RADWIN5000HPMPUserManual Release3.5.70 8‐23
DateandTime
Figure8‐10:AlternativeCommunityDialogbox
DateandTime
SettingtheDateandTime
TheODUmaintainsadateandtime.Thedateandtimeshouldbesynchronizedwithany
NetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)version3compatibleserver.
Duringpower‐uptheODUattemptstoconfiguretheinitialdateandtimeusinganNTPServer.
IftheserverIPaddressisnotconfiguredorisnotreachable,adefaulttimeisset.
WhenconfiguringtheNTPServerIPaddress,youshouldalsoconfiguretheoffsetfromthe
UniversalCoordinatedTime(UTC).Ifthereisnoserveravailable,youcaneithersetthedate
andtime,oryoucansetittousethedateandtimefromthemanagingcomputer.Notethat
manualsettingisnotrecommendedsinceitwillbeoverriddenbyareset,powerup,or
synchronizationwithanNTPServer.
Tosetthedateandtime:
1.DeterminetheIPaddressoftheNTPservertobeused.
2.Testitforconnectivityusingthecommand(WindowsXPand7),forexample:
w32tm/stripchart/ computer:216.218.192.202
Note
TheNTPusesUDPport123.IfafirewallisconfiguredbetweentheODUand
theNTPServerthisportmustbeopened.
Itcantakeupto8minutesfortheNTPtosynchronizetheODUdateand
time.