Internet time, ping site, update variable in Rev

[Jim Ault]

Alex Tweedly" <alex at tweedly.net>  replied with a working solution.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nettime/  downloaded free exe and installed.

Thanks Alex, worked quite well.
See details below.
> Jim Ault wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone dealt with the problem of cpu time settings
>> and just told Rev to ping a 'time' site and set a variable to that result?
>> I have a new Dell running  XP that loses 10 sec per hour.
>> 
>> I would rather find one that did not take 8-10 seconds to give the result,
>> but I can adjust if necessary.
>> 
>> --each hour
>> put (returnedTimeVal-pingTime) into correctTime
>> 
>>  
>> 
> I'd recommend you get a copy of an SNTP client and just run that. Never
> need to think about it again :-) and it also means that file creation /
> write times etc. will be correct.
> 
> See overview and various options at
> http://geodsoft.com/howto/timesync/wininstall.htm
> I'd agree with his recommendation for
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/nettime/
> 
> If the Dell machine spends much time disconnected from the Internet,
> you'll want a full NTP client, rather than an SNTP one (full NTP
> calculates the drift factor and continues to apply that even when it has
> no connection). In fact, at 10 sec per hour, you may want an NTP client
> anyway, so you don't need to query too often.  I haven't personally
> tried the Meinberg solution linked from the first page given above, but
> it looks worth trying out.
> 
> btw - recent Windows include a limited version of SNTP - but it's so
> limited it won't help you. I think it's limited to checking once per
> week - I've heard a rumour of a way to get around that, but a quick
> search didn't turn anything up.
Correct...only once a week.