Setting The Date; Setting The Local Time; Sync Time To Pc Button; Setting The Offset From Gmt - Extron electronics SMX Series User Manual

Setting the date

The Date field displays the current date in the Greenwich Mean Time zone. If
necessary, adjust the date as follows:
1. Click in the Date field. A date editing field appears, displaying the date in the
format (M)M/(D)D/YYYY, as shown at the right. Leading zeros are not used.
The graphic cursor becomes a text cursor in the date editing field.
2. Edit the field as desired to set the proper date. Leading zeros are optional.
3. Press the Tab key on the keyboard or click in another field to exit the set date
field.
4. Click the Take button to make the date change take effect.

Setting the local time

The Time (local) field displays the current time in the local time zone. If necessary,
click the Sync Time to PC button to set the switcher to your computer's internal
time, or adjust the time manually as follows:
1. Click in the Time (local) field. A time editing field appears with the date in
the format HH:MM:SS (00:00:00 to 23:59:59), as shown at right. The graphic
cursor becomes a text cursor in the time editing field.
2. Edit the field as desired to set the proper time. Remember to use 24-hour
time. Leading zeros are optional.
3. Press the Tab key or click in another field to exit the set time field.
4. Click the Take button to make the time change take effect.

Sync Time to PC button

Clicking the Sync Time to PC button causes the computer you are operating to send
its internal time to the switcher in a set time command.

Setting the offset from GMT

The GMT field displays the amount of time, in hours and minutes, that the local
time varies from the GMT international time reference. If necessary, adjust the
offset as follows:
1. Click in the GMT field. An offset editing field appears with the offset in the
format ±HH:MM (–12:00 to +14:00), as shown at right. The graphic cursor
becomes a text cursor in the set offset field.
2. Edit the field as desired to set the proper offset. Leading zeros are optional.
Some time zones are on the half-hour (30 minutes).
3. Press the Tab key or click in another field to exit the set offset field.
4. Click the Take button to make the offset change take effect.

Enabling daylight savings time

When daylight savings time is enabled, the switcher updates its internal clock
between daylight savings time and standard time in the spring and fall on the date
that the time change occurs in your location. When daylight savings time is turned
off, the switcher does not adjust its time reference.
Select the Use Daylight Savings check box to enable daylight savings time.

Setting the administrator password

The Administrator Password field displays the password required to log on to the
SMX switcher via the Ethernet port with all administrator rights and privileges.
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