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IRIGtimecode
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Interrangeinstrumentationgrouptimecodes,commonlyknownasIRIGtimecodes,arestandardformatsfor
transferringtiminginformation.AtomicfrequencystandardsandGPSreceiversdesignedforprecisiontimingareoften
equippedwithanIRIGoutput.ThestandardswerecreatedbytheTeleCommunicationsWorkingGroupoftheU.S.
military'sInterRangeInstrumentationGroup(IRIG),thestandardsbodyoftheRangeCommandersCouncil.Workon
thesestandardsstartedinOctober1956,andtheoriginalstandardswereacceptedin1960.
TheoriginalformatsweredescribedinIRIGDocument10460,laterrevisedandreissuedinAugust1970asIRIG
Document10470,upgradedlaterthatyearastheIRIGDocumenttothestatusofaStandard,IRIGStandard20070.The
latestversionoftheStandardisIRIGStandard20004.

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Timecodes
Timecodestructure
IRIGTimeCode
IRIGJtimecode
References
Externallinks

Timecodes
ThedifferenttimecodesdefinedintheStandardhavealphabeticdesignations.A,B,D,E,G,andHarethestandards
currentlydefinedbyIRIGStandard20004.
C[1][2]wasintheoriginalspecification,butwasreplacedbyH.
Themaindifferencebetweencodesistheirrate,whichvariesbetweenonepulseperminuteand10,000pulsespersecond.
IRIGtimecode
Code Bitrate Bittime Bitsperframe Frametime Framerate
A

1000Hz 1ms

100

100ms

10Hz

100Hz 10ms

100

1000ms

1Hz

2Hz

0.5s

120

1minute

160Hz

160Hz

1minute 60

1hour

13600Hz

10Hz

100ms

100

10s

0.1Hz

10kHz 0.1ms

100

10ms

100Hz

1Hz

60

1minute

160Hz

1s

Thebitsaremodulatedonacarrier.Athreedigitsuffixspecifiesthetypeandfrequencyofthecarrier,andwhichoptional
informationisincluded:
Modulationtype
0.(DCLS)DirectCurrentLevelShift(widthcoded)
1.Sinewavecarrier(amplitudemodulated)
2.Manchestermodulated
Carrierfrequency
0.Nocarrier(DCLS)
1.100Hz(10msresolution)
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2.1kHz(1msresolution)
3.10kHz(100sresolution)
4.100kHz(10sresolution)
5.1MHz(1sresolution)
Codedexpressions
Binarycodeddecimaldayofyear,hours,minutes,and(forsomeformats)secondsandfractionsarealwaysincluded.
Optionalcomponentsare:
Yearnumber(0099centuryisnotcoded)
Userdefined"controlfunctions"occupyingbitsnotdefinedbyIRIG
"Straightbinaryseconds",a17bitbinarycounterthatcountsfrom0to86399.
0.BCD,CF,SBS
1.BCD,CF
2.BCD
3.BCD,SBS
4.BCD,BCD_Year,CF,SBS
5.BCD,BCD_Year,CF
6.BCD,BCD_Year
7.BCD,BCD_Year,SBS
Therecognizedsignalidentificationnumbersforeachformataccordingtothestandard20004consistof:
PermissibleCodeFormats
Format ModulationType CarrierFrequency CodedExpressions
A

0,1,2

0,3,4,5

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7

0,1,2

0,2,3,4,5

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7

0,1

0,1,2

1,2

0,1

0,1,2

1,2,5,6

0,1,2

0,4,5

1,2,5,6

0,1

0,1,2

1,2

Thusthecompletesignalidentificationnumberconsistsofoneletterandthreedigits.Forexample,thesignaldesignatedas
B122isdecipheredasfollows:FormatB,Sinewave(amplitudemodulated),1kHzcarrier,andCodedexpressions
BCDTOY.
ThemostcommonlyusedofthestandardsisIRIGB,thenIRIGA,thenprobablyIRIGG.Timecodeformatsdirectly
derivedfromIRIGHareusedbyNISTradiostationsWWV,WWVHandWWVB.
Forexample,oneofthemostcommonformats,IRIGB122:
IRIGB122transmitsonehundredpulsespersecondonanamplitudemodulated1kHzsinewavecarrier,encoding
informationinBCD.Thismeansthat100bitsofinformationaretransmittedeverysecond.Thetimeframeforthe
IRIGBstandardis1second,meaningthatonedataframeoftimeinformationistransmittedeverysecond.Thisdata
framecontainsinformationaboutthedayoftheyear(1366),hours,minutes,andseconds.Yearnumbersarenot
included,sothetimecoderepeatsannually.Leapsecondannouncementsarenotprovided.Althoughinformationis
transmittedonlyoncepersecond,adevicecansynchronizeitstimeveryaccuratelywiththetransmittingdeviceby
usingaphaselockedlooptosynchronizetothecarrier.Typicalcommercialdeviceswillsynchronizetowithin1
microsecondusingIRIGBtimecodes.

