Orban OPTIMOD 6300 Operating Manual page 103

OPTIMOD 6300 DIGITAL
1. Navigate to SETUP > NEXT > TIME DATE AND ID > NEXT > TIME SYNC.
A) Use the P
ROTOCOL
 Select T
IME
packets. T
RFC868. This method uses TCP on port 37.
 Select SNTP if your network timeserver supports the Simple Network Time
Protocol as described in standard RFC1769. This method uses UDP on port
123.
Ask your network administrator which protocols are available. SNTP is
slightly more accurate.
B) Using S
YNC
its internal clock to the timeserver you selected.
The choices are O
If the connection to the timeserver fails (due to network overload or
other problems), your Optimod will try once per hour to synchronize un-
til it is successful.
C) Set the O
FFSET
versal Time (UTC).
UTC is also known as GMT, or Greenwich Mean Time.
 The value can range between –12 and +12 hours. If this value is set to 0,
your Optimod's time will be the same as UTC.
 You can empirically adjust this value until the correct time for your location
is displayed after you synchronize your Optimod to a timeserver.
2. Choose a timeserver.
As of August 2011,
timeservers available on the Internet. You network may also have a local time-
server; ask your network administrator.
3. Press the NEXT button to set up timeserver parameters.
The T S
IME ERVER
tions. (You can access this function from anywhere in the Optimod menu tree by
navigating to S
You can specify the timeserver either from your Optimod's front panel or from
its PC Remote software. From the front panel, you can only enter the time-
server's IP address (for example, 192.43.244.18). If you specify the timeserver
from PC Remote, you can specify either its named address (for example,
time.nist.gov) or its IP address.
control to choose either T
P
ROT if the Optimod is behind a firewall that does not pass UDP
P
selects the Time Protocol as described in the standard
IME ROT
P
ERIOD , choose how often your Optimod will automatically update
, 8 , and 24
FF HOURS
to the difference (in hours) between your time zone and Uni-
http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi#
button is located on the second page of the T
> N > T D
ETUP EXT IME ATE
P or SNTP.
IME ROT
HOURS .
provides a current list of
A I > N > T S
ND D EXT IME
INSTALLATION
S
IME YNC func-
> N .)
YNC EXT
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