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Removing Data from Your Application
It is recommended to keep less than 40,000 individual punches on your system at one time, for best performance. To keep your
system running optimal, delete unneeded data off of the clock.
Important:
Before removing any data from your time clock, we recommend you first make a backup of your existing
data.
Go to
Files
|
Remove Unneeded Data
.
1.
Select a date using the calendar in the Delete Punches Prior to field.
2.
Click Submit to remove punches up to the date specified.
3.
Note:
When selecting a date, any data prior to that date will no longer be available as part of your active database.
Click
Cancel
to go back to the time clock Home page.
4.
Updating Your Time Clock
Occasionally, Icon Time Systems releases new updates for your employee time clock. These updates are provided for free and often
include new features and improvements.
Note:
Before performing updates to your employee time clock, we recommend that you save a backup of your data.
Refer to the
creating a backup of your time clock data
section.
Updating Your Time Clock from the Software Interface
IMPORTANT:
If you are using a Macintosh computer to manage your time clock software, you must update using the
USB flash drive. Go to
Updating Your Time Clock Using a USB Flash Drive
section in this chapter.
Follow the instructions below to update your Universal Employee Time Clock.
First download the time clock update file from our website to your desktop.
1.
www.icontime.com/universal_time_clock_update
From the
Navigation
menu, go to
Files
and select
System Update
.
2.
In the System Update screen, type your time clock password in the
Current Password
field.
3.
Click
Browse
to locate and select the
update.bin
file in the File Upload screen.
4.
Click
Open
in the File Upload screen.
5.
Click
Submit
in the System Update screen.
6.
A pop-up window displays for you to save a backup of your data. If you already created a backup of your data,
7.
disregard this message by clicking
OK
. Your time clock starts the update process, then automatically reboots. Wait for
this process to complete. This process may take up to 15 minutes.
When rebooting is complete, click
Home
to log back into your time clock.
8.
