Synchronize System Clock – E Series
The Red Lion RAM system clock will synchonize with the NTP pool hourly.If power is OFF for a long duration, the clock at boot-up may not have a chance to sync with the NTP server thereby causing tags not to update to GRIDview and participate at the wrong time in AutoDR Events.
This is how to quickly correct the time error.
Symptoms:
GRIDview
Data Age (sec) Error message is displayed
epochTIME is 0 or not incrementing in tags
OADR Event
Starts and ends at the wrong times
Solution:
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Sync Time to Browser
Admin > System Time
Set Sync to NTP Server: No
Current Browser Time and Current Device Time do not agree.
√ Click [ Use Browser Time ]
[Apply]
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New Device Time
Time can be a few seconds off, it will be automatically corrected when syncing to the NTP pool server.
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Set Pool NTP Time
Sync to NPT Server: Yes
NTP Server Name/IP: ie 3.amazon.pool.ntp.org
Enter any NTP URL or IP Address
[Apply]
Soft Reboot
Do not cycle power to achieve the reboot.
Admin > Factory Defaults/Reboot
Reboot System
[ Reboot ]
Do not click [ Restore ] as the GRIDlink E Series will have to be returned to the factory for reloading of OADR software.