Installation and Operation Guide

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And so on with a maximum of 52 weeks.

Both the binary and text files created during a scheduled Backup

will have the last 6 digits of the clocks unique MAC Address in

the filename.

How to Setup Backup Schedules

At a pre-determined time of the day and day of the week, the TS-3000i

Web Clock can be set to send a Backup file of the entire transaction

database to a designated FTP site (path). This Backup of the entire

transaction database up until the date that the schedule is run is

controlled by setting up schedules as previously described in the

Schedules procedure.

When a Backup schedule occurs, 3 files are created. A scheduled clock

Backup always includes the clock’s unique MAC address. Each clock’s 3

Backup files always get appended with new data when the latest Backup

schedule is run. The 1

Backup file created is a binary file with the name

MAC address_ATVSConfig.bin for a configuration file. This ensures

you always have a backup copy of this clock’s configuration. Note – this

file cannot be shared with other clocks. The 2

file, also a binary, has

the file name MAC address_ATVSTrans.bin because it is a backup of

the clock’s transaction database. This ensures that you always have the

most complete copy of the entire clock database. Thus, it is important to

schedule backups to maintain an up to date copy of the transaction

database and configuration setup. The 3

file is a text file generated from

the database based upon what was defined for either “Daily” or “Weekly”

and this file is named MAC address_ATVSTrans.txt

TS-3000i Web Clock Utilities

The TS-3000i Web Clock utilizes an FTP server for the Backup/Restore

utility functions. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a network protocol

used to transfer data from one computer to another through a network

such as the Internet. FTP is a file transfer protocol for exchanging and

manipulating files over a TCP computer network. An FTP client may

connect to an FTP server to manipulate files on that server.

Also, use the TS-3000i Utility CD to get clock configuration and/or

transaction files with the built-in FTP capability provided by the utility

(see Chapter 5).