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5.Click on the button to save the report settings.

6.Click on the View Transactions tab to view the transactions based upon the previously defined and saved settings (see Figure 4-28). All failed synchronizations will appear in red when viewed in the browser. See the following for a transaction view examples:

01/08/2009 09:44:14 : - USER TIME SYNC - Trying to connect to time server < Internal Time >

01/08/2009 09:45:17 : - USER TIME SYNC - Invalid time server or time server not responding.

01/08/2009 09:45:17 : - USER TIME SYNC - Trying to connect to time server < Univ. of Washington >

01/08/2009 09:45:17 : - USER TIME SYNC - Connected to time server < Univ. of Washington >

All manually forced time syncs will appear in orange in the transaction report when viewed with the browser. See the following example:

01/12/2009 15:36:27 : - USER - Clock has been reset

01/12/2009 15:37:46 : - STARTUP TIME SYNC - Time from time server < Univ. of Washington > is 01/12/2009 15:37:46

All sync retries will appear in blue when viewed with the Reports – “View Transactions”. See the following example which indicates a failure on the first sync retry and then a connection.

01/14/2009 07:49:00 : - USER TIME SYNC - Attempting to sync to time server

: Retry # 1 time(s)

01/14/2009 07:49:00 : - USER TIME SYNC - Connected to time server < Univ. of Washington >

The following types of time sync descriptions can appear in the transaction reports:

“STARTUP TIME SYNC” - Used to designate that the clock has just been powered up. Upon power up, the Auto-Sync Time Clock will automatically attempt to sync with the first enabled and available time server. The Auto-Sync Time Clock contains an internal perpetual calendar which includes the date, time, and DST.

“SCHEDULED TIME SYNC” – Used to designate that a scheduled time sync has been performed (see How to Setup Time Synchronization Schedules in Chapter 4).

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