Programs

Windows CE

7.10SNTP CLIENT

Under Windows CE 5.0 the device contains a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) client. The SNTP implementation is derived from the Network Time Protocol (NTP). SNTP synchronizes the system time on a device with that of an SNTP server. This in turn receives its time from a reference source.

Note:

Further information on the functionality of the SNTP client is provided in the Microsoft MSDN documentation.

7.10.1GENERAL SETTINGS

The following registry settings control the functionality of the SNTP client (refer also to chapter Registry Editor).

Note:

Changes to the registry entries are not active until the next restart of the SNTP client. The dword entries are in hexadecimal format (see also chapter Sample settings).

Basic registry entries under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\Timesvc]:

Entry

Type

 

Description

 

 

Server

string

/

Specifies the domain name of an SNTP server. If only a name is

 

multi_strin

 

specified, this value is a string. If a list of servers is specified, the

 

g

 

value is a multi-string.

 

 

 

 

Public time servers:

 

 

 

 

 

swisstime.ethz.ch

- IP 129.132.2.22

ETH Zürich

 

 

 

thrad.cybernet.ch

- IP 212.90.197.226

Swisscom

 

 

 

pool.ntp.org

- IP 212.101.3.211

Int. NTP Server Project

 

 

 

 

Refresh

dword

 

Specifies the duration in milliseconds between the synchronizations

 

 

 

with the SNTP server.

 

 

 

 

Caution: Minimum value for refresh: 5*60*1000ms

RecoveryRefresh

dword

 

Specifies the time in milliseconds until the next synchronization if the

 

 

 

previous attempt failed.

 

 

 

 

Caution: The specified time for this code must be less than or equal

 

 

 

to the specified time for the refresh code.

 

 

 

 

Caution: Minimum value for RecoveryRefresh: 5*60*1000ms

Threshold

dword

 

Specifies the time in milliseconds between the time on the SNTP

 

 

 

server and the current time on the device. If the difference between

 

 

 

the time on the SNTP server and the current time on the device is

 

 

 

greater, the time synchronization is interrupted.

AutoUpdate

dword

 

If this value is set to one (1), the SNTP client is activated if a server

 

 

 

was defined.

 

 

ServerRole

dword

 

Always set to zero (0). SNTP server is not supported!

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