Moxa RM-1050-T [22/52] System time setting

ioPAC RTU Software RTU Management

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System Time Setting

Setting the Time Manually

The ioPAC RTU controller has two time settings. One is the system time, and the other is the RTC (Real Time

Clock) time kept by the ioPAC hardware. Use the #date command to query the current system time or set a

new system time. Use #hwclock to query the current RTC time or set a new RTC time.

Use the following command to query the system time:

#date

Use the following command to query the RTC time:

#hwclock

Use the following command to set the system time:

#date YYYYMMDDhhmm

MM = Month

DD = Date

hhmm = hour and minute

YYYY = Year

Use the following command to set the RTC time:

#hwclock –w

Write current system time to RTC

The following figure illustrates how to update the system time and set the RTC time.

root@Moxa:/# date

Fri May 10 02:35:39 UTC 2013

root@Moxa:/# hwclock

Fri May 10 02:35:43 2013 0.000000 seconds

root@Moxa:/# date 201305101037

Fri May 10 10:37:00 UTC 2013

root@Moxa:/# hwclock -w

root@Moxa:/# date ; hwclock

Fri May 10 10:37:32 UTC 2013

Fri May 10 10:37:32 2013 0.000000 seconds

root@Moxa:/#