Absolute time
GPS and 1PPS provide UTC traceability and long-term stability for the system clock and network timing services.
Timing architecture
From satellite reference
to every production clock.
Aion products bridge absolute time, timecode, network synchronization and operator control without forcing every destination to speak the same protocol.
Disciplined source
GPS establishes the reference. Aion distributes it in the language each device understands.
Network synchronization
PTP provides precision synchronization for compatible media and facility devices; NTP serves general network clients as a Stratum 1 source.
Production timecode
LTC, MIDI-TC, IRIG-A/B, Art-Net, TSL-UMD and Aion’s UDP distribution connect specialized production systems to the same reference.
NTP / PTP / GPS statistics
See the discipline chain instead of merely trusting that it is running.
Aion exposes the live NTP and PTP state used to verify GPS lock, stratum, satellite reception, offset, frequency correction and service availability. The calibration utility can collect offset measurements over a defined interval and apply the resulting correction to the timing configuration.
- Stratum, reference ID and last reference timestamp
- System-time offset, RMS offset, skew and frequency correction
- Satellite count, used satellites and signal strength
- PTP service state and GPS-referenced timer source
Independent outputs
Convert frame rates and formats at the destination.
A single incoming source can feed multiple outputs with their own format, frame rate and offset requirements. This is especially useful in mixed broadcast, lighting, audio and legacy-instrument environments.
- Frame rates from 23.976 through 100 fps on Aion
- True NTSC drop-frame support
- Global and per-output offsets
- Hardware subprocessors isolate timing workloads
Source offset + destination offset + latency adjustment
Aion can apply a workflow offset to the incoming source, then add an independent offset and frame- or millisecond-based latency adjustment to each destination. Negative values can advance a destination when downstream equipment needs timecode early.
Signal verification
Diagnostics are part of the timing instrument.
The integrated scope presents both analog waveform behavior and decoded digital timing so installers can validate LTC and IRIG paths without treating Aion as a black box.
Enterprise timing plane
SMPTE ST 2059 timing with hardware timestamping and separated network planes.
Aion Enterprise extends the timing lineage into a dedicated facility architecture. GPS disciplines the PHC; linuxptp distributes PTP over dual 10GbE timing interfaces; the media plane and all eight software timecode instances remain coherent with that same reference.
