Security NVR timing: cabinet NTP, or IRIG/OCXO?

Cameras, NVRs, and access platforms need consistent timestamps for correlation and search. Cabinet GNSS NTP keeps the reference inside your control boundary and cuts drift—usually a single LAN port is enough without hardware-stamp or OCXO upgrades.

Primary: SY-1231

Fit Campus or building security subnets, NVR search, and access-event correlation.

Not for Broadcast/power time-code matrices that mandate IRIG; or plant multi-port tenders (8640 roadmap).

Acceptance facts

  • Cameras, NVRs, and access panels usually need one LAN timestamp; SY-1231 single-port NTP covers typical scale.
  • OCXO or IRIG-B is usually unnecessary. Choose coming 4096 only if the recorder/matrix requires IRIG, or the edge cabinet needs stamp+holdover.
  • Keeping the source in the weak-current cabinet cuts cross-device drift and avoids firewalled public NTP.

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FAQ

Do NVRs need OCXO holdover?
Most security subnets do not. Prove GNSS LOCK and UDP 123 first. Treat short unlock as an alarm—do not accept against unlocked accuracy.
Primary model?
Primary: SY-1231. Specify coming SY-4096 only when IRIG-B is required.

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