Upload Counters; Reset Counter; Set Clock; Rtc Synchronization From An External Clock - ABB ETL600 Instruction Manual

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or only from a certain date and thereafter. Date and time are entered in
the form: DD MM JJ and HH MM.
Uploading and processing the events can take quite some time
depending on the number of events which has to be read. You can see
the progress of the uploading in the status bar of the user interface
HMI600. The upload may be interrupted by pressing the red stop
button in the tool bar.
3.7.5.

Upload counters

To upload the NSD600 command counters from ETL600 into the user
interface HMI600 use:
Equipment / Commissioning and maintenance / Event recorder /
Upload counters
Refer to 3.6.8.16 for more information.
3.7.6.

Reset counter

To set the NSD600 command counters back to zero use:
Equipment / Commissioning and maintenance / Event recorder /
Reset counter
You have to be connected to the ETL600 equipment with read and
write access.
You can reset all or only selected counters.
3.7.7.

Set clock

To set the ETL600 system clock use:
Equipment / Commissioning and maintenance / Event recorder /
Set clock
This dialogue enables the setting of the Real Time Clock (RTC) on the
RF converter P4LT. The actual time of your PC will be downloaded to
the ETL600 with the Download date/time to RTC button.
Pressing the button Upload date/time from RTC reads the date and
the time information from the ETL600 system.
You have to be connected to the ETL600 equipment with read and
write access to perform the operations mentioned above.
The RTC power supply is buffered by a capacitor. The time and date
information will be maintained for about one day.
If the accuracy of this time setting procedure or the RTC is not
sufficient, an external clock can be used.
3.7.8.

RTC synchronization from an external clock

An external clock source can be supplied to increase the accuracy of
the ETL600 system time. The clock signal has to be provided in the
IRIG-B format at TTL compliant level and it has to be connected to
the corresponding input on the front panel of the RF converter P4LT.
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