Global time
synchronization

The Endace TDS 2, TDS 6 and our flagship TDS 24 Time Distribution Server modules provide a scalable solution to provide high quality global time synchronisation signals to meet the requirements of your deployment

All Endace DAG products are equipped with a standard time synchronisation input port, with which the internal clock may be synchronised to an external time standard. When synchronised to an external standard, such as a GPS or CDMA time receiver, the timestamps of packets captured on different physical DAG cards may be accurately compared; for example: packets captured from both directions of a full-duplex link, or packets captured from geographically remote locations. These highly accurate timestamps can be used for QoS monitoring applications, bandwidth measurement, traffic engineering, and one-way packet delay and jitter measurement over long distances.

TDS 2

The Endace TDS 2 takes an external 1PPS time source, either a RS422 input from a Trimble Acutime™ Gold GPS receiver, or RS232 input from an Endrun Technologies™ Praecis Ct CDMA receiver. It distributes this signal to up to 2 Endace DAG cards.

TDS 6

When additional time synchronization outputs are required, the TDS 2’s capacity may be expanded, six outputs at a time, by attaching TDS 6 units (up to four) without compromising timing accuracy.

TDS 24

The Endace TDS 24 is a 1U Time Distribution Server capable of providing accurate timing information to 24 Endace network monitoring devices. TDS 24 modules can be daisy chained to provide timing information to over 500 Endace DAG based devices.

Accepts and distributes both unmodulated IRIG-B and 1PPS timing signals. Can convert an IRIG-B input signal to 1PPS to provide timing outputs to non IRIG-B compatible devices. In this situation the user may select a mixture of the two output types allowing mixed deployment of IRIG-B and PPS devices to be synchronized.

Key Features

• Provides 24 Endace Timing outputs in a 1U, rack mountable device.
• nS precision with low latency and error characteristics
• Over 500 Endace DAG based devices can by syncronised by daisy chaining TDS 24 units
• Accepts and distributes both unmodulated IRIG-B and 1PPS timing signals
• IRIG-B input signal can be down-converted to 1PPS to allow mixed IRIG-B and 1PPS deployments

Technical Specification