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Network update only with correct time?

maicosrl

October 21, 2009 19:16

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I'm a bit confused. We use HD1010.

We have a local Brightsign Network Manager installed and setup the SD Cards for the groups. But I don't see the units in the manager.

The devices get IP Adresses (I can see that from my dhcp server) but they don't connect to the server.

I've looked at the terminal and got these lines:

1999/12/31 16:03:33.591
### System time invalid - try again in 30 seconds

Do I need to have a valid time to make networking work?

The devices are behind strict firewalls - ntp access to the outside is not availlable. How can I set a proxy (over port 80) or redirect to a local ntp server? Or how do I set the time manually?

Thx
Frank

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  RokuLyndon October 22, 2009 01:00

  
  
  If you ran put these two lines in a text file named autorun.brs, and started up the unit with it, it would set the timeserver to 192.168.0.123. Since you have a local install of BNM, you could try and modify the setup autorun.brs that's used for the setup files, and add this entry once you've verified it works as expected.
  
  
  
  nc = CreateObject("roNetworkConfiguration", 0)
  
  nc.SetTimeServer("192.168.10.123")
  
  
  
  'Set Time server here, add address inside quotes
  
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  maicosrl October 22, 2009 18:30

  
  
  thanks @Lyndon for the answer. I've tried it, but it didn't work.
  
  
  
  I fixed it by excluding the script part waiting for the time to be correct and after that the device started.
  
  
  
  The device also checked in in the Network Manager but I cannot schedule any presentation to it.
  
  
  
  When I select a presentation and select skip Test the following screen does not appear - it actually reloads the general schedule page.
  
  
  
  Do you have any clue? Is there any logfile or debug information we can access?
  
  
  
  Sincerely
  
  Frank
  
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  RokuLyndon October 23, 2009 00:47

  
  
  Can you try using a different web browser, and see if you see the same problem? Can you send me the setting you used for the time server?