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Learn how an Engineering Procurement Company implemented a dual network arrangement using Parallel Redundancy Protocol and Precision Time Protocol to synchronize their client's end devices that did not support either PRP or PTP while keeping costs down and minimizing points of failure with the help of Tekron PRPTP Translator. This unique time sync solution connects directly with a PRP network and translates PTP packets into legacy time signals such as IRIG-B.

With the evolution of technologies such as Line Differential Protection, Phasor Measurement and Sampled Values, Smart Substations require a new unprecedented level of accuracy and time sync availability, not previously required in the Industry. The Transmission System Operators in Philippines required a GNSS Clock designed and built for substation applications. The solution required the Substation clock to provide time synchronization to facilitate their IEC 61850 aspirations (PTP Power Profile, NTP, Optical PPS), and in addition support legacy time protocols (IRIG-B, serial time strings, 1 per 10). Moreover, the system required multiple levels of failover; where in the event of GNSS outage, the clock will revert to the Telecommunications Network and sync to the PTP Telecom profile Grandmaster, or in the absence of PTP availability on the Telecommunications network, revert to its own internal Atomic Clock reference module.

With the growing need to upgrade substations and other mission-critical applications through the implementation of Precision Time Protocol (PTP: IEEE 1588) while supporting the legacy IRIG-B time code, learn how a major U.S. utility on the East Coast managed to meet the challenging requirements with Tekron's NTS 03-E GPS clock and Tekron's PTP Translator.

T&D Service Operators face several challenges when commissioning and troubleshooting IRIG-B distribution systems. Traditional methodologies include the use of cumbersome oscilloscope requiring hours of analysis by an experienced technician. Solution? Tekron IRIG-B Analyzer; a portable, battery operated test instrument which decodes and verifies the IRIG-B in plain text, significantly reduces the analysis time and is highly reliable.