RE: Mark IV data off by one day

[Jason Batey <jdbatey@students.latrobe.edu.au>]

Hi Tom, I have been following with some interest the discussion about your
time dilemma. From the command prompt in windows you can synchronize the
time on your local network by using the NET TIME switch. Goes something like
NET TIME [\ \ computername ...or... /DOMAIN[:domainname] [/SET] or just type
net time /? for detailed help at the command prompt...
Another thing that had me scratching my head for sometime was when my home
network kept defaulting to 12:00 when I powered it up...the problem was with
the lithium battery on an old server motherboard being flat (pardon the
pun!), therefore, the system clock was reset when power on! depends on how
old your mobo's are...generally they last about 2-3 years.

Cheers and clear skies,

Jason Batey.
Activities and Events Editor,
SKY & SPACE Magazine.
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Personal Correspondence; jdbatey@students.latrobe.edu.au
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http://www.skyandspace.com.au

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tass@listserv.wwa.com [mailto:owner-tass@listserv.wwa.com]On
Behalf Of Thomas Droege
Sent: Monday, 7 June 2004 10:32 AM
To: David Gamble; tass@listserv.wwa.com
Subject: Re: Mark IV data off by one day


David,

Thank you very much for the information.  I would do this if I could.  The
problem is that the computers that run the telescopes can't get to the
internet evey though they can be read by the linux computers that can get
to the internet.  I am sure that one of you computer experts could solve
this.  But I can't.  My plan is to get everything on linux in one
consistent network, and then I will be able to do this.  All the computers
are on one network, but some directions of communications work, others do
not.  So I am stuck with reading time from one of the computers that can
get to the net, or from a GPS receiver, and then setting my watch and then
going from computer to computer to set the time.  I would offer to put
someone up to come by and straighten out the mess but I am after the long
term linux solution.

Tom droege


> [Original Message]
> From: David Gamble <dgamble1@bigpond.net.au>
> To: <tdroege2@earthlink.net>; <tass@listserv.wwa.com>
> Date: 6/7/2004 2:56:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Mark IV data off by one day
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> It is possible to set Windows time using either a GPS in NMEA mode or
using
> one of the internet time servers such as atomic clock
> http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/ or NTIS
> http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/service/its.htm You could set these
up
> to run automatically on start up, or update periodically.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Droege" <tdroege2@earthlink.net>
> To: "Man, Stupendous" <richmond@stupendous.cis.rit.edu>;
> <tass@listserv.wwa.com>
> Cc: <mwrsps@rit.edu>
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 3:07 AM
> Subject: RE: Mark IV data off by one day
>
>
> > The clocks are set by hand, and there is always the possibility that I
> > could set them one day off.  I don't always set them every night if they
> > are tracking the GPS well, so the tendency is to run several nights in a
> > row with the same clock setting.
> >
>
>