Being sick of resettining the time on the computer used to run WD I ticked the box to tell WD to sync the time six hourly[ and restarted the program], this was after setting the computer clock to a online atomic clock.
Checking 24 hours later the time difference was over a minute out [checked against 3 independant accurate souces].
Where does WD get its time from? can it be changed? anyone have the same problem?
As Usual any help appreciated,
Robert
if you are on a slow internet connection, there will be a bit of a dealy between accessing the time from the web server, downloading that time, and then going through the process of setting the pc clock, etc
sorry its unsatisfactory, and that 1 minute intolerance is too much out
(but really is a 24 soak test long enough?)
I can tell fromthe bold letters and large font size that you are real angry about this and that you are shouting out loud, yes?
I have had this problem also BUT ONLY ON ONE COMPUTER
[I am running 4 weather stations using W/D & the other 3 are fine]
every time the problem was my computer also running WIN98 that could not handle the processing & ran slower than it should have. 8O :o
I would look to see if the problem is your computer rather than in W/D
:idea:
i think oldun wait a few days and see if the time syncing keeps the pc time close enough…
surely 1 minute out is better than having to manualy set the time?
Wow some response,
No brian I am not in the least bit angry, I never get angry over such matters, I guess that courious would be a better description.
And yes I am a bit of a stickler for accuracy in most things.
Yes the computer is unfortunately running Windows 98SE.
Over the last week or so I had tested at least four time sync programs which all worked quite well on this same computer but were not suitable as they only reset the time on the OS start up.
I have been using the time sync function on previous versions with out any problems and it stayed within a couple of seconds of the real? time.
Current version in use is 10.13r.
I used large type to attract attention no other reason and it worked eh!
I placed this on the forum rather than contact Brian direct as He has enough to do to fix important things and in running his farm, I was hoping that someone might suggest a simple fix.
Leo, you may well be right except The four programs I tested had no problems, of course they used the standard windows dial up, and their own ftp /server/client.
Which begs another question when WD does an automatic dial up it takes about 2 minutes before the FTP starts to transfer the files, my belief is that this is a fault of Win98 and not WD can anyone confirm this?
Thanks everyone for your assistance,
Robert
well, i have not had a good day on the forum, and then you were the straw that broke the camels back
nothing has changed with the time sycn routine for quite a while now
2 minutes to connect:
thats nothing to do with win98, all to do with crappy win modems they have now adays, i would say …the old hardware modems were far better,the software modems spend the first few minutes resyncing the baud rate becuase the connected at too fast a speed in the firsts place
anyway, i would wait a longer period of time and see how it goes
Hello Oldun…
I’ve had good luck with TARDIS keeping the computer clock correct. You may want to look over the program at:
It will transmit the time over your network, and K9 will set the time on other machines.
Tb 8)
Hi OldUn
I also have a up to 2 min time delay before FTP starts
I believe it is caused by lack of system resources in my computer
running WIN98 rather than WIN98 itself as it used to be much
quicker than this
[It does not happen at the other 3 stations at all]
I am presently building a new computer to replace this 7 1/2 year old one
so will see if there is a difference soon.
Atomic Clock Sync from these guys http://www.worldtimeserver.com/ worked well on my 98SE system.
I am not sure why you are needing to sync your computer with WD. Doesn’t it do it already?
IF your data console is losing time, it might be time to check its batteries or the ac adapter or both. You shouldn’t be losing that much time to make it a difference.
IF those things are fine, then make sure that you have your computer clock in sync. the url for the atomic server above is what I use and it works fine.
I just would switch off the WD unit and make sure that all clocks are able to function.
I use the time sync and it is doing fine for me. I’m running Win98 on a P233, 64MRam, 2gbhd, surplus Dell. I was losing time, compared to the Ws2310 console, at the rate of a minute a day. Turning time sync on now leaves the machine up to three minutes ahead of the WS. I think the system battery was/is going dead, but as long as it is running and keeping time, then all is well. I would rather the machine be ahead of time then behind, especially with WD using the system clock for logging, rather then the time from the WS console.
Hi Everyone,
I appreciate all responses and thank the various senders.
In order of replies since my last lengthy posting.
Brian, I suspect you are right, I have an older 56k ext. modem around somewhere with its own software, I will give it a try sometime soon and report back, it is worth noting though that all the major part of the delay is after connection is made to the ISP and password verification has been confirmed.
To all of the other respondents:
[1] I am not trying to sync the wm918 console to the computer or the reverse.
[2] All the many “time sync” programs available rely either on manual operation or automated syncing at time of OS startup.
[3] WD has the feature of doing this automatically every six hours and has allways worked well in the past.
[4] With the 10.13r version after I perform a manual sync on line with a program I know works well, and then set up to do this six hourly with WD at the first six hourly setup it jumps the time out by more than a minute
Hope this is not too confusing,
Robert
Some time ago i used time sync but i found after a few days it was 10 seconds out this for me is too far out ( i use a gps clock at work)
i now use another program main unit runs server and backup and qbasic units run clients i hear gasps qbasic yes this ran my old weather station and the display and switching features it does are still required it now uses wd scriptlog renamed to get its info from pity it does not have as much info as clientraw but need , rather than spaces.
Hi Nikosheppard.
I took a look at the “atomic clock” you referd to and it seems very good except it lacks the ability to start the dialer [and terminate dialer when finished] that I seek, this the main problem this is common with at least a dozen or so similar programs a shortcoming that has yet to be addressed by programmers.
I thank you for your interest.
Robert
Hmm, it should, do you have dial-up-networking set up?
I braved the spiders 8O in the garage and found a w98se pc/modem system to test it.
Do you have internet explorer (IE) installed on that PC? If so and you just click on the IE icon does it cause the modem to dial/connect? If that works and you set up the internet option in atomic clock to “follow internet explorer settings” it should work fine. If IE doesn’t dial out then you’ll have to set that up first. Note that dial up networking can cause spurious dial outs so you should watch what it’s up to until you are confident it’s working OK.
Hi, nikoshepherd.
It certainly activated the dialer and connected ok but after setting the clock correctly did not drop the dialer connection, which is no good to me as I use WD on this computer to update my web pages on a regular basis in addition to hourly uploads to “wonderground” not to mention my lady likes to use the phone, and whilst she tolerates the regular connections mentioned above, she would not be amused to find the phone line locked up for extended periods.
Robert
don’t suppose your lady would be up for having a wireless connection like a cable modem ? took some convincing of mine that it was necessary .
Hi aardvark,
I would love to have a wireless or wideband cable connection but two factors combine to preclude that one is the NZ costs structure, the other is as A retired person income is somewhat limited.
I will just have to resume manual syncing of the laptop by hand every few days, all I was hoping to do with my posting was to find out why WD has stopped being so effective in doing what I previously came to take for granted.
Thanks everyone for helpful suggestions, I think that it is time to bury this subject.
If I find an acceptable soloution I will post it on this forum.
Robert :animalbeaver:
why WD has stopped being so effective in doing what I previously came to take for granted.
nothing changed with WD and that system
maybe the web site I am using is not update to date anymore