Ross SRG-4400, User Manual

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NTP Menus
Access to the NTP menu is only possible if the NTP option is enabled.
The NTP menu allows the user to configure the Ethernet port to provide (Server Mode) or request
(Client Mode) time information using Network Time Protocol. Access to this menu will only be
possible if the NTP option has been enabled.
The menu line reports the current NTP time. The field “hh:mm:ss:ff: displays hours, minutes,
seconds, and frames in the 24-hour format.
If the NTP Client system has yet to receive a valid time, the menu line appears as:
NTP Menu No
NTP time
.
NTP System is Off
This menu line allows the user to control whether the SRG-4400 is configured to be an NTP
Client or NTP Server, or whether the NTP System is off.
Figure 5.24 NTP Menu Example — Off
The options in this menu line appear as:
• The NTP System is off
• This is an NTP Client
• This is an NTP Server
NTP Client Mode
Access to the NTP menu is only possible if the NTP option is enabled.
Figure 5.25 NTP Client Menu Example
Find Server on
This menu line allows the user to define the IP address of a re mote web-based NTP Server from
which the SRG-4400 will periodically request time information. The address can be changed to
one preferred by the user.
This is an NTP Client No =
Serve NTP if ‘SPG failed’ No =
Serve NTP if ‘No GPS’ No =
The NTP Server is..............................off
- Poll Status tLocked to NTP =
- NTP time Uncertainty nnnnms =
Poll Server every 240 secs
Find server on 000.000.000.000
This is an NTP..............................Client