[cisco-voip] Time Display on phones

[Mike King]

I grabbed the SDK, and threw up the included Clock app.  It's only Hours and
minutes as well.

I don't have time dedicated to write my own app, so I'll just suggest the
get an atomic clock for the wall, and I'll continue to play with this in my
free time.

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Wes Sisk <wsisk at cisco.com> wrote:

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> Time on the 3rd & 4th phone time can drift by up to 10 seconds from NTP or
> CM time.  It turns our setting the time on phones is expensive processor
> wise so do it only when necessary.
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> I know of no way to get seconds to display on the phone. Given the up to 10
> second drift I don't know how much you'd want to reveal the internal clock
> of the phones.
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> IPPhoneServicesSDK used to include a time clock web service that could be
> used as idle URL on the phones. That displayed time from server with a 1
> second refresh interval.  That might work so long as your webserver and
> network can handle the traffic.
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> Since you're on 3rd gen phones that support java midlets this might be a
> good opportunity to begin exploring midlets to see what they can do.
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> Regards,
> Wes
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> On 8/2/2011 3:19 PM, Jason Aarons (AM) wrote:
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>  I haven’t seen anything. Wonder how much drift it would have showing on
> phone..****
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> Run NTP on router and point Wall clock to your NTP.  What most schools do.
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> http://www.timetools.co.uk/products/digital-wall-clock.htm****
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> *Subject:* [cisco-voip] Time Display on phones****
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> Here's an odd ball request.****
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> We have a department that requires precise time. The do not have full blown
> computers, nor do they have internet access on the terminals they use.****
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> They used to dial the time service in our area (1 617 637 8687), but it
> appears to be discontinued.  (Worked last week, but not now)****
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> Is there any way to get the 7900 series (Mostly 7945's) to display the
> seconds on the phone?  An application?****
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> Mike****
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