how do I reset the FP-2000 to the correct time and date through labview??

[upchuckjunk]

I have blundered through most of my other issues, this is one of the holdouts. Can someone please help me out?

[un-yah]

I ran into this problem some time back. I asked the NI Engineers for a solution and they sent me the attached zip file. Although, after some discussions we realized that the FP module is set on GMT time. Therefore, I had to create a vi that would correct for local time (GMT to Local Time). I use this vi locally on my FP-2010 network module. It converts the time on 2010 (GMT) to Local time for time stamping my data. Good luck...

[upchuckjunk]

Thanks un-yah,

I got the time and date set correctly on my system now. The only other issue I have now is how do I get it to do this automatically, say once a day? I can write the code that will make the VI do the operation but cannot seem to come up with a method to actually do the time/date update. Any ideas?

Thanks.

[un-yah]

It looks like your using the ni vi that I sent. I played around with it briefly, but quickly retreated to the "gmt to local.vi". It actually makes a lot of since that the FP-2000 uses GMT time because it doesn't make a difference where you are accessing it from the time is standard. This feature works well for me because I have systems that I can access on a WAN all around the US. Good luck with your application, sorry I couldn't be of any further help.

[upchuckjunk]

Thanks, at least I'm one step further along.