3 date and time, 4 resetting and powering down – Alpha Technologies Cordex Controller Ver.3.1x User Manual

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4.3 Date and Time

To change the date and/or time, tap the area where the date and time are displayed on the home page

(below the Alarm Indication). Tap the up/down arrows to change the date (year, month, day) and time

(hour, minute, second) settings. tap this area of the screen to enter a new window of operation.

All CXC models (except CXCi and CSCM1) provide battery backup of time and date.
With the web interface, SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol)can be used to synchronize the CXC de-

vice time with an external source; i.e., the user’s network.

4.4 Resetting and Powering Down

4.4.1 Reset

CAUTION!

During reset, the Controller may need to run a defragmentation cycle. Cycling of the LEDs on 

the controller front panel indicate that defragmentation is in progress. A full defragmentation

can take up to 20 minutes to perform. DO NOT POWER DOWN the CXC during this time.

A reset enables the CXC to finish saving files to flash memory before a power down or restart.

1. Tap the Home page icon and then tap

Rese

t

on the pop-up window (see Figure 9. A new pop-up

window alerts the user “You are about to perform a system reset.”

2. To abort the operation, tap

Cancel

or the

X

button to clear the pop-up from the active area.

3. To proceed, tap

Accept

and a pop-up window notifies the user “Performing Reset, please wait…”

This window is then replaced with a window showing a timer counting down from 60 seconds and a

Reset Now

button. A message will appear in this window to notify the user “It is now safe to reset the

system”.

4. Either tap the button or wait for the timer to count down and the operation proceeds automatically to

completion.

The screen goes blank and the LEDs flash as the CXC performs a short self-test before returning to Nor-

mal operating mode.

4.4.2 Powering Down

To power down the system, complete steps 1 through 3 under Reset.
It is safe to power down when the message appears “It is now safe to reset the system.”

Figure 10 — Setting the Date and Time

2010

10

09

30

00

10

Discard changes and return to the

previous screen

Tap arrows to decrease or increase

values.

Accept changes and return to the

previous screen.

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