Time Setting - Comtrol ROCKETLINX ES8509-XT User Manual

Configuration Using the Web Interface

Time Setting

Time Setting allows you to set the time manually or through a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. NTP is
used to synchronize computer clocks on the internet. You can configure NTP settings here to synchronize the
clocks of several switches on the network. The ES8509-XT also provides Daylight Saving functionality.
Time Setting Page
Manual Setting:
Click the Get PC Time button to get PC's time setting for the ES8509-XT or enter the
appropriate information in the fields provided.
Current Time
NTP client: Click Time Setting Source if you want the NTP client to permit the ES8509-
XT to enable the NTP client service. NTP client is automatically enabled if you change
the Time Setting Source to NTP Client. The system sends a request packet to acquire
current time from the NTP server you assign.
Select the time zone where the ES8509-XT is located. The following table lists the time
Time Zone zones for different locations for your reference. The default time zone is (GMT)
Greenwich Mean Time.
NTP Click this check box to enable NTP (Network Time Protocol).
The Primary Server is the primary NTP server for which you want to synchronize time.
Primary/Secondary
The Secondary Server is the back up NTP server to use if the Primary Server becomes
Server
unavailable.
You can enable Daylight Saving Time and then set the Daylight Saving Time Start and End
Daylight Saving
times. During Daylight Saving Time, the ES8509-XT time is one hour earlier than the
Time
actual time.
Select Enable if you want to use PTP (Precision Time Protocol).
PTP State
The IEEE 1588 PTP (Precision Time Protocol) supports very precise time
synchronization in an Ethernet network.
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