Location & Time
The Location & Time tab is used for setting the geographic location of your SimplySNAP installation, Enabling and Disabling the Offline Map, and setting the System Date & Time.
Site Controller Location
The location of your SimplySNAP installation determines the proper sunrise and sunset times for automated systems, determines if and when daylight savings time is applied to the system, and helps provide accurate positioning on map views. To enter the location for your site controller, type the latitude and longitude for your installation into the provided fields, then click Save Changes to save your changes and exit, or Cancel to exit without saving.
If the site controller is connected to the internet via a LAN connection, the Map page will display the correct location of the site controller on a map overlay.
If the site controller will not have continuous Internet access, you should enable the offline map by clicking the Enable toggle under the Offline Map heading, and then clicking the Update button. This will download the map of your installation for use when Internet access is not available.
Enabling and Disabling the Offline Map
It's still possible to use maps with a SimplySNAP installation that does not have an internet connection. This is accomplished via the Offline Map functionality, which can be enabled with the Offline Map toggle within the Location & Time tab.
To use an offline map, the Offline Map toggle must be enabled while the site controller has internet access. When the Offline Map is enabled, the SimplySNAP site controller will download the site map and store it within the controller for times when internet access is not available. You may then disconnect the internet connection and move the site controller to where it will be installed.
System Date & Time
Currently the SimplySNAP site controller does not connect to a network time source, since many installations do not have constant network access.
To set or update the system date, time, and time zone:
- Click the Config menu choice in the left menu bar, and then select the Location & Time tab at the top of the screen.
- The current system date and time is displayed under the System Date & Time heading. You can manually enter a new date by clicking within the New Date & Time field, or you can click the black triangle on the right side of the New Date & Time field to select the current date from a pop-up calendar.
- Select your time zone from the New Time Zone drop down field.
- Click Save Changes to save your changes and exit, or Cancel to exit without saving.
Updating for Daylight Savings Time
The SimplySNAP site controller automatically updates for daylight savings time (DST) depending on the configured time zone. You won't need to adjust for DST unless you are in a region that does not observe DST and you want your SimplySNAP installation to observe DST anyway. If this is the case, you will need to manually adjust the clock.