sbRIo time sync with SNTP server

[MarcoMauri]

Hi!

I'm syncronizing a sbRIo with a time server as described here:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/F2B057C72B537EA2862572D100646D43?OpenDocument

I've a couple of questions:

1) what happens if the time server becomes unreachable?

2) can source.sntp.address be specified as a name address to be rosolved by a DNS? (It seems to me that if the name can't be resolved the board boots in safe mode...)

thanks in advance for any reply,

Marco

p.s. sorry for cross-posting (http://forums.ni.com/t5/Real-Time-Measurement-and/sbRIo-time-sync-with-SNTP-server/m-p/1951123),

but the problem is quite urgent...

[rivand · Accepted solution]

Hi Marco,

1) If the SNTP time server becomes unreachable, the cRio will update the local time independently, starting from the last time value get from the server

2) You are right, it doesn't work properly. The right way to express the SNTP source is using IP address

Regards,

Andrea R.