Auto-Sync Time Clock
NOTE: It is recommended to open the text version of the transaction file using MS
Word® or Excel rather than Notepad. The filename for the clock transaction
file will begin with the last 3 character pairs of the unique clock MAC
address (see Figure 6-1) and end in “_ATVSTrans.txt”. The following is an
example of a typical text transaction file:
Clock Name, Date, Sender, Message Type, Message
auto-sync_00-40-9d-36-b2-84, 01/01/2008 00:01:21, STARTUP TIME SYNC, Info, Trying to connect to time server < Univ.
of Washington >
auto-sync_00-40-9d-36-b2-84, 01/01/2008 00:01:21, STARTUP TIME SYNC, Info, Connected to time server < Univ. of
Washington >
auto-sync_00-40-9d-36-b2-84, 03/24/2009 06:55:26, STARTUP TIME SYNC, Info, Time from time server < Univ. of
Washington > is 03/24/2009 06:55:26
auto-sync_00-40-9d-36-b2-84, 03/24/2009 06:55:26, STARTUP TIME SYNC, Info, Current time zone is : (GMT-05:00)
Eastern Time (US & Canada) DLS ON
auto-sync_00-40-9d-36-b2-84, 03/24/2009 06:55:27, STARTUP TIME SYNC, Success, Successfully sync time to the
clock : auto-sync_00-40-9d-36-b2-84 00:40:9D:36:B2:84(192.168.0.216) with deviation of 0 ms
auto-sync_00-40-9d-36-b2-84, 03/24/2009 06:55:27, STARTUP TIME SYNC, Info, Time sent to the clock = 03/24/2009
06:55:27
auto-sync_00-40-9d-36-b2-84, 01/00/1900 00:00:48, STARTUP TIME SYNC, Info, Connected to time server < Univ. of
Washington >
Figure 4-24. Example of a Transaction File.
At the same time a Backup transaction text file is created, a Backup transaction
binary file is also created. This binary file can be used by the Restore utility to
restore the transaction database in a clock. This should only be necessary if the
clock’s flash memory was reset. The following figure shows a Backup configuration
and transaction file for the same clock on an FTP Server. In the illustration, the first
file labeled “36-b0-4d_ATVSConfig.bin” is the configuration file for that clock. The
highlighted file (see Figure 4-25) called “ATVSConfig.bin” is the shared
configuration file for multiple clocks. This file can be used by the Auto-Sync Utility
to copy this configuration to multiple clocks.
Figure 4-25. FTP Server Configuration & Transaction Files.