Masterclock NTDS-A User Manual – Original – 2013-04-25
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RESET DEVICE
The Masterclock Display may be need a “soft reset” to allow
the device to clear its current communications buffer and
re-initialize its processing, which includes re-requesting of a
DHCP address. This feature is intended to allow the user to
remotely reset the unit and does not restore the factory
default state.
SET TO DEFAULT CONFIGURATION
Choose this button to reset the Masterclock Display back to
its factory defaults.
“SOFT” RESTARTS
A soft restart may periodically be performed by the
Masterclock Digital Display to automatically attempt to
rectify a problem it may be experiencing. The Masterclock
Display will perform a soft restart under the following
conditions:
1.
If the Masterclock Display is not receiving an NTP poll
response or an NTP broadcast response depending on
which mode the display is in.
2.
If the Masterclock Display is set to use DHCP and no
DHCP server can be found.
The timeout before doing a soft restart is not less than ten
minutes. Several factors can increase this time.
1.
The soft restart will be delayed by two hours if a
connection is made by Telnet or WinDiscovery.
2.
The soft restart could be delayed if the user changes
the default parameters for NTP poll retries/timeouts or
the NTP broadcast times out. For example, if the NTP
broadcast timeout is increased to 60 minutes the soft
restart timeout will also be increased to 60 minutes.
