Patton electronic 2621, 2603 System Clock Setting, Sntp Client General Configuration Parameters

Models 2603, 2621, and 2635 Getting Started Guide 11 • SNTP Client Configuration

SNTP Client General Configuration Parameters

The general configuration parameters for the SNTP client are for selecting your timezone and setting the poll- ing parameters for the client’s transmit packets.

•Current Timezone: select the appropriate time zone and click on the Set New Timezone button. The next three parameters configure the polling and synchronization process.

•Timeout value—The SNTP client will wait for the configured number of seconds of having no response from the server before retrying to send another time synchronization request. The maximum timeout value is 30 seconds. Default value is 5 seconds.

•Packet retries—When no response (after the timeout period) is received from the SNTP server, the IPLink will send another request for the number times configured in this parameter. The maximum number of retries is 10. Default value is 2.

•Polling value (in minutes—The SNTP client will automatically send a time synchronization request period- ically. If set to zero (0), the polling mechanism is disabled. The maximum value is 30 (minutes).

Figure 82. Timezone and Polling packet configuration

System Clock Setting

If you are not using a Stratum clock with the SNTP feature, you can still configure the internal system clock for a calendar date and time. This parameter is on the same web page as the SNTP Client configuration. The format is:

<Year(4 digits)> <Month(2 digits)> <Day(2 digits)> <Hour(2 digits)> <Minutes(2 digits).> <Seconds(2 digits)>

The example in figure 83 is set for January 26, 2006, at 1:57:50 pm.

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