SmartSensor HD - Interprovincial Traffic Services

84 CHAPTER 7 • DATA SETUP & COLLECTIONFigure 7.12 – Date & TimeTo sync the sensor date and time with the computer, click thebutton and click OK.The sensor itself stores time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), formerly known asGreenwich Mean Time (GMT), and does not account for daylight saving time. SSMHDuses the local setting of the computer it is running on to display the date and time in localunits.ExampleIf someone in Pacific Standard Time (PST) connect to a sensor and synchronizes thetime, then when someone in Mountain Standard Time (MST) connects to the samesensor the time will be correctly displayed as MST. If the settings on either PC adjustsfor daylight savings, then this adjustment will also be correctly displayed.Data PushUse the data push function to set your sensor to periodically push data to your computerwithout waiting for a request from SSMHD. Click the Data Push button on the DataCollection window to access the Data Push window (see Figure 7.13).When data push is required for use with a Click device, it is automatically configured bythe Click device during its autobaud process. If data push is required for any other use, itmust be manually configured.