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ClockWatch User's Guide

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ClockCard Options Tab (Win 95/98/Me)

ClockCard is an optional 8-bit ISA PC card with its own built-in clock and battery.

Sync Windows and RTC

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 or ClockCard every hour.

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.

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

Test - Opens the form to manually set the Operating System time to ClockCard time.

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 timeserver 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