9388 Ethernet Time Server for isolated networks.	pdf - 257 KB Tuesday, October 13, 2015 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Synchronized Communication Center	Synchronized Communication Center System diagram with NetClock for synchronized communication center.	pdf - 237 KB Monday, June 23, 2014 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Time Synchronization Solution	Time Synchronization Solution System diagram for time synchronization solution.	pdf - 219 KB Tuesday, July 8, 2014 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Timing Signal Distribution Over Fiber	Timing Signal Distribution Over Fiber System diagram showing timing signal distribution over fiber for long distances or crossing red/black security domains.	pdf - 330 KB Monday, November 12, 2012 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Ganged GSG Simulators System Diagram	Ganged GSG Simulators System Diagram Ganged GSG Simulators System Diagram	pdf - 89 KB Monday, June 2, 2014 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Alternative PNT Diagram	Alternative PNT Diagram A graphical representation of approaches to references for position, navigation and timing	pdf - 597 KB Saturday, September 26, 2015 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: GPS Master Clock with Multiple Outputs and Time Tagging	GPS Master Clock with Multiple Outputs and Time Tagging System diagram showing GPS master clock with multiple outputs and time tagging. NetClock with SAS distribution.	pdf - 206 KB Thursday, July 26, 2012 [ Permalink ]
System Diagrams: Hybrid Unicast/Anycast Multi-Statum NTP Network	Hybrid Unicast/Anycast Multi-Statum NTP Network System diagram showing hybrid Unicast/Anycast multi-statum NTP network.	pdf - 441 KB Wednesday, February 18, 2015 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: iSource+ Rubidium Clock Lifetime and MTBF Data	iSource+ Rubidium Clock Lifetime and MTBF Data LPFRS / RMO / STARLPRO / LNRClok / GRClok Rubidium Clock Lifetime and MTBF	pdf - 256 KB Saturday, November 1, 2104 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: Sensor Simulation with GPS Testing	Sensor Simulation with GPS Testing GPS simulators are able to test the integration of a GPS/GNSS receiver into a nav system by generating signals corresponding to virtually any condition including vehicle dynamics. They can also generate signals for other sensors for a comprehensive system test. As the simulator generates satellite data for a given trajectory, it simultaneously calculates position and attitude data in six degrees of freedom in real-time; forward/backward, left/right and up/down as well as the rotations about three perpendicular axes, pitch, yaw, and roll; which can be queried and used in integrated test systems.	pdf - 181 KB Monday, December 31, 2018 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: Galileo GIOVE Atomic Rubidium & Passive Maser Clocks	Galileo GIOVE Atomic Rubidium & Passive Maser Clocks The Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE) is an experiment led by the European Space Agency (ESA) aimed at supporting the on-going implementation of Galileo, the European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).	pdf - 947 KB [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: NTP over Anycast	NTP over Anycast Spectracom NTP services, implemented in its SecureSync and NetClock 9400 platforms, are compatible with an Anycast routing scheme. The NTP over Anycast feature is a combination of the time server’s ability to associate one of its network ports to an Anycast IP address and to remove itself as an available time source if there is a problem with its reference.	pdf - 170 KB Thursday, September 25, 2014 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: Path Align-R Field Verification Check	Path Align-R Field Verification Check The following operational checks of the Path Align-R™ may be made by personnel in the field to confirm proper operation of both Path Align-R™ units, their coax cables and the waveguide adapters (transitions). This confirmation may be made prior to climbing the towers or whenever an operational confidence check needs to be made in the field, without access to test equipment or electronic technicians.	pdf - 345 KB Thursday, May 3, 2012 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: iSync+ Lifetime & MTBF Performance	iSync+ Lifetime & MTBF Performance	pdf - 174 KB Friday, August 1, 2008 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: GPS Receiver Mobile Mode Operation	GPS Receiver Mobile Mode Operation Starting with Tsync-PCIe firmware Release version 2.0.0, all TSync-PCIe timing boards that contain an internal GPS receiver have the capability of operating in either the factory default “Standard” mode (Also known as the “Stationary” mode) or can instead be programmed to operate in the available “Mobile” mode (also known as “Continuous” mode).	pdf - 151 KB Tuesday, November 15, 2011 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: Synchronizing Windows Computers	Synchronizing Windows Computers The purpose of this document is to provide detailed information on synchronizing Windows 7, 2008, 2003 and 2000 Stand-Alone PCs and Domain Controllers, as well as Windows 7, 2008, 2003, VISTA, XP, 2000, NT, 98 and 95 clients with a Spectracom NTP time server.	