Black Box ASTCRCB, ASTCRCR, ASTCPOEK, ASTCBK, ASTCRCG, ASTCKEY, ASTC3000 Performing Backup and Restore

Chapter 4: Operation

4.1.12.2.Performing Backup and Restore

The Auto-Sync Time Clock has a built in utility that can be used to Backup and/or Restore the clock configuration and transaction files. Please consult Chapter 5 for details on how to use the Auto-Sync Utility to simultaneously update the configuration of multiple clocks using a shared configuration config.bin file which was created from a shared backup procedure.

To backup the Configuration & Transaction files stored in the clock:

1.Click on the Backup/Restore link under Utilities, and the Backup tab screen will appear (see Figure 4-23).

2.Click on the drop down menu to select the type of Backup. The choices are; Configuration, Transaction, or Both.

3.Click on the radio button Specific or Shared to define this backup file. Click

Shared if you want to make a shared file for this clock’s configuration to be possibly used by other clocks.

NOTE: A transaction file CANNOT actually be shared by multiple clocks even though you might have selected Shared. You CANNOT restore a shared transaction file. This is prevented to maintain each clocks transaction record for OATS compliance.

Figure 4-23. Backup Utility.

4.Click on the button to perform the Backup and the status will appear once the operation has been completed. The transaction file will be stored at the same location (path) previously entered for the FTP Server (see Figure 4-22). The configuration file will also be stored in the same location but in a binary format with a filename which correlates to the clock and ending in “_ATVSConfig.bin”.

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