Setting time - BWS500

BWS500 Setup Guide
Document code
M212787EN
Revision
E
Language
English
Product
BWS500
Document type
User guide

Network time protocol NTP is used to set system clocks accurately to the current time. NTP makes sure that all observations have the correct timestamp.

You need to configure the date and time settings if you want to use local time or other than the default NTP server.

  1. In the Web UI, go to Settings > Date and time.
  2. In Local time zone, select your local time zone or UTC time.

    If you select the local time zone, the system calculates the UTC time from the time zone information.

    The time zone setting does not affect observation data, which is always recorded and stored in UTC time. However, certain wall‑clock based events, such as precipitation sum reset, can optionally use local time.

  3. In Set time and date, select Automatically using NTP. Give the address of the NTP server or servers that you want to use.
  4. To save the changes, select Save.
You are logged out of the Web UI. Logout does not happen if you select Automatically using NTP and the resulting time does not differ considerably from the current system time.