At a Glance

In Control Expert software, to allow applicative time stamping, adjust the Project Settings by clicking Tools > Project Settings > General .

NOTE: Those settings only apply to BMX CRA 312 10 and BMX ERT 1604 T modules. They do not apply to 140 ERT 854 •0 modules.

Time Stamping Parameters

Click General > Time to reach time stamping parameter:

In Time field, set the time stamping mode and time zone:

Subfield

Value for Applicative Time Stamping

Description

Time Stamping Mode

Applicative

Select Applicative to enable applicative time stamping.

Custom TimeZone

Enabled or Disabled

Enable or disable a custom time zone, user selects the values.

  • If disabled, Time Zone can be chosen in the following drop-down box.

  • If enabled, Time Offset and Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving settings can be adjusted.

Time Zone

(1.)

Can be selected if Custom TimeZone is disabled only.

Select one of the most common time zone.

Time Offset

(1.)

Can be selected if Custom TimeZone is enabled only.

The selected value (- 1439 ... + 1439 minutes) is added to current local time.

Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving

(1.)

Can be selected if Custom TimeZone is enabled only (2.).

When enabled, START and END daylight saving parameters can be adjusted in the following subfields to have the clock adjusted by +1 hour when daylight saving starts, then be adjusted by -1 hour when daylight saving ends.

NOTE: DST START and END hours are preset if they are not displayed.

1. No specific value required for applicative time stamping, depends on Custom TimeZone subfield value.

2. BMX ERT 1604 T modules do not use the automatic daylight saving adjustment setting.

Time stamped events are marked in UTC values and the time zone settings allow to convert GPS local time to UTC values in BMX ERT 1604 T.

NOTE: When the source of time stamped events is a BMX CRA 312 10 module, the time zone settings have no influence on time stamped events (the module uses UTC time from the NTP server) but the time zone settings are used for diagnostic purpose (local time is needed).
NOTE: The daylight saving time settings are not applicable to the BMX ERT 1604 T module because this module gets the daylight saving time switching information from the external clock (DCF77 or IRIG-B 004/5/6/7 time code).

Variables Settings

Dynamic arrays must be enabled in the application to allow applicative time stamping function.

Click General > Variables and check the Allow dynamic arrays (ANY_ARRAY_XXX) check box.