Network-Time-Server-DIA-Example

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Overview
This simple DIA example is a NTP (Network Time Protocol) connector / driver. With it, you can easily direct your ConnectPort-X to update its system time via any publicly available time server.

Pre-Requisites
You should register at www.etherios.com/devicecloud and then download DIA. After that, read the Getting Started guide and begin looking at the simple drivers (found under ../src/devices in the DIA source code tree). You should have a basic working knowledge of DIA (how to start / stop & use basic drivers / presentations) before proceeding.

Step 1
Download the Media:Network_Time_Protocol_Dia_Driver.zip archive. The included "yml" file is the configuration is used when starting the DIA application. It's included here for reference.

## NTP Time Server DIA Configuration File
devices:
 # The ntp_time_device device driver; creates a demonstration device
 # containing a network time server address and timezone settings.
 # Recommended update_rate for this driver is 86400 seconds (1 day).
 - name: ntp_time
   driver: devices.ntp_time_device:NTPTimeDevice
   settings:
       Time_Server: "2.fedora.pool.ntp.org"
       Time_Zone: -6
       update_rate: 3540
      
presentations:
 # Create a new console instance on TCP port 4146.  It can be connected
 # two by using any telnet client.
 - name: console0
   driver: presentations.console.console:Console
   settings:
       type: tcp
       port: 4146

 # Create a web presentation instance.  When running on a PC this will
 # start a new web-server on a default port
 # When running on a Digi device this presentation will "extend" the
 # web-server built in to the Digi device with a new page named
 # "idigi_dia.html".  
 - name: web0
   driver: presentations.web.web:Web
   settings:
       page: idigi_dia.html
       port: 8081

Step 2
Re-compile DIA to using this configuration file or incorporating the elements you require. You can do this via the command line (python make.py ntp_time.yml) or using the Digi IDE for DIA.

Step 3
Test the "virtual" device with your browser (Gateway IP Address/idigi_dia.html) or via telnet (to port 4146 on your Gateway). You can adjust the Time Server, Time Zone and the update rate (in seconds).