- Who is SY-1231 for?
- Hospital weak-current, school campus, production cabinets (alarm / SCADA / MES), industrial cabinets, security NVR, and office/metrology LANs. Order SY-1231-BG-T-S (BeiDou+GPS) or SY-1231-GN-T-S (GPS+GLONASS); TCXO, single 10/100M, NTP Stratum 1 after LOCK.
- Which constellation does SY-1231 use?
- Two order codes: SY-1231-BG-T-S is BeiDou+GPS; SY-1231-GN-T-S is GPS+GLONASS. Follow the nameplate / Web for the shipped option.
- Does the 1231 include IRIG-B, OCXO, or PTP?
- No. This SKU has no IRIG-B, OCXO, PTP/IEEE 1588, dual-NIC failover, NTS, IPv6 NTP, NTP broadcast/multicast, HTTPS, or SNMPv3. Hardware-stamped NTP / OCXO / IRIG-B → coming SY-4096.
- How many NTP clients can it serve?
- Planning cap defaults to 60; compute N≤min(60, η·R/f_poll) from the datasheet (η 0.5–0.7). Overload protect ≤2048 req/s; design reply ≈1800 req/s (16 sources). Not a data-center class box.
- What is the factory default address?
- 192.168.1.123/24, gateway 192.168.1.1. NTP is UDP 123. Power is single-path -S: IEC AC 220 V or a 12–24 V DC adapter—one inlet at a time.
- How should we accept it? Nanoseconds on the NIC?
- Accept per channel: Ethernet NTP, Modbus (millisecond), TTL 1PPS, and minute PULSE are separate. Do not rewrite GNSS/internal edges as “nanoseconds on the NIC” or “nanosecond Modbus”. Contract against client measurement, not a factory PASS lamp.
- When should we choose SY-4096 instead?
- Choose coming SY-4096 when you need IEEE 1588 hardware-stamped NTP, OCXO holdover, or IRIG-B hardware time I/O on a single subnet. Use 1231 for immediate cabinet delivery. Multi-port / dual-supply plant flagship → SY-8640 (roadmap).