Commissioning the device
4.3 Parameter assignment for Comfort Panel
Comfort Panels
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To obtain the time of the HMI device from a time server, you can specify up to four different
time servers. The time is synchronized using the "Network Time Protocol". The
synchronization cycle applies to all configured time servers.
● The HMI device and time server are located in the same network.
● The Control Panel is open.
1. Open the "PROFINET" dialog using the "PROFINET" icon.
2. Change to the "NTP" tab.
Text box for time servers 1 to 4
Button for configuring the time servers
3. If you want to use the time of a time server, activate "Automatically synchronize with …".
4. Under "Update rate", enter the time interval in seconds after which the HMI device is to
synchronize the time.
Permitted value range: 1 ... 60 000 000 seconds.
5. Press the "Configure" button.
The following dialog is displayed:
If you do not enter a time, the message "Second field wrong data type." will appear. Enter
a time.
6. Enter the DNS name of the time server under "Name".
You can also enter the IP address of the time server.