User's Manual

WESROC© RMS Satellite Repeater – User Manual
Metrotel Corporation of Minnesota, Inc.
Revision A. May 7, 2008 Page 14
Satellite Repeater. The value that is displayed in the configuration screen is
always the value that is sent back from the Satellite Repeater. This ensures that
the value that is shown is the actual value. If, for some reason, the configuration
packet does not make it to the satellite repeater, the value shown in the
configuration screen will not change from its original setting. The Time Zone
setting is the number of hours the current location is from UTC or Universal
Coordinated Time (Greenwich, England). This can be set from –12 hours to +12
hours. The following is a list of common time zones for North America:
• Atlantic Time Zone is -5 Hours.
• Central Time Zone is -6 Hours.
• Mountain Time Zone is -7 Hours.
• Pacific Time Zone is -8 Hours.
• Alaska Time Zone is -9 Hours.
• Hawaii Time Zone is -10 Hours.
Accurate time information is received from the GPS signals. These time signals
are always sent as UTC. The time zone setting allows the Satellite Repeater to
properly establish local time. Local time (along with the Daylight Savings Time
Setting) is then used for calendar based scheduling of reports and other time
reporting functions.
Daylight Savings Time Configuration Function:
Depending on the region, daylight savings time is sometimes not used. Daylight
savings time is enabled and disabled by pressing the right button in the Satellite
Repeater Configuration Screen when the cursor is on “DST”. Each time the right
button is pressed, the setting for DST is “toggled” from enabled to disabled and
vice versa. Again, the actual value that is displayed is always the value that is
actually sent back to the PDU from the Satellite Repeater. This ensures that the
value shown is the value that is actually set.