What Time Synchronization Does for Industrial Networks
What Time Synchronization Does for Industrial Networks
Shared timing lets controllers compare events that happened on different machines.
Industrial systems use timestamps to align measurements, coordinate motion and reconstruct faults. If clocks disagree, an event can appear to occur before the signal that triggered it.
Network delay can vary in each direction. Hardware timestamping and a suitable time distribution design reduce uncertainty, while local clocks provide continuity when synchronization is lost.
Check clock offset during normal traffic and after restarting a switch or timing source. Reliable logs should show when a clock became unsynchronized so operators can interpret affected records.
