Setting The Date And Time - AT&T Merlin II Feature Module 2 Installation Ans Getting Started Manual

SETTING THE DATE AND
TIME
26 Step 4: Installing Your Software
In order to set up or add to this file on your PC you need to use a text editor.
Use either EDLIN, the MS-DOS line editor, or another text editor you are
familiar with.
The following are the commands you need in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to
start CMS automatically:
cd cms
c m s
If your hard disk does not have an AUTOEXEC.BAT file, you can use EDLIN
to create one for the CMS commands as follows:
At the c> prompt , type cd , then press
1
Type
2
edlin autoexec.bat
*
At the prompt, type i
3
At the 1:* prompt, type
4
At the 2:* prompt, type
5
At the 3:* prompt, hold
6
(< )
*
At the prompt, type e , then press (<
7
You should now be at the
The date and time are important parts of your daily CMS statistics and must
be represented correctly on your PC screen. When you have set up your PC
and copied the MS-DOS program onto the hard disk, the system prompts
you to check the date and the time to be displayed on the screen. If either is
not correct, follow the procedures below. (When in CMS, you can check the
date and time by looking at the right-hand comer of any CMS Menu screen).
The date must be changed at the beginning of each year, and
NOTE:
the time must be adjusted for daylight savings time.
Date
Setting the
To check or change the date on your PC, do as follows:
When the prompt appears, type
1
C>
date
and press (< ) .
The following message appears on your screen:
Current date is Wed 4-07-1987
Enter new date: (mm-dd-yy)
If the date is correct, press
2
If the date is incorrect, type in the correct date (for example,
and press (< ) .
(<
then press
(< )
,
then press (< )
then press (<
cd cms ,
then press
(<
cms ,
down the and
(Ctrl) (Z)
)
C>.
(< ) .
)
)
)
keys together, then press
4-08-1987 )