Artesyn MOTLoad Firmware Package User's Manual (February 2015) - Manual (Page 166)

MOTLoad Commands
MOTLoad Firmware Package User’s Manual (6806800C24D) 166
3.1.83 stop
Name
stop—turns off the oscillator in the RTC chip. The board is shipped with the RTC oscillator
stopped to minimize current drain from the onchip battery. Normal cold start of the board with
the MOTLoad Flash devices installed gives the RTC a "kick start" to begin oscillation.
Use set command to restart the clock.
Synopsis
stop
Parameters
No parameters
Example
The following example indicates a typical display when using the stop command.
MOTLoad> stop
(Clock is in Battery Save Mode)
MOTLoad>
Error Messages
timeStop(): open(<device>) failed, errno = <value>
Failed to open timekeeper.
timeStop(): ioctl(110) failed, errno = <value>
Failed to stop clock.
See Also
set