Sending file updates to specific clock types

You can configure the mass update to send files to specific clock types. This update can be used for updating different versions of the clocks. For example, you may have updates for biometric clocks that proximity badge clocks should not receive.

To send file updates to specific clock types:

  1. Ensure the wbsynch.softwareupdate.type setting in the settings.conf file of each WB5500 has been set to the correct type name.
  2. Determine the file update repository directory. The directory is set by the value of this registry parameter:
    /system/clocks/DOWNLOAD_DIR
  3. Create subdirectories with the exact type names that were specified in wbsynch.softwareupdate.type for each clock type you want to update.
  4. Under the subdirectories that you created in the previous step, create a file update directory following these conventions:
    • If you are creating your own custom update, create a subdirectory with the format update.<a-b-c-d>.dir, where <a-b-c-d> is the update number, ensuring this version number is greater than the last update. Version comparison is done first with the a value, followed by b, c, and d, so that a version of 5.0.0.3 is higher than 4.9.9.9 and 5.0.0.0. You must follow this convention for your custom update to work.
    • If the update has been provided by the system, the update should already be in this format. Copy the folder provided to you into the file update repository, again ensuring the version number is highest.
All clocks with the specified clock type that are connected to the file update service will download these file changes, unless the clock finds an update for its specific name within its clock type.