Index: RTC.c
===================================================================
diff -u -r99f91b0f1bed7da40da75e97d3bb7a3b00e9508d -rd6afafc35efa5dcfd151a871843070e249c1c09f
--- RTC.c	(.../RTC.c)	(revision 99f91b0f1bed7da40da75e97d3bb7a3b00e9508d)
+++ RTC.c	(.../RTC.c)	(revision d6afafc35efa5dcfd151a871843070e249c1c09f)
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
 static U16 prepRAMBuffer[ RTC_RAM_PREP_BUFFER_LENGTH ];                         ///< Buffer to send prep read/write commands to RTC RAM.
 static U16 RAMBuffer[ MIBSPI_MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH ];                               ///< Buffer to read RTC RAM data.
 static U16 previousFPGATimerCount;                                              ///< Previous FPGA timer count;
+static OVERRIDE_U32_T rtcControlRegister1  = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
 #ifdef _DG_
 static BOOL syncDG2HDDateTimeFlag;                                              ///< Flag indicating whether DG RTC should be sync'd to HD RTC.
 #endif
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@
 static void updateReadTimestampStruct( void );
 static BOOL setMibSPIBufferLength( U16 length );
 static void prepBufferForReadCommand( U08 length );  // Puts the read command
+static U16 getControlReg1( void );
 
 static RTC_SELF_TEST_STATE_T handleSelfTestStart( void );
 static RTC_SELF_TEST_STATE_T handleSelfTestCheckCtrlRegs( void );
@@ -787,10 +789,13 @@
     BOOL hasReg1Failed = FALSE;
     BOOL isBatteryLow  = FALSE;
     BOOL status        = TRUE;
-    U16 controlReg1    = rxBuffer[ RTC_REG_1_INDEX ];
+    U16 controlReg1    = 0;
     U16 controlReg2    = rxBuffer[ RTC_REG_2_INDEX ];
     U16 controlReg3    = rxBuffer[ RTC_REG_3_INDEX ];
 
+    rtcControlRegister1.data = rxBuffer[ RTC_REG_1_INDEX ]; // populate real data before we consider override
+    controlReg1    = getControlReg1();
+
 #ifdef _DG_
     reg1Alarm    = ALARM_ID_DG_RTC_CONFIG_ERROR;
     batteryAlarm = ALARM_ID_DG_RTC_BATTERY_LOW;
@@ -1571,7 +1576,12 @@
     return state;
 }
 
+static U16 getControlReg1( void )
+{
 
+    return getU16OverrideValue(&rtcControlRegister1);
+}
+
 /*************************************************************************
  *                       TEST SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
  *************************************************************************/
@@ -1617,4 +1627,33 @@
     return result;
 }
 
+BOOL testSetRTCstatus( U32 status)
+{
+    BOOL result = FALSE;
+
+     if ( TRUE == isTestingActivated() )
+     {
+         result = TRUE;
+         rtcControlRegister1.ovData = status;
+         rtcControlRegister1.override = OVERRIDE_KEY;
+     }
+
+     return result;
+}
+
+BOOL testResetRTCstatus( void )
+{
+    BOOL result = FALSE;
+
+     if ( TRUE == isTestingActivated() )
+     {
+         result = TRUE;
+         rtcControlRegister1.override = OVERRIDE_RESET;
+         rtcControlRegister1.ovData = rtcControlRegister1.ovInitData;
+     }
+
+     return result;
+}
+
+
 /**@}*/
Index: TestSupport.c
===================================================================
diff -u -r2c508d911fedf7fea1a081f449070aeed248b85c -rd6afafc35efa5dcfd151a871843070e249c1c09f
--- TestSupport.c	(.../TestSupport.c)	(revision 2c508d911fedf7fea1a081f449070aeed248b85c)
+++ TestSupport.c	(.../TestSupport.c)	(revision d6afafc35efa5dcfd151a871843070e249c1c09f)
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@
     return result;
 }
 
+
+U16 getU16OverrideValue( OVERRIDE_U32_T *ovU32 )
+{
+    U16 result = (U16)( ovU32->data & MASK_OFF_MSW );
+
+    if ( OVERRIDE_KEY == ovU32->override )
+    {
+        result = (U16)( ovU32->ovData & MASK_OFF_MSW );
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 /*********************************************************************//**
  * @brief
  * The getS32OverrideValue function extracts the appropriate signed integer
Index: TestSupport.h
===================================================================
diff -u -r2c508d911fedf7fea1a081f449070aeed248b85c -rd6afafc35efa5dcfd151a871843070e249c1c09f
--- TestSupport.h	(.../TestSupport.h)	(revision 2c508d911fedf7fea1a081f449070aeed248b85c)
+++ TestSupport.h	(.../TestSupport.h)	(revision d6afafc35efa5dcfd151a871843070e249c1c09f)
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 // ********** public function prototypes **********
 
 U08 getU08OverrideValue( OVERRIDE_U32_T *ovU32 );
+U16 getU16OverrideValue( OVERRIDE_U32_T *ovU32 );
 U32 getU32OverrideValue( OVERRIDE_U32_T *ovU32 );
 S32 getS32OverrideValue( OVERRIDE_S32_T *ovS32 );
 F32 getF32OverrideValue( OVERRIDE_F32_T *ovF32 );