pdf - 2 MB Tuesday, February 21, 2012 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: Atomic Clocks and Timing Systems in Global Navigation Satellite Systems	Atomic Clocks and Timing Systems in Global Navigation Satellite Systems Accurate and ultra-stable atomic clocks have been recognized as the critical equipment for the precision Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). SpectraTime (SpT) and T4Science (T4S) are space and ground clocks manufacturers of Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard (RAFS) and Active & Passive Hydrogen Maser (HM) for various navigation systems (European, Chinese and Indian) and other programs.	pdf - 689 KB [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: In-Field Coax Connector Test Using the Path Align-R	In-Field Coax Connector Test Using the Path Align-R A Path Align-R test set can be used in lieu of expensive cable sweeping equipment. Simply attach the Path Align-R to each end of the connectorized coax and measure the “Cable Loss” at the specific frequency the cable will see during operation. Also, if more than one coax is going to be attached to the tower, you can compare the “Cable Loss” of each coax before they are installed.	pdf - 205 KB Thursday, May 3, 2012 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: LPFRS Failure Rate	LPFRS Failure Rate Failure rate data for the Spectratime LPFRS timing module.	pdf - 167 KB Tuesday, November 16, 2004 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: Epsilon Clock Issue: 2019 GPS Rollover Event	Epsilon Clock Issue: 2019 GPS Rollover Event In the process of testing the 2019 rollover event, the Orolia Engineering department has determined that this year’s event will potentially affect a limited volume of equipments embedding a Trimble Lassen IQ receiver, despite a Rollover week event compliant notice from the vendor. As a result, the time code may be affected but the GPS will remain locked. The following products have been identified: EC20S, EC22S.	Support Bulletin Wednesday, March 13, 2019 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: iSource+ RMO Mounting AppNote	iSource+ RMO Mounting AppNote Rubidium Master Oscillator (RMO) Mounting Recommendations for Optimal Heat Sink	pdf - 384 KB Monday, December 10, 2018 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: Aligning Antenna Links Using Frequencies Outside of the Path Align-R Band Range	Aligning Antenna Links Using Frequencies Outside of the Path Align-R Band Range An antenna system whose link frequency is designed outside the frequency band edge of the Path Align-R can still have its path alignment correctly adjusted, as long as the antenna system uses a waveguide which can operate at both the link frequency and a nearby frequency covered by the Path Align-R.	pdf - 539 KB Thursday, May 3, 2012 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: iSource+ Low Cost LPFRS Performance	iSource+ Low Cost LPFRS Performance Performance data for Low Cost & Profile Frequency Rubidium Standard (LPFRS).	pdf - 487 KB Monday, March 10, 2003 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: Periodic inspection of S18XX502-02 ELT: S18XX502-25-12 Rev 04	Periodic inspection of S18XX502-02 ELT: S18XX502-25-12 Rev 04 Rev 04 – Issue Apr. 17/2015	pdf - 2 MB Friday, April 17, 2015 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: A Summary of References for the Design of Microwave Links	A Summary of References for the Design of Microwave Links Here is a summary of wireless supporting information useful in the design and management of microwave links.	pdf - 225 KB Sunday, May 3, 2015 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: LPFRS Phase Plot	LPFRS Phase Plot Phase Data for the Spectratime LPFRS Rubidium Source.	pdf - 84 KB Thursday, May 20, 2010 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: Periodic inspection of Compact and Integra ELT: S1840501-25-05	Periodic inspection of Compact and Integra ELT: S1840501-25-05 Rev 01 – Issue Feb. 11/2013	pdf - 2 MB Monday, February 11, 2013 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: NTP Server Capacity Testing	NTP Server Capacity Testing Large-scale NTP deployments require consideration for the network’s time synchronization architecture. Network time deployments are usually driven by considerations for reliability, scalability, manageability and security. The capability of modern NTP servers, such as Spectracom SecureSync® and NetClock® time servers, is such that capacity does not impact the design of the synchronization architecture.	pdf - 202 KB Wednesday, February 13, 2019 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: Spectratime Product Safety Data Sheet (PSDS)	Spectratime Product Safety Data Sheet (PSDS) PSDS (Product Safety Data Sheet) contains information which should answer any questions relating to handling/shipping of Rubidium (Rb) oscillators and products containing those oscillators.	pdf - 43 KB Wednesday, December 12, 2018 [ Permalink ]
Technical Notes and Briefs: Time Server Port Isolation for Secure Networks	Time Server Port Isolation for Secure Networks When leveraging a single master clock / time server across several network segments there are various approaches to port isolation: software isolation, or hardware isolation via multiple processors, unidirectional communication of timing data, or electrical isolation by using fiber optics.	pdf - 64 KB Tuesday, December 23, 2014 [ Permalink ]

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