Vivotek VS8100 user manual System time

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System

This section explains how to configure the basic settings for the video server, such as the host name and system time. It is composed of the following three columns: System, System Time and DI and DO. When finished with the settings on this page, click Save at the bottom of the page to enable the settings.

System

Host name: Enter a desired name for the video server. The text will be displayed at the top of the main page.

Turn off the LED indicators: If you do not want to let others know that the video server is in operation, you can select this option to turn off the LED indicators.

System time

Time zone : Select the appropriate time zone from the list. If you want to upload Daylight Savings Time rules on the Maintenance page, please refer to Upload / Export daylight saving time configuration file on page 34 for details.

Keep current date and time: Select this option to preserve the current date and time of the Video server. The video server’s internal real-time clock maintains the date and time even when the power of the system is turned off.

Sync with computer time: Select this option to synchronize the date and time of the video server with the local computer. The read-only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated.

Manual: The administrator can enter the date and time manually. Note that the date and time format are [yyyy/mm/dd] and [hh:mm:ss].

Automatic: The Network Time Protocol is a protocol which synchronizes computer clocks by periodically querying an NTP Server.

NTP server: Assign the IP address or domain name of the time-server. Leaving the text box blank connects the video server to the default time servers.

Update interval: Select to update the time using the NTP server on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

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