Two reasons that come to mind are:
  Displaying distributed time to distant sites from some master.
  Readability at a distance.  


> Le 22 janv. 2017 à 07:31, Ruslan Nabioullin <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> Hi, looking at pictures of various time metrology equipment setups for best 
> practices and inspiration, I have commonly seen time of day display unit(s) 
> installed in racks containing processing or time transfer equipment, e.g., 
> http://www.xyht.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Powers_Master_Clock.jpg. All 
> that these units do is merely display the time of day and sometimes the date, 
> typically by means of seven segment LED displays, of the time code inputted 
> to them (typically IRIG-B, I'm guessing).  Any ideas why such a unit is 
> necessary when one can simply look at the time displayed by timing receivers 
> and time code generators (and even some standards), and the interface of some 
> fusor, defined in this context as a system which performs timing data fusion 
> (by implementing a paper clock or a more primitive algorithm) and 
> timekeeping, either by means of a direct shell, or via something like NTP?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Ruslan
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