Channels; Commands - AMX I!-TIMEMANAGER Instruction Manual

i!-TimeManagerEngineMod Module Definitions (Cont.)
dTmLocLong and
dTmLocLat
nTmTsProtocol
nTmTsCheck_Time
strTmTsServer

Channels

i!-TimeManager uses a virtual device to post channel events for certain time related activities.
i!-TimeManager supports the following channels:
i!-TimeManager Channels
Channel
1
2
3
4

Commands

i!-TimeManager supports the following commands.
i!-TimeManager Strings
Syntax
"'RESET'"
"'VERSION'"
i!-TimeManager
A double containing the longitude and latitude coordinates of the location where the
system is installed. Longitude is in Degrees (Fraction of Degrees). West longitudes
must be negative. Latitude is in Degrees (Fraction of Degrees). South latitudes must be
negative.
These parameters are used for calculating sunrise and sunset times. You can find
longitude / latitude values and descriptions at:
• http://geography.about.com/cs/latitudelongitude/
• http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
• http://www.njdxa.org/landl-lookup-dx.shtml
A time server protocol number to allow the Netlinx system to synchronous its clock with
an Internet time server. The available values are:
• 0 = Disabled
• 1 = DayTime(13/udp, 13/tcp)
• 2 = Time(37/udp, 37/tcp)
• 3 = SNTP(123/udp)
• 4 = SNTP Broadcast (123/udp).
The time in minutes between time checks to the Internet time server. You can put 0 to
use the default value of 120 (2 hours).
The IP address or Host Name of the preferred Internet time server. If left blank (empty
string), a default server will be picked from the nist-srv.lst file location in the doc:\time
directory of the NetLinx Master. If this file is not present, an internal list of NIST time
server will be used, and an appropriate server will be selected from the list.
Description
Sunrise Occurred
Sunset Occurred
Daylight Saving Time is active.
Time changed by Internet time server.
Description
Resets the time zone and timeserver information.
Sends version information to Master debug port (Master messaging).
Programming i!-TimeManager
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