Time Synchronization

This section describes how to sync the time of the device.

Note: If device has ever been powered off, the time needs to be synced again.
Manually Sync

The device time can be synced via Milesight ToolBox App.

Steps:

1. Go to Device > Basic Information of Milesight ToolBox App.

2. Click the arrow to sync the time with time zone from the smart phone.

Auto Sync
The device time can be synced from the LoRaWAN® network server that supporting time synchronization feature. Example: Milesight gateway embedded NS.

Steps:

  1. Ensure the communication mode includes LoRa.
  2. Set the LoRaWAN® version of the device to V1.0.3.
  3. Connect the device to the network server. After joining the network, the device will send a DeviceTimeReq MAC command to enquire the time from network server.
Note:
  • This only supports to get the time but not time zone. The time zone can be configured by ToolBox App or downlink command.
  • The device will send the DeviceTimeReq command every 5 days since the last sync. You can also send downlink command to ask the device for this operation.