Symmetricom 1100, 1000 manual Defining the Security Parameters, Checking Communication Links, Ping

Chapter 4 Provisioning the TimeProvider

Defining the Security Parameters

Checking Communication Links

Two commands allow you to check the communication links from a computer or network to the TimeProvider: PING and RTRV-HDR.

Ping

Use the PING command to check an Ethernet connection to the TimeProvider.

PING:[<tid>]::[<ctag>]::<ipaddr>;

This command has a default access level of USER.

<ipaddr>	Value	Description
IP address of host to be pinged	1.0.0.1 – 254.254.254.254	Pings the host system

Sample Command

PING:::TS1000::192.168.12.10;

Normal Response

TP-SSU 03-05-15 09:59:09 M TS1000 COMPLD

“Host 192.168.12.10 is alive. Roundtrip time was 165 ms”

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Retrieve Header

Use the RTRV-HDR command to display the response header, which includes the system identification <sid>, date, and time. You can also use this command to verify that the communication link to the TimeProvider is working properly.

This command has a default access level of NONE.

Sample Command

RTRV-HDR:::TS1000;

Normal Response

TP-SSU 03-05-15 09:59:25

MTS1000 COMPLD

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Defining the Security Parameters

The TimeProvider supports users at the following four access levels:

None – Anyone with access to a serial or Ethernet port on the TimeProvider can issue commands set to this access level. If no Security-level users are defined, then anyone connected to the TimeProvider can issue every command available

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