VIVOTEK
User's Manual - 39
System time
Keep current date and time
: Select this option to preserve the current date and time of the Network
Camera. The Network Camera’s internal real-time clock maintains the date and time even when the
power of the system is turned off.
Synchronize with computer time
: Select this option to synchronize the date and time of the Network
Camera with the local computer. The read-only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated.
Manual
: The administrator can enter the date and time manually. Note that the date and time format are
[yyyy/mm/dd] and [hh:mm:ss].
Automatic
: The Network Time Protocol is a protocol which synchronizes computer clocks by periodically
querying an NTP Server.
NTP server
: Assign the IP address or domain name of the time-server. Leaving the text box blank
connects the Network Camera to the default time servers.
Update interval
: Select to update the time using the NTP server on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly
basis.
Time zone
: Select the appropriate time zone from the list. If you want to upload Daylight Savings Time
rules, please refer to
System > Maintenance > Import/ Export files
on page 47 for details.
