Stay in Sync With An Ethernet Clock
This digital, LED-based clock connects to the Internet via an Ethernet connection, and even draws power from the network.
Sure, we have clocks built into Windows and OS X, but what about the clocks we have mounted on the wall or sitting on the kitchen table? They deserve accurate time too, and having to re-adjust their time-keeping skills can be somewhat annoying. Satellite-based clocks? I have one that refuses to change back to Standard Time.
Processor.com sent along a little briefing on ComputerWise's ED212 Digital Time Display, a clock that hooks up to the Ethernet and ensures accurate, consistent time tracking. The device measures 6.9 x 23.5 x 3.3 inches (H x W x D) and has a six-digit display containing characters up to four-inches, visible up to 100 feet away.
According to Processor.com, the clock includes a pre-load and start count-up and count-down timer, start and stop timers, up to 32 user-defined alarms, and four optional relay output alarms. The sign's relay outputs can be single isolated relay outputs (two, three, or four), and can even draw its power from the Ethernet.
This technology isn't particularly new. Corporations have used these LED-based signs to display various messages... including the time. End-users can also pre-program messages via software installed on the PC and send them directly to the clock's built-in flash memory. Certain messages can also be triggered to display by activating assigned contacts via an external controller.
Although the ComputerWise ED212 Digital Time Display will remain correct at all time, this super-sized clock is best suited for small businesses or houses with cathedral-sized rooms.
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Cool, but I see no price or where to buy....
Who comes up with this useless information? WOW what a waste of time reading this article
It only gets it's power from the Ethernet if you have PoE, which most "small businesses or houses with cathedral-sized rooms" don't have so they have to use the AC adapter.
Agreed. Practically no small businesses or homes have PoE switches, unless they invested in one as part of a VoIP system.
You could use a power injector though I suppose. They are pretty cheap.
Dave... waste of time though it may be, you read it just like the rest of us
"what about the clocks we have mounted on the wall "
They have been making clocks that get their time sync from an AM signal for decades.
What a waste of ethernet cable...
need wireless, or more cables than sockets in ur router...we have 6+ clocks at home
Why not wifi? Your choice of battery power or plug in.
This is too cool.
What a silly story.
Just use the world known standard clocks. ( duhh..
Also
Power companys ensure the nunber of hz cycles per day. for clocks
(( wonders why such a waste of a story.
"what about the clocks we have mounted on the wall "They have been making clocks that get their time sync from an AM signal for decades.
RIGHT you are!!! Just google: atomic wall clock
These "atomic clocks" however they are not atomic but sync with the many actual atomic clocks around the world that are sending out radio signals that are picked up by an appropriate receiver.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_clock#Radio_clocks
So begs to ask, why an Ethernet wall clock? It's not a simplier, less expensive, less power, or even more elegant mouse trap than the radio clock. Even if they come out with a wireless ver as in WiFi or what ever.... Isn't that just a me too (ie: radio vs WiFi) that will most likely use more power, etc. So why??? There are also GPS clock devices that can be deployed for even more accuracy than the radio "better brands of radio clocks are normally accurate to the second" but GPS clocks can be even more accurate. SO only if mounting an radio or GPS antenna (even a remote antenna) is not possible does a Ethernet clock make sense.
My wall clock cost like 3 bucks and runs on a single AA battery for a couple years. This ethernet clock is just dumb.
with this technology, they could make router(or modem)/alarm clock/ radios. with the time syncing, that would get me interested
Just another gimmick designed to produce revenue.
wow, looks awesome! NOT... lame idea, any digital clock will run for years and with a great amount of accuracy.
The idea is nice but I don't want a clock sucking all my bandwidth!
/sarcasm
There are plenty of places where radio & GPS-based time services will not reach. Another benefit of an NTP clock is that you can control what it's sync'd with, since businesses may have other systems (point-of-sale, etc.) that are not precisely sync'd with NIST coordinated universal time.
I ran across these a couple years ago, when I was looking for just such a product. I love the old-style red LED display and the boxy industrial construction. Even the fact that it displays seconds is a plus. I couldn't find an "atomic clock" remotely like that. However, in the end, I was put off by the price. I just couldn't justify it for home use.