RADWIN2000+SeriesUserManual Release4.2.40 7‐23
Management
Figure7‐13:AlternativeCommunityDialogbox
Date&Time
TheODUmaintainsadateandtime.Thedateandtimeshouldbesynchronizedwithany
NetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)version3compatibleserver.
Duringpower‐uptheODUattemptstoconfiguretheinitialdateandtimeusinganNTPServer.
IftheserverIPaddressisnotconfiguredorisnotreachable,adefaulttimeisset.
WhenconfiguringtheNTPServerIPaddress,youshouldalsoconfiguretheoffsetfromthe
UniversalCoordinatedTime(UTC).Ifthereisnoserveravailable,youcaneithersetthedate
andtime,oryoucansetittousethedateandtimefromthe managingcomputer.Notethat
manualsettingisnotrecommendedsinceitwillbeoverriddenbyareset,powerup,or
synchronizationwithanNTPServer.
Tosetthedateandtime:
1. DeterminetheIPaddressoftheNTPservertobeused.
2. Testitforconnectivityusingthecommand,forexample:
w32tm/stripchart/computer:216.218.192.202
TheNTPusesUDPport123.IfafirewallisconfiguredbetweentheODU
andtheNTPServerthisportmustbeopened.
Itcantakeupto8minutesfortheNTPtosynchronizetheODUdateand
time.