Timecodestructure
IRIGtimecodeismadeupofrepeatingframes,eachcontaining60or100bits.Thebitsarenumberedfrom0through59
or99.
Atthestartofeachbittime,theIRIGtimecodeenablesasignal(sendsacarrier,raisestheDCsignallevel,ortransmits
Manchester1bits).Thesignalisdisabled(carrierattenuatedatleast3,DCsignallevellowered,orManchester0bits
transmitted),atoneofthreetimesduringthebitinterval:
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After0.2ofabittime,toencodeabinary0
After0.5ofabittime,toencodeabinary1
After0.8ofabittime,toencodeamarkerbit
Bit0istheframemarkerbitPr.Every10thbitstartingwithbit9,19,29,...99isalsoamarkerbit,knownasposition
identifiersP1,P2,...,P9,P0.Thus,twomarkerbitsinarow(P0followedbyPr)marksthebeginningofaframe.Theframe
encodesthetimeoftheleadingedgeoftheframemarkerbit.
Allotherbitsaredatabits,whicharetransmittedasbinary0iftheyhavenootherassignedpurpose.
Generally,groupsof4bitsareusedtoencodeBCDdigits.Bitsareassignedlittleendianwithinfields.
Bits14encodeseconds,andbits68encodetensofseconds(059)
Bits1013encodeminutes,andbits1517encodetensofminutes(059)
Bits2023encodehours,andbits2526encodetensofhours(023)
Bits3033encodedayofyear,3538encodetensofdays,andbits4041encodehundredsofdays(1366)
Bits4548encodetenthsofseconds(09)
Bits5053encodeyears,andbits5558encodetensofyears(099)
Bits8088and9097encode"straightbinaryseconds"since00:00onthecurrentday(086399,notBCD)
InIRIGG,bits5053encodehundredthsofseconds,andtheyearsareencodedinbits6068.
Notallformatsincludeallfields.Obviouslythoseformatswith60bitframesomitthestraightbinarysecondsfields,and
digitsrepresentingdivisionslessthanoneframetime(everythingbelowhours,inthecaseofIRIGD)arealways
transmittedas0.
Noparityorcheckbitsareincluded.Errordetectioncanbeachievedbycomparingconsecutiveframestoseeifthey
encodeconsecutivetimestamps.
Unassigned9bitfieldsbetweenconsecutivemarkerbitsareavailableforuserdefined"controlfunctions".Forexample,
theIEEE1344standarddefinesfunctionsforbits6075.

IRIGTimeCode

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IRIGAtimecodestructure
Bit Weight Meaning Bit Weight Meaning Bit Weight Meaning Bit Weight Meaning
00

Pr

01

Frame
marker

20

40

100

21

41

200

02

22

42

03

23

43

04

24

44

05

25

10

06

10

26

20

07

20

27

08

40

28

09

P1

29

P3

10

30

11

12

13

14

15

Dayof
year
(1366)

Bit Weight Meaning

60

80

61

81

62

82

63

83

64

84

16

45

0.1

65

85

32

46

0.2

66

86

64

47

0.4

67

87

128

48

0.8

68

88

256

49

P5

69

P7

89

P9

50

70

90

512

31

51

71

91

1024

32

52

72

92

2048

33

53

73

93

4096

34

54

74

94

8192

10

35

10

55

10

75

16

20

36

20

56

20

76

17

40

37

40

57

40

77

97 65536

18

Unused

38

80

58

80

78

98

Unused

19

P2

Position
identifier

39

P4

59

P6

79

P8

99

P0

Position
identifier

Seconds
(0059)

Position
identifier

Minutes
(0059)

Hours
(023)

Unused
Position
identifier

Dayof
year
(1366)

Position
identifier

Unused

Tenthsof
seconds
(0.00.9)
Position
identifier

Year
(0099)

Position
identifier

Unused,
available
for
Control
Functions

Position
identifier

Unused,
available
for
Control
Functions

Position
identifier

Straight
Binary
Seconds
(0
86399)

95 16384
96 32768

IRIGJtimecode
IRIGstandard21200definesadifferenttimecode,basedonRS232styleasynchronousserialcommunication.Thetime
codeconsistsofASCIIcharacters,eachtransmittedas10bits:
1startbit
7databits
1oddparitybit
1stopbit
Theontimemarkeristheleadingedgeofthefirststartbit.
IRIGJ1timecodeconsistsof15characters(150bittimes),sentoncepersecondatabaudrateof300orgreater:
<SOH>DDD:HH:MM:SS<CR><LF>

SOHistheASCII"startofheader"code,withbinaryvalue0x01.
DDDistheordinaldate(dayofyear),from1to366.
HH,MMandSSarethetimeofthestartbit.
ThecodeisterminatedbyaCR+LFpair.
Attheendofthetimecode,theseriallineisidleuntilthestartofthenextcode.Thereisnoidletimebetweenother
characters.
IRIGJ2timecodeconsistsof17characters(170bittimes),sent10timespersecondatabaudrateof2400orgreater:
<SOH>DDD:HH:MM:SS.S<CR><LF>

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Thisisthesame,exceptthattenthsofsecondsareincluded.
Thefulltimecodespecificationisoftheform"IRIGJxy",wherexdenotesthevariant,andydenotesabaudrateof752y.
NormallyusedcombinationsareJ12throughJ14(300,600,and1200baud),andJ25throughJ29(2400through38400
baud).

References
TelecommunicationsandTimingGroup(September2004),IRIGSerialTimeCodeFormats(PDF) ,U.S.ArmyWhite
SandsMissileRange,NewMexico:RangeCommandersCouncil,IRIGstandard20004
TelecommunicationsandTimingGroup(November2000),IRIGJAsynchronousASCIITimeCodeFormats(DOC) ,
U.S.ArmyWhiteSandsMissileRange,NewMexico:RangeCommandersCouncil,IRIGstandard21200
1.Grohman,RichardO.Mellenbruch,LarryL.Sowic,FelixJ.(19740314),
SpecialHardwareforARLAnalysisofACODACData
(pdf)(technicalreport),TexasUniversityatAustin,ARLTM7412
,retrieved20111223
2.DatumInc.(1987),HandbookofTimeCodeFormats(PDF),p.18,retrieved20130624

Externallinks
IRIGinformation(http://www.meinberg.de/english/info/irig.htm)IRIGinformationpagewithdiagrams
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