Operating instructions

Parameterization

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SICLOCK

TC400

9.1.2 Operation as NTP client

Four IP addresses of NTP servers can be assigned for SICLOCK TC400 as NTP

client.

The servers are polled regularly and, on the basis of a strict selection strategy, a

preferred server is selected.

For the strategy when a server fails, see Redundancy (Section 2.6).

NTP client

You can activate the client service with the /NTP Client/NTP Client (0.18.01)

parameter.

IP address of the NTP servers

Four IP addresses of the NTP servers can be assigned with the /NTP Client/NTP

Server List[4] (0.18.02) parameter. Address 0.0.0.0 means that no server has

been entered.

DNS names are not supported.

Current NTP server

The /NTP Client/Active Server (0.18.03) parameter displays the currently

selected NTP server. Address 0.0.0.0 means that no server has been entered.

Monitoring the servers

The /NTP Client/Monitoring/monitor server (0.18.04) parameter can be used to

set up the monitoring of the NTP servers.