· high precision clock synchronization using IEEE 1588-2008

· first IEEE 1588-2019 (aka PTP version 2.1) functions already available

· hardware and software timestamping support

· native support for many IEEE 1588 hardware clock implementations

· support for different PTP profiles

  · Default Profile

  · Broadcasting Profile (SMPTE)

  · Power Profiles

  · Telecorn Profiles

· configurable via PTP management messages or via an API

· support for multiple platforms

· system clock synchronization on desktop PCs (using an additional software tool)

· high portability due to platform independent implementation

· fully compliant with IEEE 1588-2008

· IEEE1588-2019 support is added step-by-step

· fully master and slave capabilty

· Support for end-to-end (E2E), peer-to-peer (P2P) and pure syntonization mechanism

· one-step (syn1588® hardware required) and two-step clock support

· IPv4, IPv6, and Layer 2 (802.3, Linux only) transport

· IEEE1588 management mechanism

· support for unicast operation

· supported PTP profiles:

  · Broadcasting Profile (SMPTE ST2059-2)

  · Default Profile (IEEE1588-2008, Annex J3)

  · Power Profiles (C37.238-2011, C37.238-2014)

  · Telecom Profiles (G.8265.2, G.8275.1, G8275.2) 

  · check Application Note for full specification

· optional: boundary clock operation

· natively supported hardware:

  · any syn1588® hardware with hardware timestmping support

  · Network Interface Cards supporting the Linux PHC interface and the Linux SO_TIMESTAMPING feature with hardware timestamping support

· natively supported operating systems:

  · Linux (32/64 bit)

  · Windows 7, Windows 10 (32/64 bit)

· 8051 (8-bit microcontroller) implementation with lighweight IP stack

· easily portable to any other platform or operating system

· well structured C++ code

· API for controlling and monitoring the syn1588® PTP Stack

· Support for IEEE 1588-2002 available as separate exexutable

· supports command line options

· fine-grained configuration via configuration files

· support for multiple instances on a single node

· statistics

· support for Meinberg's NetSync Monitor

· add -ons

· ISyn: synchronizes local system clock (syn1588® hardware required)

· eSync: synchronizes time to an external reference like a GPS receiver (syn1588® hardware required)