About this task
Important: If the current time on the network engine and a Site Director differs,
several problems can occur. If the time difference is greater than five minutes,
the device may go offline or never report online to the Site Director. If the
time difference is minor, reported alarm sequences or trend data may be out of
sync.
The Metasys network manages time synchronization if the network engine is able to successfully report to the Site Director. If the network engine is unable to report to the Site Director, connect to the network engine and synchronize the time manually. The Set Date and Time capability is only available to network engines that are running a Windows Embedded OS.
To synchronize the time between the network engine and your computer: