Configuration Steps For Time Synchronization With A Central Time Master In A Windows Domain With A Hierarchy - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Function Manual

Configuring time synchronization
5.3 Overview of configuration steps, depending on the configuration
5.3.3 Configuration steps for time synchronization with a central time master in a Windows
domain with a hierarchy
Overview of configuration steps
The table below shows the configuration steps required for time synchronization with a central
time master in a Windows domain with a hierarchy, including a reference to the sections of
this documentation that provide a description of these steps:
Step
1
2
3
4
5
54
Time synchronization
components
SICLOCK with GPS or
DCF 77
DC
PC, e.g. BATCH station
OS server
OS clients
Configuration steps
Clocks - connection,
installation, and parameter
assignment
Configuring domain controllers
as time masters
Configuring PCs without
WinCC time synchronization
via DCF 77
Configuring OS servers as
cooperative time masters
Configuring OS clients
Operating instructions in
section:
● "Commissioning a central
plant clock (Page 56)"
See Microsoft reference
material
● "How to make DCF 77 Client
Service settings on a PC
station without OS
(Page 84)"
● "Configuring time
synchronization for a PC
station without OS
(Page 84)"
● "How to set time
synchronization on an OS in
a domain with central time
master. (Page 73)"
Time synchronization (V8.0)
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