Section 8: Setting The Real-Time Clock; General Information; Setting The Time And Date - Honeywell VISTA-128BP Installation And Setup Manual

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General Information

This system provides a real-time clock, which must be
set in order for the system's event log to keep track of
events by time and date. It must also be set in order
to execute scheduling programs (Time-Driven events).
If you are using Panel Linking, you can set the Real-
Time clock at one panel and have the system
automatically update the time and date at the other
control panels.

Setting the Time and Date

To set the real time clock, perform the following steps:
Step Action
1 Enter Installer or Master Code + [#] 63.
Typical display shows:
TIME/DATE –– THU
12:01 AM
The day of the week is automatically
calculated based on the date entered. Time
and date entries are made by simply
entering the appropriate hour, minute,
month, day and year.
Press [✳] to move the cursor to the right of
the display, to the next position.
Press [#] to move the cursor to the left of the
display, to the previous position.
2 Enter the correct hour. Then press [✳] to
move to the "minutes" field.
3
Enter the correct minutes. Press [✳] to move
to the AM/PM position.
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Use a 6139/6160 alpha keypad to set the real-
time clock, or set the clock via the downloader
software. Only users with Installer or Master
authority level can set the clock.
Step Action
4 Press any key 0-9 to change AM to PM, or
PM to AM. Press [✳] to move cursor to the
"month" field position.
5 Enter the correct month using a 2-digit
entry. Press [✳] to move cursor to the "day"
field position.
6 Enter the correct day using a 2-digit entry.
Press [✳] to move cursor to the "year" field
position.
7 Enter the correct year.
Press [✳] to continue.
8 The following display appears:
Broadcast Time?
1=YES 0=NO
If panel linking is being used, enter 1 (YES)
to send this time and date setting to all the
other panels. Otherwise enter 0.
Press [✳] to exit the real-time clock edit
mode.
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