The satellite controlled clock GPS170PCI is a plug-in board designed for computers with 3.3V or 5V PCI bus running with clock frequencies of 33MHz or 66 MHz. The rear slot cover integrates the antenna connector, the modulated timecode, two status LEDs, and a 9 pin sub-D male connector.

The GPS170PCI is an ideal master clock solution for synchronizing one or more computers. It provides additional pulse and frequency outputs and a serial interface.

The antenna/converter unit is connected to the receiver by a 50 ? coaxial cable with length up to 300m (when using RG58 cable). Power is supplied to the unit DC insulated across the antenna cable. Optionally, an over voltage protection and an antenna distributor are available. The antenna distributor can be used to operate up to 4 Meinberg GPS receivers using a single antenna/converter unit.

The monitoring software shipped with the board can be used to configure the time zone and daylight savings parameters easily. Switching to daylight saving time is inhibited if for both start and end of daylight saving the parameters are exactly the same.

The timecode (IRIG, AFNOR, IEEE) generated by GPS170PCI is available with these settings or with UTC as reference. This can be set by the monitor program.

Pulse and frequency outputs
The pulse generator of the satellite controlled clock GPS170PCI contains three independent channels (PPO0, PPO1, PPO2). These TTL outputs can be mapped to pins at the 9-pin connector at the rear slot cover by using a DIL switch. The pulse generator is able to provide a multitude of different pulses, which are configured with the monitor program.

Downloads from Meinberg Homepage

Download Info Sheet: info_gps170pci.pdf
Download Manual: info_gps170pci.pdf

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