How to Successfully Commission a SMPTE ST 2059/PTP System

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 130, No. 1, pp. 41–49
Abstract: Every SMPTE ST 2110 deployment requires a SMPTE ST 2059/PTP infrastructure. Precision Time Protocol (PTP) systems are complex and have many subtleties. If done well, SMPTE ST 2059/PTP systems can easily be deployed and commissioned. Unfortunately, there are many ways in which system design and commissioning can go wrong, resulting in months or years of unexplained on-air glitches and gremlins. This paper presents the best practices for commissioning SMPTE ST 2059/PTP systems developed from field experiences. This includes practical checklists for both simple designs and advanced PTP over ST 2022-7 networks. Techniques to debug and troubleshoot errors found during commissioning will also be discussed.
Publication Date: 2021-01-01
DOI: 10.5594/JMI.2020.3045839
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/JMI.2020.3045839
Author(s): Leigh Whitcomb
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Leigh Whitcomb is an architect for Imagine Communications, Toronto, ON, Canada, having joined the company in 1991. He participates in SMPTE, Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), Insitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and Video Services Forum (VSF) standards committees, including serving as co-chair of SMPTE 32NF Network/Facilities Architecture Technology Committee. He is actively involved in SMPTE ST 2110 Professional Media over Managed IP Networks and SMPTE ST 2059 Genlock Over IP. Whitcomb became a SMPTE Fellow in 2017. Since 2017, Whitcomb’s other professional affiliations include VSF, IEEE, and Professional Engineers Ontario. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, ON, Canada, and a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto, ON, Canada. He is the co-inventor of several in the areas of networking and timing & synchronization.
Keyword(s): Commissioning, Monitoring, Trouble-shooting, PTP, ST 2022-7, ST 2059
Copyright: © 2021 SMPTE

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Audio Engineering Society (AES), R16, “AES Standards Report—PTP Parameters for AES67 and SMPTE ST 2059-2 Interoperability,” 2016. EXTERNAL
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE 1588, “IEEE Standard for a Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol for Networked Measurement and Control Systems,” 2019. EXTERNAL
Meinberg PTP Track Hound. Accessed: Dec. 2020. [Online]. Available: www.meinbergglobal.com/english/sw/ptp-track-hound.htm EXTERNAL
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SMPTE RP 2059-15 [Active]
SMPTE ST 2022-7 [Active]
SMPTE ST 2059-1 [Active]
SMPTE ST 2059-2 [Active]
SMPTE ST 2110-10 [Active]
SMPTE ST 2110-20 [Active]
SMPTE ST 2110-21 [Active]
SMPTE ST 2110-30 [Active]
SMPTE ST 2110-40 [Active]

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