The function Update notification allows you to configure the DataClient to automatically check in regular specified intervals whether new updates are available and to notify you of them. You then can install the updates with the help of the Assistant as usual.

Please note that the update notification can always be activated for one system user only. This should always be that user who is responsible for the system update. The notification is always activated for that user who enables the function in the DataClient. If a different user is logged in at the time of the notification, the notification will be delayed as long as the original user will log in again.

Activating the update notification

To be able to activate the update notification, the update server, a user name, and the corresponding password have to be stored. If you have already updated your system with the DataClient, these settings are already available, unless you explicitly prevented the password from being stored. You can check and modify the above mentioned data in the category server of the program settings.

To be notified of new available updates, you proceed as follows:

1. Call up the settings Schedule updates.

2. Activate the option Notify if new updates are available

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Activating the update notification

3. Define when and how often you want to check for new available updates:

•Enter a date for Next check on

•Select the interval for checking for updates

•Select one of the options after User logon or at specified time and enter the desired time, if applicable.

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Defining the update plan

4. Click on the Accept button to store the modified settings. If the settings are incorrect or if it is not possible to activate the update notification, an error message will be displayed.

Form of the update notification

When the specified time is reached, the DataClient is launched in the background and checks automatically whether new updates are available. You can see that the DataClient is active by an additional icon in the notification area of the system tray (beside the Windows clock). If no updates are available, the DataClient closes automatically. If new updates are available, the user is notified of them. The DataClient symbol in the notification area is only displayed when the DataClient is active. Otherwise, it is hidden.

As soon as new updates are available, a speech bubble (see picture) is displayed. A click on the speech bubble calls up the DataClient. The new updates are displayed in detail and you can start the installation as usual. The paragraph Notification mode contains detailed information on using the DataClient in case of an update notification.

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Form of the update notification

Further notes

Hibernation

If you have enabled the option Notification after User logon and if you use hibernation, please note that no user login takes place when reactivating the system and continuing your last session. In case you regularly use hibernation instead of shutting down your system, it is recommended to check for new updates at a specified time and not upon user login. Otherwise, it is possible that the desired update notification is strongly delayed.

Behavior in different cases

If an update is not possible at the specified time (e.g. because the system is shut off), the DataClient will try later to execute the update. The exact behavior of the DataClient in different cases is listed in the table below:

System state at the planned time	Option: execution upon user login	Option: execution at specified time
System is shut off	-	As soon as the system is switched on again and the respective user logs in, the update will be executed within one hour.
System is hibernating	-	As soon as the system awakes from hibernation, the update will be executed within one hour.
Another user is logged in	-	The update is not executed as long as another user is logged in. As soon as the respective user logs in, the update will be executed within one hour.
The respective user does not log in on the specified day	The update will be executed as soon as the user logs in again. This can also be days or weeks later.	As soon as the user logs in again, the update will be executed within one hour. This can also be days or weeks later.
No internet connection is available	The DataClient remains active in background and retries the update later. This is usefully especially if a WLAN connection is used, because the WLAN connection often needs some minutes to setup after user login. The time intervalls, after whose the the update is retried, are: 2nd try after 5 minutes 3rd try after 15 minutes 4th try after 30 minutes 5th try after 60 minutes Even if the update server can not be connected after 60 minutes, an error message is showed and the update is stopped. The update is tried again after one day.	The DataClient remains active in background and retries the update later. The time intervalls, after whose the the update is retried, are: 2nd try after 5 minutes 3rd try after 15 minutes 4th try after 30 minutes 5th try after 60 minutes Even if the update server can not be connected after 60 minutes, an error message is showed and the update is stopped. The update is tried again after one day.
No new updates are available	The time of the next update will be postponed by the specified interval. The user doesn’t get a notification.	The time of the next update will be postponed by the specified interval. The user doesn’t get a notification.
Updates are available and the user installs them	The time of the next update will be postponed by the specified interval.	The time of the next update will be postponed by the specified interval.
Updates are available, the user ignores the notification or aborts the Assistant	The DataClient remains active in notification mode and notifies the user one hour later again.	The DataClient remains active in notification mode and notifies the user one hour later again.
Updates are available, but the user fully aborts the DataClient (including the icon in the notification area of the system tray)	The time of the next update will be postponed by one day.	The time of the next update will be postponed by one day.

Technical information

For using the update notification, the system service “Task Scheduler” has to be activated. This service is available by default and activated on all supported systems. If this service should not be available or not be enabled, you will receive an error message when activating the update notification. The system service “Task Scheduler” is used to automatically launch the DataClient in the background at the specified points of time.