User manual

Masterclock TCDS-A User Manual – Original – 2013-04-19

TIME ZONE SETTINGS

Select “Time Zone Configuration” window. This window

displays a list of Time Zones, including descriptions to help

with the selection. Select your offset and select OK to close

this window.

ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS

From the “Device Settings” window, click the

[Administrative Functions] button to view the following

choices.

SET TIME/DATE

This feature may be most useful for demonstration, in lab

situations, environments where an external reference time

signal is not available, when the built-in TIME CODE client is

disabled or when a connection to a TIME CODE server is not

available.

RESET DEVICE

The Masterclock Display may need a “soft reset” to allow

the device to clear its current communications buffer and

re-initialize its processing. This feature is intended to allow

the user to remotely reset the unit and does not restore the

factory default state.

“SOFT” RESTART

A soft restart may periodically be performed by the TCDS-A

to automatically attempt to rectify a problem it may be

experiencing. The Masterclock Display will perform a soft

restart under the following conditions:

1. If the Masterclock Display is not receiving a TIME CODE

poll response or a TIME CODE broadcast response

depending on which mode the display is in.

The timeout before doing a soft restart is not less than ten

minutes. Several factors can increase this time.

1. The soft restart will be delayed by two hours if a

connection is made by WinDiscovery.

2. The soft restart could be delayed if the user changes

the default parameters for TIME CODE poll

retries/timeouts or the TIME CODE broadcast times

out. For example, if the TIME CODE broadcast timeout

is increased to 60 minutes the soft restart timeout will

also be increased to 60 minutes.