PlatformServices in any station (AX-3.4 or later) contains a child NtpPlatformServicesOS, which provides an interface to the RFC 1305-compliant NTP (Network Time Protocol) service or daemon running on that host
platform. NTP is the currently recommended time synchronization protocol to use between inter-networked devices, offering
more accuracy than the RFC 868 Time Protocol.
By default, this platform service is disabled.
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If left disabled, this platform service does nothing.
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If enabled, this platform uses NTP as a client to sync its clock with time values retrieved from one or more NTP time servers, according to other configuration properties.
An enabled NtpPlatformService will not allow client synchronization with time servers using RFC 868, even if the station also has a TimeSyncService under its Config, Services folder. See the section Interaction with station’s TimeSyncService for related details.
See the following sections for more details: