Alex Tweedly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied with a working solution. http://sourceforge.net/projects/nettime/ downloaded free exe and installed.
Thanks Alex, worked quite well. See details below. > Jim Ault wrote: > >> Has anyone dealt with the problem of cpu time settings >> and just told Rev to ping a 'time' site and set a variable to that result? >> I have a new Dell running XP that loses 10 sec per hour. >> >> I would rather find one that did not take 8-10 seconds to give the result, >> but I can adjust if necessary. >> >> --each hour >> put (returnedTimeVal-pingTime) into correctTime >> >> >> > I'd recommend you get a copy of an SNTP client and just run that. Never > need to think about it again :-) and it also means that file creation / > write times etc. will be correct. > > See overview and various options at > http://geodsoft.com/howto/timesync/wininstall.htm > I'd agree with his recommendation for > http://sourceforge.net/projects/nettime/ > > If the Dell machine spends much time disconnected from the Internet, > you'll want a full NTP client, rather than an SNTP one (full NTP > calculates the drift factor and continues to apply that even when it has > no connection). In fact, at 10 sec per hour, you may want an NTP client > anyway, so you don't need to query too often. I haven't personally > tried the Meinberg solution linked from the first page given above, but > it looks worth trying out. > > btw - recent Windows include a limited version of SNTP - but it's so > limited it won't help you. I think it's limited to checking once per > week - I've heard a rumour of a way to get around that, but a quick > search didn't turn anything up. Correct...only once a week. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
