Re: KRONOS Gatekeeper Downloads

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Time Clock transactions and low priority UDP???
glad I'm not punching on that clock!
can you imagine a union grievance - the network "ate" my time?
imho
jim franz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Reinhardt" <JReinhardt@Lance.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: KRONOS Gatekeeper Downloads


> Kronos uses UDP to communicate over TCP/IP to the clocks.  This is
normally
> a low priority layer and high TCP/IP network traffic will cause collisions
> that degrade UDP to the point that contact can be dropped or no made.
>
> You can change the clocks to be on their own node (not mixed with other
> traffic) for most of the trip.
>
> You can set your network routing to increase the priority of the UDP
> communications layer (must have smart routers).
>
> Keeping the clocks separate is the best option since they could be
> considered critical.
>
> Joe Reinhardt
> Lance, Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LBellott@shopvac.com [mailto:LBellott@shopvac.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:01 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: KRONOS Gatekeeper Downloads
>
>
> We purchased KRONOS Gatekeeper for our AS/400, and we are experiencing
> intermittent problems while downloading employees to the Gate clocks.
> Sometimes it works fine, but most of the time it drops records.
>
> They are communicating using TCP/IP via ethernet.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this or have any idea of what could be causing
> this?
>
> We also keep getting messages that CLOCK are not responding while doing
> polling.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Lenny Bellott
> Information Systems
> Shop-Vac Corporation
>
> Phone-(570) 321-7206
> Fax  #-(570) 321-7266
>
> LBellott@shopvac.com
>
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