Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Hello Tech-Talk,

We have two IOCs, both mv2700s running EPICS r314123j0 that have OS Clock times in the future. Our NTP time is correct and it is set to a higher priority but is not syncing with the OS time. Is there a way to force synchronization of the two time providers at run-time? Or is there a way to forcibly set the current general time provider at run-time? Rebooting is an option, but I'm checking to see if there is a run-time solution. I've left some additional information below.

IOC command line:

#####generalTimeReport#####

vxwrks@ioc -> generalTimeReport 5

PV Status: 

$(ioc):GTIM_CUR_SRC = OS Clock (***Is NTP on our functional IOCs***)

$(ioc):GTIM_HI_SRC = NTP

This is a strange one that seems to have come up before: https://epics.anl.gov/tech-talk/2017/msg01846.php

Any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks for your help,

Kyle