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.

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