Set Time - Symmetricom ND-SERIES User Manual

[Hint: To remove password protection for a clock, select the Set Password command. You will be
prompted to enter the old password. Enter the old password. Do not enter anything into the New
Password or Confirm Password fields. Click OK to save. Upon you next session, you will not be
prompted for a password for the clock.]
[Helpful Hint: Use the global password feature to avoid entering and remembering individual
passwords during each WinDiscovery session. See the appendix for additional information]

Set Time

The Set Time right click menu item is a special advanced feature designed to allow the user to
manually set the time and date for the clock for use in the absence of an NTP time server.
[Important Note: DO NOT use this method for network clocks that will have access to an NTP time
server. This clock will self adjust to the UTC time reference provided by the NTP time server, plus
any Time Zone and DST offset settings that have been configured. To configure the time displayed
on the face of the clock , refer to the previous sections for configuring the IP address, NTP time
server(s), Time Zone, and DST settings.]
The time can either be set to the time of the PC running WinDiscovery or a manual time and date
may be entered. The function may be most useful for lab situations as the clocks keep time via their
internal precision oscillator when NTP is not present.
[Note: When the network clock has access to NTP servers, information obtained via NTP will
overwrite any manually established time/date.]
Practical use of this feature requires the clock to be removed from the network, or for NTP server
configuration to be left undefined.
[Note: for the purpose of maintaining its internal clock, the network clock always assumes the time
entered is UTC and saves this information as the internal UTC time. Any configured time
zone/daylight time settings will then be applied to this internal time for the clock time display
purposes.]
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ND Clocks User Manual - Rev 2.0.1 Sep-08 21 Symmetricom , Inc.