VS1 Operations and Maintenance Manual Operating the transmitter
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• Remote Name: Displays the host name of the referenced time source. An asterisk (*) in the
first column marks the reference time source that is currently preferred by the NTP daemon.
A ‘+” character in the first column marks high quality candidates for the reference time that
could be used if the currently selected reference becomes unavailable.
• IP: Displays the IP address associated with the Remote Name. In some cases the Remote
Name
could be the IP address.
• Delay: Displays the round-trip delay (in ms) of the time queries.
• Offset: Displays the difference (in ms) between the reference time and the system clock.
• Jitter: Displays the magnitude of jitter (in ms) between several time queries.
Managing NTP Servers
The Manage Servers section displays the NTP server files that have been added. You can Add to the
list of NTP servers or Delete a selected NTP server from the list.