General Configuration

About this task

Each device requires area, floor, and floor number configuration. Network Time Protocol (NTP) manages time and network clock synchronization within the network. NTP is a client or server implementation. Controllers, service platforms, and access points (NTP clients) periodically synchronize their clock with a main clock, which is an NTP server.

Procedure

  1. Select Devices > Host Name .
    The Basic device configuration dashboard opens.
  2. Select General and configure the following settings:
    Area Assign the physical area where the device is deployed
    Floor Assign the floor location of the device
    Floor No. Use the spinner control to select a floor number. The default value is 1
  3. Configure NTP Server settings.
    Select to create a new NTP Server for the device and define NTP server resource configurations.
    Server IP Set the IP address of each server added as a potential NTP resource
    Key Number Select the number of the associated authentication peer key for the NTP resource. The key number range is between 1 to 65,534, and 1 is the default key number
    Key Type a 64 character maximum key used when the autokey setting is set to false or deactivated. Select the show option to view the character string for the key
    Version Use the spinner control to select a version between 0 to 4. The default version is 0
    Minimum Polling Interval Use the drop-down list box to select minimum polling interval. After the interval is set, the NTP resource is polled no sooner than the defined interval. Options include 64, 128, 256, 512, or 1024 seconds. The default setting is 64 seconds
    Maximum Polling Interval Use the drop-down list box to select the maximum polling interval. After the interval is set, the NTP resource is polled no later then the defined interval. Options include 1024, 2048, 4096, or 8192 seconds. The default setting is 1024 seconds
    Preferred Select Preferred to make the server settings the preferred setting for NTP servers
    Autokey Select Autokey to generate a key for the NTP server
  4. Select Add to include the NTP server to the servers list.
  5. Select Save to update device general configuration settings.