ClockCard Settings screen (Win 95/98)
This section pertains to users who have the ClockCard real time clock PC card installed in their computer and who are running the ClockCard version of ClockWatch for Windows 95 or Windows 98.





Note: The ClockCard setting screen is for systems running Windows 95 or Windows 98 only. Windows NT and Windows 2000 systems automatically update the operating system time from the BIOS every hour.

ClockWatch allows the user to set how often the Operating System time clock is updated from the ClockCard RTC. Updating the O/S clock from the ClockCard RTC is a good way to stabilize a system with erratic time keeping. It is useful to keep time between settings with external timeservers or where external timeservers are unavailable.
ClockCard functions independently from the other ClockWatch time setting functions. When used by itself ClockCard can be used as the primary time source, or when used in conjunction with external time setting sources can serve as a secondary time source.

Tip: Settings from ClockCard update the operating system clock from the hardware (BIOS) clock. Settings made from external timeservers update both the O/S and hardware clocks.

Setting Options  for ClockCard in ClockWatch

Enable ClockCard as time base - Check to use ClockCard as a time source. This will cause ClockWatch to set the operating system time to the ClockCard time at the interval specified.

Sync Now - Set the Operating System time to the ClockCard manually.

Refresh time in minutes - Number of minutes between ClockCard readings.

Logging of settings
Logging allows you to create a permanent record of all settings made from ClockCard.

To file / Off options -To turn on/off ClockCard logging. When selected the logging of time settings is to the named file. Only settings where the clock is changed are logged. When logging is enabled, the status of each attempt is also shown in the NIST log window (bottom of 3 windows) on the main ClockWatch screen.

Browse - To find an existing file on your computer.

View - To view the ClockCard setting log file using Windows Notepad.

Log File Name - Enter the file name (with path) for the ClockCard settings log. This is the text file where all re-settings of the Operating System clock will be logged. Default value: C:\Program Files\Beagle Software\ClockWatch\CClogfile.txt