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Configuring time synchronization
5.3 Overview of configuration steps, depending on the configuration
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5.3.4 Configuration steps for time synchronization without a central time master in a
Windows domain with a hierarchy
Overview of configuration steps
The table below shows the configuration steps required for time synchronization without a
central time master in a Windows domain with a hierarchy, including a reference to the
sections of this documentation that provide a description of these steps:
Step Components for time
synchronization
Configuration steps Operating instructions in section:
1
DC
Parameterizing domain
controllers as time masters
See Microsoft reference material
2
PC
Parameterizing PCs without
WinCC time synchronization
via DCF 77
• "How to make DCF 77 Client
Service settings on a PC
station without OS (Page 93)"
3
OS server
Parameterizing OS servers
as cooperative time masters
• "How to set time
synchronization on an OS in a
domain without central time
master. (Page 85)"
4
AS
Parameterizing automation
systems as time slaves
Note:
CPU types with an
integrated Ethernet interface
cannot be used in this plant
configuration.
• "Configuring time
synchronization on an AS
(Page 99)"