Grandmaster clock
| The main source of accurate time. Often equipped with an interface for connecting GPS.
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Ordinary Clock
| A single-port device that can be a master (master clock) or a slave (master clock)
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Leading hours (master)
| They are the source of the exact time by which other clocks are synchronized
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Slave Clock (Slave)
| The end device that syncs from the master clock
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Boundary Clock
| A device with multiple ports, which can be a master or a slave.
That is, this watch can synchronize from a higher master clock and synchronize a lower slave clock.
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End-to-end Transparent Clock ( , End-to-End)
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Peer-to-Peer Transparent Clock ( , Peer-to-Peer)
| A device with multiple ports that is neither a master clock nor a slave. It transmits PTP data between two hours.
When transmitting data, the transparent clock corrects all PTP messages Sync and Follow_Up (more about them is described below).
Correction is achieved by adding to the field of the adjustment of the transmitted delay packet on the transmitting device and the delay on the data channel.
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Management Node
| A device that configures and diagnoses other watches
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