Blackout Period Function?

rouvelas · Joined: 01 Sep 2011 Posts: 15 Location: Malta

What is the purpose of the Blackout Period that is found on the new version?
thanks
Georgios

alan · **Forum facilitator** Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 4435

It can be used to block users during off hours, peak hours, etc...
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gcuvellier · Joined: 01 Mar 2012 Posts: 11

Hi there,
We set a blackout period from 9pm till 6am, but today at 8am, I tested the system again and I got the "blackout period" message. Not the first time I try this blackout feature : seems to work say on the same day but the next day or the day after, it stops working properly and we get the error msg.
What did we miss ?
Any other settings we should have enabled or adjusted at the same time to make it work correctly ?
Of course we checked the server & client clocks, timezones, ntp, etc...
Thanks for your help !
Gilles

alan · **Forum facilitator** Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 4435

What FirstSpot version are you currently using?
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gcuvellier · Joined: 01 Mar 2012 Posts: 11

v7.0.5 advanced edition
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alan · **Forum facilitator** Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 4435

We fix an issue with the Blackout Period. Please download the below patch:

http://patronsoft.com/firstspot/download/patch/706/blackout_period_patch.zip

Just unzip the zip file and replace FirstSpotCore.exe under FirstSpot\dispatcher directory (backup the original one first), and then restart FirstSpot.
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gcuvellier · Joined: 01 Mar 2012 Posts: 11

thanks. Will try and keep you posted.
G.

gcuvellier · Joined: 01 Mar 2012 Posts: 11

So far, seems to work perfectly fine Very Happy

Thanks !