Configuring The Ck31 With Smartsystems Console; Synchronizing The Ck31 System Time With A Time Server - Intermec CK31 User Manual

Chapter 2 — Configuring the CK31

Configuring the CK31 With SmartSystems Console

The SmartSystems™ Console lets you manage all of your
SmartSystems-enabled devices at the same time from a
centralized host PC. The CK31 ships with a SmartSystems
client, which means it is SmartSystems-enabled. The console
displays all of the CK31s in your network. In the console, you
can right-click a CK31 and a menu appears. To configure the
CK31, choose Intermec Settings from the menu.
The console is part of SmartSystems Foundation, which is
available for free from the Intermec web site. Go to
www.intermec.com/SmartSystems to download SmartSystems
Foundation. For help using the console, see the online manual
available from the Help menu in the console.

Synchronizing the CK31 System Time With a Time Server

To ensure real-time communications and updates, the time on
all of your CK31s needs to be synchronized with a network time
server. Network time servers acquire Coordinated Universal
Time (UTC) from an outside source such as the U.S. Naval
Observatory (USNO). The CK31 uses Simple Network Time
Protocol (SNTP) to synchronize with a network time server.
The default reference time server is the USNO
(tock.usno.navy.mil). To synchronize the time on your CK31
with this time server, you must have a valid connection to the
Internet.
You can also synchronize the CK31 system time with a
corporate network server within your firewall that is SNTP
capable. To use an internal corporate network server, you need
to set the domain name in the registry.
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