Visionary - Hardware Installation and Configuration Manual
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System Time Configuration
The Visionary configuration software provides two choices for programming the time settings;
the Visionary can synchronize its internal time to the computer on which the configuration
software is installed, or the Visionary can be automatically configured to retrieve its time
settings from a remote server.
It is not necessary to set the time on the Visionary if the periodically-displayed Station ID page
is not being used.
Computer Synchronization
To manually set the Visionary’s time, click the
Set Time
button on the
General
tab. The
Visionary’s time is synchronized to the system time on the configuration software’s host
computer. It may be necessary to periodically repeat this process to ensure the Visionary’s
internal time remains accurate.
SNTP Synchronization
The Visionary’s time configuration can be
managed through a connection to a Network
Time Protocol (NTP) server. Once
configured, the Visionary will periodically
synchronize its internal clock with the NTP
server using the SNTP (Simple NTP)
protocol.
To configure the Visionary to automatically
retrieve time settings, in the
General
tab,
enter an address of a known NTP server in
the
SNTP Server
text box. Select the
Enable SNTP
check box to instruct the
Visionary to retrieve time settings from the
NTP server.
