Sntp client, General settings – Micro Innovations M000174-19 User Manual

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7.10 SNTP

CLIENT

Under Windows CE 5.0 the device contains a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) client. The SNTP
implementation is derived from the Network Time Protocol (NTP). SNTP synchronizes the system time
on a device with that of an SNTP server. This in turn receives its time from a reference source.

Note:
Further information on the functionality of the SNTP client is provided in the Microsoft MSDN
documentation.

7.10.1 G

ENERAL

S

ETTINGS

The following registry settings control the functionality of the SNTP client (refer also to chapter

Registry Editor

).

Note:
Changes to the registry entries are not active until the next restart of the SNTP client. The dword
entries are in hexadecimal format (see also chapter

Sample settings

).

Basic registry entries under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\Timesvc]:

Entry

Type

Description

Server string

/

multi_strin
g

Specifies the domain name of an SNTP server. If only a name is
specified, this value is a string. If a list of servers is specified, the
value is a multi-string.

Public time servers:

swisstime.ethz.ch -

IP 129.132.2.22

ETH Zürich

thrad.cybernet.ch

- IP 212.90.197.226 Swisscom

pool.ntp.org

- IP 212.101.3.211

Int. NTP Server Project

Refresh

dword

Specifies the duration in milliseconds between the synchronizations
with the SNTP server.

Caution: Minimum value for refresh: 5*60*1000ms

RecoveryRefresh dword

Specifies the time in milliseconds until the next synchronization if the
previous attempt failed.

Caution: The specified time for this code must be less than or equal
to the specified time for the refresh code.

Caution: Minimum value for RecoveryRefresh: 5*60*1000ms

Threshold

dword

Specifies the time in milliseconds between the time on the SNTP
server and the current time on the device. If the difference between
the time on the SNTP server and the current time on the device is
greater, the time synchronization is interrupted.

AutoUpdate

dword

If this value is set to one (1), the SNTP client is activated if a server
was defined.

ServerRole

dword

Always set to zero (0). SNTP server is not supported!

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