User manual

CLKTCDSeriesUserManual–Rev.2.0.1Page28
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TimeCodeSettings
TousetheautomaticDSTadjustmentsrequiresthatdate/yearencodingisenabled.
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ThisproductcontainsanautomaticdetectionandgaincontrolcircuitfortheincomingSMPTE
30/25/24fpslongitudinal/lineartimecodeorforIRIG‐B(0)pulsewidthmodulatedorIRIG‐B(1)
amplitudemodulatedtimecode.
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TosupportcommonSMPTE/IRIG‐Bstandardtimecodeswithoutdate/yearencodingtothe
aforementionedstandards,anoptionofignoringthedateinformationencodedinthetimecodeis
provided.
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Bydefaultthe“TimeCodeSetting”issetto,“Donotusedateinformationencodedintimecode”.
SetDateTime
The[SetDateTime]featureletsyoumanuallysetthetimeanddatefortheclock.Thismaybe
mostusefulforlabsituationsastheclockkeepstimeviaitsinternalprecisionoscillatorandreal‐
timeclockwhentimecodeisnotpresent.ThetimecaneitherbesettothetimeoftheWindows
PCoramanualtimeanddatecanbeentered.
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Practicaluseofthisfeaturerequirestheclocktoberemovedfromthetimecode
reference.
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Whentheclockhasaccesstoavalidtimecodereference,informationobtainedviatime
codewillimmediatelyoverwriteanymanuallyestablishedtime/date.
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