Software - AWB Time
One of the first things when starting an observational session is to ensure that your device (e.g. observatory PC) and/or mount controller has the correct local date, time and time zone specified as accurately as possible.
This application provides a facility to call a public facing NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) service to obtain an accurate time. NIST is a U.S. Government department founded in 1901 and provides (amongst many other things) public facing web services that may be called on specified I.P addresses - it is this facility that my application uses. Please note that if you are behind a firewall, depending upon how it has been configured, it may block the NIST call.
Click here to download AWB Time v120.setup.zip
Once downloaded right click the zip file and select the extract menu option and then double click the setup.exe file to install.
One of the first things when starting an observational session is to ensure that your device (e.g. observatory PC) and/or mount controller has the correct local date, time and time zone specified as accurately as possible.
This application provides a facility to call a public facing NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) service to obtain an accurate time. NIST is a U.S. Government department founded in 1901 and provides (amongst many other things) public facing web services that may be called on specified I.P addresses - it is this facility that my application uses. Please note that if you are behind a firewall, depending upon how it has been configured, it may block the NIST call.
Click here to download AWB Time v120.setup.zip
Once downloaded right click the zip file and select the extract menu option and then double click the setup.exe file to install.
