Honeywell K14392V1 manual To Indicate the Time Zone of a Multi-Media Unit, Conflicting Time Zones

System Administrator’s Guide

Time zone

Your Multi SA needs to indicate in which time zone each Multi-Media unit is installed. Make this setting whether a Multi-Media unit’s clock is set manually or automatically.

The Time Zone of a unit is crucial for correctly reporting on the video of events.

To Indicate the Time Zone of a Multi-Media Unit

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1.Using View, select a unit whose time zone needs to be set.

2.Start a Maintenance Session.

3.Click the Time tab. See figure 4–2.

4.If the zone indicated in the Time Zone box is incorrect, click the arrow in the box. A list of all time zones appears.

5.Scroll the list as needed to find a match for the time zone in which the unit is installed. The time zone is set right away; there is no need to reboot the unit.

The time zone is set on a unit-by-unit basis. Repeat this procedure for every unit in your system.

Table 4–1 Effect of Time Zone Setting on Display and Clips

Operator’s PC*	Unit’s Time Zone†	Time Shown‡: Sessions & Clips
showing: 4 PM	Eastern Time	show unit’s time and recorded video
Eastern Time	UTC – 05:00	as 4 PM
showing: 4 PM	Pacific Time	show unit’s time and recorded video
Eastern Time	UTC – 08:00	as 1 PM

*To set the time zone on an operator’s PC, use the Control Panel in Microsoft Windows. See also the Rapid Eye View Software Operator Guide: Selecting a Time Reference.

† Set using View, while running a Maintenance Session.

‡Display can be changed for a session’s duration to LTZ (the local time zone set on your PC), RTZ (a camera’s remote time zone) or to UTC (universal time zone). See the Rapid Eye View Software Operator Guide.

Conflicting Time Zones

A Multi-Media unit’s time zone can be changed without the knowledge of a View operator. It can be done at the unit, using LocalView, or through another Multi-Media database (Multi db). The View operator’s next attempt to access the site is interrupted by a message, shown in figure 4–3.

The message also appears for areas within a time zone that have different rules for daylight savings time. For example: “Indiana (East)” in the Eastern time zone (GMT-5:00) differs from “Eastern Time (US Canada)”, also GMT-5:00. To respond to a notification of conflicting time zones, select the time zone that indicates where the Multi-Media unit is installed and then click OK.

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