LI-COR LI-7810, Instruction Manual

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Section 4. Software overview
Time
Under
Settings > Time
, you'll find two subtabs related to the time settings:
Instru-
ment Time
and
Time Zone
.
Instrument time
These settings specify how the device should set its time. See The relationship between
Unix Epoch time and the time stamp on page 3-6 for more details.
Auto Sync:
We recommend using this setting at all times to prevent clock drift.
When selected, the instrument will set its clock according to the local network time.
When not selected, you must enter the desired time manually. The Auto Sync
options are:
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NTP:
Network Time Protocol. A time protocol designed for low-cost time syn-
chronization between computers and devices. You can use the default settings of
auto
or select an NTP server, either from your network or the internet. A list of
NIST time servers is available from https://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi.
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