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8.3.5.1.2 Change Date and Time Screen
The screen shown above, for setting the SEC 3500 OI HMI Panel Clock is accessed
from both the Main Menu and the Supervisor onfiguration Menu. Simply enter the date
in the date field and enter the time in the ti es above
respectively; a popup keyboard appears for yo
his date and time is used to synchronize the SEC 3100 devices attached to the SEC
Modbus loop, when you choose to set their clocks. It is especially useful when setting
ALL SEC 3100 devices on the Modbus loop at once since the process grabs the real-time
HMI clock at the instant a device is ready to receive the clock update- moreover, as the
HMI continues the sync process it re-adjusts the 3100 clock(s) until it is within 5 seconds
of the HMI clock.
the future, an option may be added to have the HMI clock automatically
synchronized to a network time server over the Ethernet port, to keep all HMIs in time-
sync and all their associated Modbus networks and devices in time-sync.
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me field when you touch the valu
to enter the current time or date. u
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