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Operating Instructions PCIe TS
B3 Monitor Program
The monitor program serves to monitor the “
Plura
TimeSys” servi
ce and to adapt this service to
the individual requirements.
Starting the Program
Run the
monitor program with “Start /
All Programs / Plura / Ti
meSys Monitor”
. It requests
Administrator rights and the monitor window opens:
The following information will be shown:
•
“System time”:
The current system time of Windows. Time, difference to UTC in hours, date
and difference to LTC in milliseconds are shown. The display refreshes every second.
•
“LTC”:
Readout LTC. Time, difference to UTC in hours, date and sync status (
“Sync” or “Not
sync”)
. The display refreshes every second.
Some information’s may
be not shown if they
are not provided by the LTC source. The display refreshes every second.
•
“Last sync”:
The point of time at which the LTC has last supplied the sta
tus “synchronous”
.
Time, difference to UTC in hours and date are shown. Depending on the LTC source, it
may e.g. be seen whether a connected DCF of GPS receiver receives a valid antenna
signal.
If this time stands still, the status “synchronous” has not be
en detected since the
shown time. This display refreshes about every 3rd second.
•
“Last set”:
The last point of time at which Windows system time was hard set last. The
following data are shown: Time, difference to UTC in hours, date and difference to LTC in
milliseconds, which had been readjusted by this hard set.
•
“Service status”:
The status
of the “
Plura
TimeSys” service
.
“The s
e
rvice is running” indicates
tha
t the “
Plura TimeSy
s” service was started correctly and is now running in the
background. Other messages will supply indications of possible errors in the
communication between the monit
or program and the “
Plura
TimeSys” ser
vice.
Operation
•
“Hard set” sets
the Windows system time hard on the LTC. This may be useful if LTC and
system time differ quite considerably, so the system time needs to be synchronized once
with the LTC. If the LTC source is providing date information, the system date will be set
beside the time.
