NTP time synch on CE 5.0

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o***@gmail.com

2006-12-18 22:36:33 UTC

I am trying to get a Symbol VC5090 device to sync w/ our LAN's
timeserver, but to no avail.

Here is the reg key I am using. I show the service (NTP0:) as running,
but the time is never updated.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\TIMESVC]
"refresh"=dword:00001388
"recoveryrefresh"=dword:00000700
"threshold"=dword:00002710
"Server"="10.100.1.1"
"Trustlocalclock"=dword:00000001
"ServerRole"=dword:00000000
"Order"=dword:00000099
"Dll"="timesvc.dll"
"Clientonly"=dword:000000001
"Context"=dword:00000000
"Keep"=dword:00000001
"Prefix"="NTP"
"Index"="0"

I would be happy to run a small app on startup/boot that would set the
time, but I can't seem to get this to work at all.

PLEASE HELP!

2006-12-18 23:46:22 UTC

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It's C#, but should be easy enough to convert to whatever you'd like:

http://blog.opennetcf.org/ctacke/PermaLink,guid,5a81f80b-5e54-4799-a374-9d02e17d804b.aspx
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Post by o***@gmail.com
I am trying to get a Symbol VC5090 device to sync w/ our LAN's
timeserver, but to no avail.
Here is the reg key I am using. I show the service (NTP0:) as running,
but the time is never updated.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\TIMESVC]
"refresh"=dword:00001388
"recoveryrefresh"=dword:00000700
"threshold"=dword:00002710
"Server"="10.100.1.1"
"Trustlocalclock"=dword:00000001
"ServerRole"=dword:00000000
"Order"=dword:00000099
"Dll"="timesvc.dll"
"Clientonly"=dword:000000001
"Context"=dword:00000000
"Keep"=dword:00000001
"Prefix"="NTP"
"Index"="0"
I would be happy to run a small app on startup/boot that would set the
time, but I can't seem to get this to work at all.
PLEASE HELP!

John Spaith [MS]

2007-01-02 02:15:51 UTC

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I believe you want the registry [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\TIMESVC]:
"AutoUpdate"=dword:1. The "ClientOnly" is a CE 4.2 only reg setting, and
isn't read in CE 5.0.

Was the timesvc included via a standard SYSGEN process, or are you adding
the DLL & registry settings after the fact. If it's brought in via SYSGEN,
it looks like the "AutoUpdate" should be set automatically if you have the
SNTP component.

Also note that timesvc.dll is a big-time modularized DLL - it can in theory
be built so it can only do DST roll overs and not do SNTP look ups (to save
ROM), so while you're at it you should check that you have the right SYSGEN
included. http://blogs.msdn.com/cenet/archive/2005/04/27/412600.aspx has
background about adding new components to a CE device.
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Development Lead, Windows CE
Microsoft Corporation

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