Simrad EK80 - Troubleshooting the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Service

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8StartNTPTimeServerMonitorfromthedesktop.
9VerifythattheNTPserviceoperatesnormally.
aMakesurethattheserviceisinStartedmodeontheNTPServicetab.
bMakesurethattheIPaddressesandsynchronizeddeviceareinOKmode
ontheNTPStatustab.
cMakesurethattheNTPserverprovidesNTPtimingsignalstotherelevant
ADCPhardwareintheNTPCongurationFiletab.
•ThemasterclockisfoundatIPaddress10.124.45.200(example).
•TheNTPserverwillalsoupdatetheEK80ProcessorUnitclock.
•Insomecasesamotionreferenceunit(MRU)providingtheKMBinary
datagramdoesnotactasthevessel’smasterclock.Youmustthenfollow
theinstructionsoftheMRUmanufacturertosynchronizetheMRUtothe
ShipMasterclock.
Relatedtopics
InstallingandtroubleshootingNetworkTimeProtocol(NTP),page70
TestingtheEK80operationalfunctionality,page27
Secondaryprocedures,page47
TroubleshootingtheNetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)service
TheNetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)servicemayinsomecasesmalfunction,orevenstop.
Context
TheEK80installationprogramaddsarewallruletoallowforNTPcommunication.If
theEK80issuesmessagesrelatedtomissingtimesynchronizationbetweenamotion
referenceunit(MRU)and/orADCPhardwaresynchronization,theproblemismost
likelyrelatedtotherewall.
Procedure
1ChecktherewallsettingsontheProcessorUnit.
SimradEK80HarbourAcceptanceTest