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NovAtel PwrPak7 GNSS Receiver Enclosure vs SecureSync 2400 Resilient Time & Frequency Synchronization Platform
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Air Traffic Control & Navigation Aids
NovAtel PwrPak7 GNSS Receiver Enclosure
by Hexagon AB — Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial
Rugged all-constellation OEM7 receiver enclosure with GRIT interference and spoofing detection for reference and monitoring stations
Air Traffic Control & Navigation Aids
SecureSync 2400 Resilient Time & Frequency Synchronization Platform
by safran-trusted-4d
GNSS-disciplined master clock with jamming/spoofing detection and rubidium holdover — one traceable UTC reference for the whole airport campus
| Cost of ownership | NovAtel PwrPak7 GNSS Receiver Enclosure | SecureSync 2400 Resilient Time & Frequency Synchronization Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | — | — |
| Lead time (weeks) | ?–? | ?–? |
| Delivery | — | — |
| Install | — | — |
| GCC airports deployed | 0 | 0 |
| Certifications | 6 | 9 |
Specs
Technical specifications.
| Spec | NovAtel PwrPak7 GNSS Receiver Enclosure | SecureSync 2400 Resilient Time & Frequency Synchronization Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Signal tracking | GPS L1 C/A, L1C, L2C, L2P, L5; GLONASS L1 C/A, L2 C/A, L2P, L3, L5; Galileo E1, E5 AltBOC, E5a, E5b, E6; BeiDou B1I, B1C, B2I, B2a, B2b, B3I; QZSS L1 C/A, L1C, L1S, L2C, L5, L6; NavIC L5; SBAS L1/L5; up to 5 L-Band channels | — |
| GNSS resilience | spoofing detection, interference detection and mitigation provided by GRIT (GNSS Resilience and Integrity Technology) | — |
| Horizontal position accuracy (RMS) | 1.5 m single point L1; 1.2 m single point L1/L2; 40 cm DGPS; RTK 1 cm + 1 ppm; TerraStar-X 2 cm (subscription) | — |
| Time accuracy | <5 ns RMS; velocity accuracy <0.03 m/s RMS; data rate up to 100 Hz (measurements and position) | — |
| Time to first fix | cold start <34 s (typ), hot start <20 s (typ); signal reacquisition L1 <0.5 s, L2 <1.0 s (typ) | — |
| Interfaces | 3x RS-232 (2 selectable RS-422) up to 460,800 bps, USB 2.0 host + device, 10/100 Ethernet, CAN 1 Mbps, built-in Wi-Fi, 3 event inputs, 3 event outputs, 1 PPS output, quadrature wheel-sensor input | — |
| Onboard | OEM7700 GNSS engine, 16 GB internal storage, NTRIP v1.0/v2.0 client and server, Precision Time Protocol (PTP), web GUI | — |
| Power | +9 to +36 VDC input, 3.25 W typical consumption; antenna LNA output 5 VDC +/-5%, 200 mA max | 100-240 VAC, 12 VDC or 24/48 VDC; optional dual hot-swap with load sharing; 40 W typical (50 W Rubidium) |
| Physical | 147 x 125 x 55 mm, 500 g; TNC antenna, RJ45 Ethernet, DSUB HD26 serial/CAN/event I/O, M12 power connectors | — |
| Environmental | -40 C to +75 C operating, IP67, 95% non-condensing humidity; MIL-STD-810H vibration (Cat 24, 20 g RMS), shock (40 g), acceleration (16 g); IEC 60068-2-6 / 60068-2-27 | — |
| SPAN GNSS+INS ready | interfaces with supported IMUs to bridge GNSS outages (PwrPak7-E1/E2 variants with internal IMU) | — |
| Oscillator options | — | TCXO, MSO, OCXO, HSO, low-phase-noise OCXO, Rubidium, low-phase-noise Rubidium |
| Holdover (1PPS max time error after 24h, constant temp) | — | 450 us TCXO / 87 us MSO / 25 us OCXO / 10 us LPN OCXO / 8 us HSO / 1 us Rubidium |
| 1PPS accuracy to UTC (GNSS-locked, 1 sigma) | — | +/-10 ns (HSO) to +/-50 ns (TCXO) |
| 10 MHz accuracy (24h average, GNSS lock) | — | 1x10^-12 (Rubidium) to 5x10^-12 (TCXO) |
| GNSS | — | GPS, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC, BeiDou; L1 (option 3) or multi-band L1/L5 + E1/E5a + B2a (option 4); T-RAIM; SMA input, +5 VDC antenna feed |
| GNSS interference (jamming/spoofing) detection | — | optional (SS-OPT-BSH); narrowband RF jamming filtering on multi-band receiver |
| Network timing protocols | — | NTP v2/v3/v4, SNTP, NTP Anycast; PTP v2 IEEE 1588-2019 (default, power IEEE 61850-9-3/C37.238, telecom G.8265.1/G.8275.2, enterprise, 802.1AS profiles) |
| PTP capacity and ports | — | Up to 2M PTP requests/s as grandmaster; up to 12x 1GbE + 8x 10GbE ports; White Rabbit via WROX card (nanosecond-level transfer) |
| Base I/O | — | 10 MHz sine (+13 dBm, BNC), 1PPS TTL, software-configurable TTL/RS-232/RS-485/IRIG AM-DCLS/NMEA/HAVE QUICK; 2 or 6 option card slots (40+ card types) |
| Management | — | HTTPS web UI, CLI, REST API, SNMP v1/v2c/v3, syslog RFC 5424; LDAP/RADIUS/TACACS+ authentication; FIPS 140-3 certified cryptomodule |
| Operating temp | — | -20 to +65 C (+55 C Rubidium); shock/vibration MIL-STD-810H tested |
| Size/weight | — | EIA 19-inch 1U, 434 x 44 x 385 mm, 2.72 kg (base with AC PSU); five-year limited warranty |
| Ordering / variants | — | Model code 240w-xyz: 2402 (2 option slots) or 2406 (6 option slots); power fixed AC / 12 VDC / 24-48 VDC / dual hot-swap (2400-HS-A1/D1/D2 modules); oscillator TCXO, OCXO, LPN OCXO, Rubidium, LPN Rubidium, MSO or HSO; GNSS multi-constellation L1 or multi-band. Upgrades: SS-OPT-BSH GPS jamming & spoofing detection, SS-OPT-AGP RINEX server. 40+ option cards incl. WROX White Rabbit and 1204-32 high-capacity PTP. |
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