Meinberg PTP Track Hound v2

PTP Track Hound allows you to easily record, visualize, and analyze PTP (IEEE 1588) network traffic. Since the first release of PTP Track Hound v1 in 2017, it has been installed on thousands of computers and has become the tool of choice for troubleshooting PTP implementations. Over the years, we've heard from more and more PTP Track Hound users about how they'd appreciate advanced monitoring features that allowed the software to be used as a central monitoring hub for timing-critical infrastructure.

With the release of v2, we're pleased to be able to fulfill that wish!

PTP Track Hound v2 Features

• Capture & Analysis of PTP Network Traffic

  PTP Track Hound captures PTPv1, PTPv2 and PTPv2.1 network traffic on the configured adapters, using the main memory (RAM) for temporary storage.

• Decoding of PTP-Specific Message Data

  PTP Track Hound automatically decodes PTP-specific message data and the most commonly used TLVs.

• Detection of PTP-Capable Devices

  PTP Devices in the network are automatically detected and grouped into scopes for easy identification of clock relationships.

• Generation of PTP Management Messages

  PTP Track Hound can be configured to periodically send out PTP Management Messages to request common PTP datasets from instances within the monitored network(s).

• Modern Web Interface

  While PTP Track Hound v1 was a monolithic application that was unable to capture PTP traffic without the graphical user interface running, PTP Track Hound v2 comes with an integrated web server and a modern, feature-rich Web Interface accessible via HTTP or HTTPS that can run independently of the capture service running in the background.

• Event Notifications via SNMP, e-mail or Syslog

  PTP Track Hound v2 can send out event notifications as SNMP traps, e-mails (sent via SMTP), or syslog messages when predefined or highly customizable event conditions are triggered.

• Comprehensive REST API

  For advanced infrastructure monitoring, PTP Track Hound v2 offers a comprehensive REST API that allows practically every parameter shown in the Web Interface - and even some not available via the WebUI - to be returned in JSON format by means of HTTP or HTTPS calls.

• Continuous Multi-Site Monitoring

  PTP Track Hound v2 enables multiple independent capture services to be run concurrently in different networks or different segments of a network, and to forward captured sync traffic to one or more data collection instances.

Learn more about PTP Track Hound v2, our software licensing model or enjoy our free demo package for testing this comprehensive PTP monitoring tool.

* PTP Track Hound v2 is available with three different single-user license levels: Free, Basic and Professional.