Tardis

Remote antenna for Tardis workstation ARC

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Galleon Atomic Radio Clock combined with the TARDIS software ensures your server, computer or network is synchronised to the most accurate clock in the world. Every second. Every minute. Every hour of every day.

Accurate to 1 second in every 1,000,000 years.

Atomic Radio Clocks constantly check the correct time against a radio signal direct from the World and National Time standards, based in North America and Europe. You can be confident that your computers are always synchronised to precisely the right time.

Designed to work specifically with the TARDIS software, written by and available from HC Mingham-Smith. Please ensure that the software you use with a Tardis Atomic Radio Clock is a legal copy the Tardis software.

• GALLEON Atomic radio Clocks supplied world-wide.All kinds of organisations all over the world are already using Galleon Atomic Radio Clocks.

Atomic Radio Clocks are available for

• America, using the WWVB time signal transmitter.
• Europe (central) using the German DCF time signal transmitter.
• Europe (Britain, Eire and Portugal) using the British MSF time signal transmitter. · Using the national time transmitter provides the strongest time signal, therefore able to receive time signal across the country.

Hardware Products

Galleon Atomic Radio Clocks are easy to install and use. They interface with your computer via a serial port and link to the TARDIS software.

There are two elements to the Galleon Atomic Radio Clock for the TARDIS software. Firstly a entry level TARDIS Workstation ARC (Atomic Radio Clock) which receives and decodes the radio time signal, displays the UTC time, date and signal strength and via a serial interface communicates with the computer to update the computers time and date. The ARC receives the time signal directly from the National Standard time source so can be set as a Stratum 1 time source.

The second element of a Galleon Atomic radio Clock for the TARDIS software is optional but we would recommend its use in any areas where you consider that there may be a weak signal, or there may be local electrical interference. The remote antenna allows the radio time signal receiving antenna plus filtering electronics to be positioned at a location where a good radio signal can be obtained, this can be up to 150m (500ft) away from the server/computer. The ARC now consists of two units the remote antenna to receive the radio time signal and the micro-controller that is positioned next to your server/computer, this contains a real time clock which is continually re-calibrated against the Atomic Radio Time signal and a display to show UTC time, date and signal strength, then via a serial interface communicates with the computer to update the computers time. Guaranteed to obtain a signal.

Key benefits include:

• Server time is always correct.
• Log exactly when e-mail, EDI and other events occur.
• Synchronise computers, to within fractions of a second of the World time standard.
• Help combat fraud by providing accurate auditable time stamping.
• A single clock will synchronise the time on a complete network of computers.
• Automatically synchronises the start and end of remote activities across several locations.
• Stops users complaining about incorrect time.
• Automatic update of time. No user intervention required, once installed forget about it.
• Simple Installation.

Reliable, GALLEON Atomic Clocks are used by thousands of organisations world-wide. They are used in a wide range of applications, including currency trading and e-commerce.