Network Meridian clock slaving 1

[aredmond]

Does anyone know how to slave the clocks of multiple Meridians on a network, so that a change to the master clock will then ripple through the network. This will mean that people with multiple switches to look after have an easier life.

 

[johnpoole]

nope, not yet, best bet is to run a script that does it for you, this script sets the clock the the time on your pc, being on a networked pc, that is controlled by the server, you'll need to add a line that connects to each switch, logs on and runs this script.. then i use scheduler to launch the script at the same time everyday.. if you have a switch that drifts more then a few sec a day, you can adjust for that in load 2

proc main
integer iDay, iMonth, iYear, iMin, iHour, iSec
   string sSend
  
   ltimeints $LTIME iYear iMonth iDay iHour iMin iSec
   
   strfmt sSend "STAD %02d %02d %d %02d %02d %02d" iDay iMonth iYear iHour iMin iSec
   set txpace 30
   transmit "****^M"
   waitfor ">"
   transmit "ld 2^M"
   waitfor "."
   transmit "TTAD^M"
   waitfor "."
   transmit sSend
   transmit "^M"
   waitfor "."
   pause 2
   transmit "TTAD^M"
   waitfor "."
   pause 2
   transmit "****^M"
   
   set txpace 0
   
   endproc

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[aredmond]

Have now found the answer. IT is documented in the Network NTP's "Network Time Synchronization" (pages 1407 to 1416). This gives a full description of how to undertake this task using overlay 2.

 

[johnpoole]

i'll look that up, never used it but i do know sites that could. thanks

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc