SIREC D Display Recorder 7ND4000

Programming
4.3 Time and Date Menu Item
4.3.1 General. The Time and Date menu item
sets the Recorder's internal clock for time and date
dependent features such as recording to disk, alarm
annotation, and rec documentation. The time is programmed
and displayed in a 24-hour format. The
date is programmed and displayed in a user programmable
American or European format. It is recommended
that you set the time and date upon
system start-up. Time & date are stored in the battery
backed up real time clock. If the time and date
are not set or are lost, it defaults to midnight
(00:00:00) on January 01, 1995 (01/01/95).
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NOTE
Changing the Time or Date will reset all resettable
point types.
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Figure 4-4 Accessing Program Menu Flow Chart
4.3.2 How to Program Time and
Date. The following steps detail how to set Time
and Date on the Recorder. Also refer to Figure 4-5,
Time and Date Setup Flow Chart, for details.
1. At the Display Button Bar, press the MENU
Button.
2. At the Command Button Bar, press the PRO-
Gram Button.
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3. Use the UP (↑) or DOWN (↓) Arrow Keys, on
the Button Bar, to scroll to and highlight "Time &
Date" and press the ENTER Button.
A. Changing Time - The display will show the
time such as "12:30:25".
1. Press ENTER or YES to accept current Time
and skip to Date or NO to program a new time. If
NO is pressed, continue with steps 2 through 4.
The display will pop up a dialog box to set the
hour.
2. To program Hours, use the keypad on the popup
dialog box, to enter the correct hour number
(23 is max.) and press ENTER in the lower lefthand
corner of the screen.
3. To program Minutes, use the keypad on the
pop-up dialog box, to enter the correct minute
number (max. is 59) and press ENTER in the
lower left-hand corner of the screen.
4. To program Seconds, use the keypad on the
pop-up dialog box, to enter the correct seconds
number (max. is 59) and press ENTER in the
lower left-hand corner of the screen. The screen
will then show a pop-up dialog box showing the
current date programmed into the Recorder.
B. Changing Date - The date will be displayed
similar to this example: "01/01/95".
1. Press ENTER or YES to accept current Date or
NO to program new Date. Press EXIT to leave the
dialog box without making any changes.
2. To program the month, use the keypad on the
pop-up dialog box, to enter the correct month
number (12 is maximum) and press ENTER in the
lower left-hand corner of the screen.
3. To program the day, use the keypad on the
pop-up dialog box, to enter the correct day number
(31 is maximum) and press ENTER in the
lower left-hand corner of the screen.
4. To program the year, use the keypad on the
pop-up dialog box, to enter the correct year number
(no maximum) and press ENTER in the lower
left-hand corner of the screen. The display will
return to the Program Menu bar. Press EXIT twice
to return to the display menu bar.
Refer to Paragraph 4.4.4 to change the Date Format.
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