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The Real Time Clock
For the Unity AM to be able to schedule processing events, the Real Time Clock must be set. The
format of the clock, which is displayed in the Status Section of the LCD display is the day of the
week, date, and time of day. The day of the week is represented by a two letter designation: SU for
Sunday, MO for Monday, TU for Tuesday, WE for Wednesday, TH for Thursday, and SA for
Saturday. The date is represented in a month/day/year format common in the United States. We hope
that users in other countries who use a different date format will forgive us for this preference.
Time of day is represented with a 24 hour notation from 0:00:00 to 23:58:59. For those used to using
the AM and PM connotations, note that the hours from midnight to just before high noon are
indicated as 0:00:00 to 11:59:59 and the hours from high noon to midnight are indicated as 12:00:00
by 23:59:59. As an example, 9:15 AM would be indicated as 9:15:00, whereas 9:15 PM would be
indicated as: 21:15:00.
Setting the Clock
To set the Real Time Clock, start at the Home Screen, press the Other button to show the Other Menu
in the Menus and Parameters Section of the LCD display. (If you are not at the Home Screen, press
the Escape button until you are.) A list of sub-menus will appear. Turn the jog wheel until the
Systems Options Sub-menu is highlighted. When it is, press the Enter button and you will now see the
sub-menu.
From the Systems Options Sub-menu, locate the Clock Sub-menu and turn the jog wheel until it is
highlighted. Press the Enter button and you will see the Clock Sub-menu
From the Clock Sub-menu, locate the
Set Clock
function and turn the jog wheel until it is highlighted.
Press the Enter button.
The current Real Time Clock setting will appear in the format will appear in showing the date, and
time of day. (For example, it may read as follows: 4/21/93 14:34:43. Notice that the number
designating the month is reverse highlighted showing that you may now use it. Turn the jog wheel
until the month is correct and press the Select Up button. Now the day portion is reverse highlighted.
Turn the jog wheel until the day is correct and press the Select Up button. Now the year portion is
reverse highlighted. Turn the jog wheel until the year is correct and press the Select Up button.
Continue using the same procedure to correctly set the hour, minutes and seconds. At any time, you
can go back to correct a previous setting by pushing the Select Up (to move right) or Select Down(to
move left) buttons. When you have finished setting the seconds, press the Enter button. The Real
Time Clock has now been entered into the system and will appear in the upper right-hand corner of
the Status Section of the LCD display. Any changes that need to be made to the Real Time Clock are
performed using the procedure detailed above. Press the Escape button three times to return to the
Home Screen if you like.
