Peavey MediaMatrix Nion, Hardware Manual

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Chapter 5 - Setting up the NION
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Using the web interface
Setting the time and date
Introduction
For accurate reporting of events when running different MediaMatrix units, it is critical to
specify the proper time zone, time, and date settings. Correct settings will ensure that the event
logs and other time sensitive information are accurately recorded and displayed.
There is a time synchronization system that ensures that the time and date settings on NIONs,
nControl units and nTouch 180 units are the same across the network. If you change the date
on a NION, for example, it is automatically changed on the other devices. This feature is
especially useful for debugging. If you look at an event in the log that occurred at a particular
time on one NION, you can be sure that an event with the same timestamp on a different NION
occurred at exactly the same time.
You can specify the time and date settings manually, or they can be obtained automatically
from a time server.
Tip: A time server can be set up on your local network, or you can connect to one via the
internet. For information on available internet time servers, see http://www.pool.ntp.org
( http://www.pool.ntp.org ).
Synchronization modes
Mode name Description
Normal If you specify Normal mode for all units on the network, so no Master node is
available, when you specify time and date settings on any of the units, they
will be assigned to the others automatically.
If a unit on the network is using Time Server or Master mode, all units in
Normal mode will be assigned time and date settings from that unit – they
will act as
slaves .
Master
The time and date settings from this unit will be assigned to all units that are
using Normal mode.
Time Server This node will contact a time server to retrieve time and date settings. The
time and date settings from this unit will be assigned to all units that are using
Normal mode.
The time server can be contacted using its IP address or a domain name.
Note: When you use a domain name, it must be resolved to an IP address.
This is done automatically, but you must specify DNS or DHCP settings on
the Network screen in the web interface.