PTPTIMESCALE

Select the Time Scale Used for PTP

Platform:

OEM729, OEM7600, OEM7700, OEM7720, PwrPak7, CPT7, CPT7700, SMART7-I, SMART7-SI

Use this command to set the time scale used for PTP. PTP time scale does not correct for leap seconds while UTC time scale corrects for leap seconds. Usually, PTP time scale is used in hardware time stamping mode, while UTC time scale is used in software or legacy time stamping mode.

If possible, both the PTP master and slave should use PTP time scale. Since there is no leap second adjustment, the PTP hardware clock does not need to adjust the time when a leap second happens.

Message ID: 2463

Abbreviated ASCII Syntax:

PTPTIMESCALE <ptp_timescale>

Factory Default Setting:

PTPTIMESCALE PTP_TIME

ASCII Example:

PTPTIMESCALE UTC_TIME

Field	Field Type	ASCII Value	Binary Value	Description	Format	Binary Bytes	Binary Offset
1	Command header	–	–	PTPTIMESCALE header This field contains the command name for abbreviated ASCII or the message header for ASCII or Binary.	–	H	0
2	ptp_timescale	PTP_TIME	0	PTP time scale to use	Enum	4	H
		UTC_TIME	1