Owner's Manual (Complete)

Chapter 2—HCA Properties
10 The Home Control Assistant
Web
The web tab is for configuration and setup of the HCA web server.
This dialog and the parameters it contains are described in the Web Server chapter.
Clock
The Clock tab in can help HCA stay punctual.
The HCA clock setting facilities are used for those very few PCs that don’t have access to a
24/7 internet connection. If you do have such an internet connection Windows already offers
methods to keep the lock up to date and the HCA settings shouldn’t be used.
If there is one thing HCA does well, it’s watching the clock. Inside every PC is a clock which
HCA reads to determine the date and time. But, HCA must have access to the correct date and
time in order for it to
correctly control devices in your home according to the schedules you have
created.
Unfortunately, the clock in a PC (particularly older PCs) keeps very poor time. Once the computer
has been powered on for a while, you may notice that the time the PC reports may be off by several
minutes, or even tens of minutes. If you have a connection to the internet or a modem in the PC
that runs HCA, then HCA can use the internet or modem to connect to a service that reports back
the correct date and time.