Inova OnTimeTM Digital Clock Configuration, Configuration Method, Description, Reference

Inova OnTime Digital Clock Owner's Manual

Section 5: Digital Clock Configuration

Once a clock is installed, the next step is to confirm or set the configuration . Though there are a number of settings you can confirm or change on a clock, you should concentrate on four configuration items initially. These include:

•An IP address so that the clock can communicate on the network.

•A network time server so that the clock knows which computer to synchronize its time with.

•The local time zone so that the clock can display the correct local time.

•The Daylight Saving Time (DST) rule so that the clock can automatically adapt to local DST.

Before working with these settings, however, you have to consider which configuration method to use. You have three options:

Configuration Method	Description	Reference
The recommended method is to	This method is the only way to address and	Section 6
assign both the IP address and all	configure a group of clocks without requiring a
options via a DHCP configuration	telnet session into each clock. Clocks are factory
string.	set with DHCP enabled.
	Using this method, the DHCP server is set up
	with a clock configuration string. Clocks will
	automatically request the configuration string
	when they request an IP address.
The second method is to assign an	Clocks are factory set with DHCP enabled. The	Section 7
IP address via DHCP and set	options may be set using telnet commands.
individual configuration options
via a telnet session.
The third method is to assign an IP	Use telnet commands to assign both a static IP	Section 7
address and individual	address and the appropriate configuration
configuration options via a telnet	options.
session.

Table 2: Clock Configuration Methods

To learn more about the recommended method of using the DHCP configuration string, continue with Section 6. To learn more about using a telnet session exclusively, refer to Section 7.

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