Introduction
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Date-Time Feeder
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Date-Time Feeder
The Date-Timer Feeder provides real time clock information that is derived from the PC clock.
The left hand section of the Date-Time Feeder window is used to set the Client port number
and Starting/Stopping the connection. The check box allows the feeder to Auto Connect to the
client when the server application is opened. The Empty checkbox will send a Null command
to any Date-Time field and will conceal the on screen Date-Time display and any associated
graphic if the “Conceal Graphic when Text is Null” feature has been used.
The right hand section of the window allows the user to define the data that is fed to the
Date-Time Fields.
Time Format
: Determines the time display format
Date Format
: Determines the date display format
Output Format
: Determines whether the time and/or date is to be displayed.
Use Time Code
: Switches the clock source from the PC clock to an optional internal
time code reader.
Edit Formatting
: Activates the Format controls
Timer Server
The Timer Server feeds ‘count up’ or ‘countdown’ time to a linked text Field. The left hand
section of the Timer Server window is for setting the Client port number and Starting and
Stopping the connection. The check box allows the Server to Auto Connect to the client when
the server application is opened. The “Empty” checkbox will send a Null command to the
Timer field which will conceal the on screen Timer display and any associated graphic if the
“Conceal Graphic when Text is Null” feature has been used.
The right hand section of the window provides the means to setup the Timer Format, Start At,
Stop At and Countdown/Countup preferences. The timer Start/Stop controls are also located
in this section. The Time Server can display any combination of “HH:MM:SS” as long as the
“Start At” time format matches. i.e MM:SS > 00:00, HH:MM:SS > 00:00:00.
