Setting the Time of Day Clock

    Hi Guys,
    Since I couldn't find anything by googling, either here or elsewhere I just put my head down and ground through the menus until I figured it out. So I thought I would post it here to save the next guy some time.
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    [5]SYSTEM for R-J2 or
    [6]SYSTEM for R-J3 and newer
    and depending on your software version
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    My question is: Is there a way to have the controller AUTOMATICALLY keep the calender/clock up to date if it is networked? Hopefully without having to buy expensive software and/or licenses?
    Thanks for providing this forum, I read it nearly every day!

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    My question is: Is there a way to have the controller AUTOMATICALLY keep the calender/clock up to date if it is networked? Hopefully without having to buy expensive software and/or licenses?
    Thanks for providing this forum, I read it nearly every day!

    Surely there are some way you could investigate :
    1. Communicate with a remote PC, make this remote PC send the date/time value, retrieve the value from the robot and increment the variables storing date and time value
    2. I believe Fanuc has an option to use SNTP protocol with the robot, this protocol was made for what you want to do (i do not know the cost of this though)

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