Owner's Manual (Complete)

Chapter 2—HCA Properties

The Home Control Assistant

This dialog box has extensive instructions, and you may not need any other information on using it.

However, here are a few details:

Automatic clock correction enabled

This checkbox must be checked, or no adjustments will be made to the PC’s clock, regardless of

the other settings.

Clock is corrected ________ at ___

Select the day of the month and the time that you would like the PC’s clock set.

If using a modem, it typically takes under 10 seconds to check the time, from the time the

telephone time service answers until the call terminates. It is important that you select a time of

the day when the phone line HCA is connected to is not being used.

Service

HCA provides three options for time services:

 National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado, at 303-494-4774

 United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., at 202-762-1594

 The internet. This is done by having HCA start a windows program called NISTime32.exe

HCA comes with these options and phone numbers already listed; you only need to choose the one

you want to use. If using a modem, you may want to choose the number of the service that is

geographically closer to you. (We provide the numbers here for backup.)

Modem

This is the modem used to make the call. HCA lists the options that are available on your PC. If

your PC has more than one type of modem line, click the arrow on the list box, and select the one

that you want to use. This is not available if using the internet.

Dialing from

This is the number you are calling from. HCA lists the choices available on your PC. You can

select any option listed. This is not available if using the internet.

Hint: HCA uses the information from the Modems Properties dialog box (the Modems applet in

the Windows Control Panel) to gather information and present options in the Modem and

Dialing from boxes.

Call and set time now