Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8700, Operating Manual

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OPTIMOD-FM DIGITAL INSTALLATION
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B) Locate to the S
YNC
N
OW
field and press Enter to test your settings. Your Opti-
mod’s display should indicate that it is connecting to the IP address that you
specified. When the connection is successful, the Optimod’s clock will auto-
matically synchronize to the timeserver.

If the connection is not successful within five seconds, the display will indi-
cate that the connection failed. This means either that the timeserver is too
busy or that your setup cannot connect to the timeserver. Double-check the
IP address. If you are behind a firewall, make sure that port 123 is open.

If your connection failed, the gateway address might not be set correctly on
your Optimod. The gateway address for the timeserver connection is the
same gateway address that you set in step (1.C) on page 2-64. If you do not
know the correct gateway address, you can often discover it by connecting a
Windows computer to the same Ethernet cable that is ordinarily plugged in-
to your Optimod. Ascertain that the computer can connect to the Internet.
At the command prompt, type
ipconfig
. The computer will return the “De-
fault Gateway.”
5. Specify the time sync from the Optimod PC Remote software:
[Skip this step if you wish to specify the timeserver and time sync parameters
from your Optimod’s front panel.]
Optimod PC Remote software can automatically set your Optimod’s local time,
O
FFSET
, and T
IME
S
ERVER
to reflect the Windows settings in the machine running
PC Remote software.
See Installing 8700i PC Remote Control Software starting on page 2-66
and Using the 8700i PC Remote Control Software starting on page 3-91.
A) In Windows, navigate to the
C
ONTROL
P
ANEL
/ D
ATE AND
T
IME
/ T
IME
Z
ONE
tab.
B) Set time zone to correspond to your local time zone.
C) In Windows, navigate to the
C
ONTROL
P
ANEL
/ D
ATE AND
T
IME
/ I
NTERNET
T
IME
tab.
D) If you are running Windows XP or higher:
a) Check “Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server” to set your
Optimod’s
S
YNC
P
ERIOD
to “24.”
b) Set “Server” to the desired timeserver.
c) Click the “Update Now” button to synchronize your computer’s clock to the
selected timeserver. If this is successful, this means that you can connect to
the selected timeserver over your network.

If the timeserver you selected in Windows is a named address (not an IP ad-
dress), the 8700i will resolve it correctly but the IP address that appears in
your Optimod’s display will be 0.0.0.0.