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 "Do you know what time it is?"
 
Inova OnTime™ Clocks show the right time, all the time.
Students can be very creative when it comes to making excuses for being late to class.  Meanwhile, teachers can have trouble starting and ending their classes on time as they contend with discipline issues and inaccurate clocks. Forward Edge offers a simple and cost-effective solution to the headaches of traditional clock systems.  From elementary to high school campuses, just think of the additional education and productivity you could gain by using a fully dependable, synchronized clock system!

• Consistent and accurate time across an organization keeps things running smoothly.
• Traditional timepieces are subject to drift, power outages and dying batteries — causing clocks to run out-of-sync.

Inova offers a unique timekeeping solution featuring digital clocks which receive both power and time updates through a standard Ethernet connection. This solution keeps all clocks perfectly synchronized, greatly simplifies installation over other solutions and virtually eliminates maintenance work. Schools and universities rely on accurate timekeeping to smoothly transition students from one class to the next and maintain organization and order. Inova clocks provide consistency throughout a building or across an entire campus, ensuring students and educators are on the same page (unfortunately, these clocks can't kick students out of bed for an 8:00 am course…at least not yet).
This technology allows these clocks to receive power as well as data over existing LAN cabling, without needing to modify the existing Ethernet infrastructure.
The advantages of delivering both data and power over one set of wires are as follows:

• Simplify installation
• Save space
• Eliminate the need for electrical outlets
• UPS backup allows these clocks to continue running even in the event of a power failure
• ALL clocks not only display the same time, but the correct time as well.     * Allows greater flexibility placing clocks and, in most cases, significantly decreases installation costs

OnTime digital clocks are highly accurate and receive synchronized time updates automatically over the network. Forward Edge will keep things simple by eliminating the need for specialized software – control one or hundreds of clocks from any PC on the network with a simple telnet session. OnTime clocks will find an existing SNTP or NTP server on your network, or you can set up a new one, making synchronized time easy.
 
 Problems with traditional school clocks:

• Expensive
• Time is inconsistent between clocks (one teacher dismisses the class because the clock in that classroom says it is time…but every other clock is saying differently!)
• Time is often wrong
• Maintenance costs are high
• Time is hard to see in dim lit conditions
• Standard clocks are pulse driven which makes them susceptible to inconsistencies

Benefits of Power over Ethernet Technology
Having only one set of wires to bring to your appliance simplifies installation and saves space.
There is no need to pay for an expensive electrician, or delay your installation to meet the electrician's schedule; thus saving time and money.
The appliance can be easily moved, to wherever you can lay a LAN cable with minimal disruption to the workplace.  
A UPS can guarantee power to the appliance even during mains power failure.
Clocks can be shut down or reset remotely so there isno need for a reset button or power switch.
There is no doubt that this new technology is going to transform the way electrical equipment is powered. Why not become an "early adopter" yourself, and start using these clocks?