Will the ‘clock_sync_interval’ work if an EMS client's version is lower than 6.1 and the server is version 6.1 or higher?

Will the ‘clock_sync_interval’ work if an EMS client's version is lower than 6.1 and the server is version 6.1 or higher?

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Article ID: KB0089183

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Description

Resolution:
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The system time between an EMS server and a client goes out of sync. Assume the EMS server has been upgraded to version 6.1 or higher and there are multiple versions of clients connecting to this EMS server. According to the EMS 6.1 Release Notes, this problem can be fixed by configuring the clock_sync_interval in the EMS server 6.1.

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6.1 Synchronize UTC between server and clients. This release adds the ability to periodically send the EMS server's Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to clients, allowing the client to update its offset. This is controlled by the clock_sync_interval in the tibemsd.conf file.
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Will the ‘clock_sync_interval’ work if the EMS client is lower than 6.1 and the server is version 6.1 or higher?

Symptoms:
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Slow clock tick error in the EMS server logs. Messages expire.

Cause:
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Client and server clocks are out of sync.


Resolution:
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In order to resolve this issue and have the benefits of the ‘clock_sync_interval’ parameter, both the EMS client and server must be at version 6.1 or higher.

Issue/Introduction

Will the ‘clock_sync_interval’ work if an EMS client's version is lower than 6.1 and the server is version 6.1 or higher?