[time-nuts] Symmetricom TimeSource 2700

[Charles P. Steinmetz]

Kevin wrote:

>reading more about the TL1 messages from the Craft
>output, there are messages for date and time:
>
>date:
>This parameter is the current date in the 
>8-digit form yyyy-mm-dd, where yyyy is year, mm 
>is month (01­12), and dd is day (01­31).
>
>time:
>This parameter is the current time in the 
>6-digit form hh-mm-ss where hh is hours (0­23), 
>mm is minutes (0­59), and ss is seconds (0­59). 
>The factory setting is GMT for local time.

Right.  However, the manual does not say that 
these are sent regularly (every second, or 
whatever).  Note that "date" and "time" are both 
reported as parameters in each Alarm and Event 
message.  So are "ocrdat" and "ocrtm" (date and 
time, respectively, when the event occurred).

The Craft output feeds a PC Com port -- I'd think 
that reading the Com port with a terminal 
emulator should verify whether the "date" and 
"time" events are sent regularly, or only with Alarms or Events.

Best regards,

Charles