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The POS can specify the time window during which the terminal management system update check should take place. The default time window is 4:30 AM - 7:30 AM local time.

:::::notice{note}

The update check will not disrupt an in-progress transaction or other card reader operation. If an update is needed, Commerce SDK will wait until the current operation finishes to perform the update.
:::::

## Code Samples

### CWS 

#### Request

```json
{
 "method" : "setTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindowOnCardReader",
 "requestId" : "-597482921",
 "targetType" : "cardReader",
 "version" : "1.0",
 "parameters" : {
 "duration" : "2",
 "startTime" : "06:00"
 }
}
```

#### Response

```json
{
 "requestId" : "-597482919",
 "statusDetails" : "REQUEST_ACCEPTED",
 "data" : {
 "cardReaderCommand" : {
 "id" : "-597482921",
 "completed" : true,
 "eventQueue" : [ {
 "timeStamp" : "1678890765377",
 "statusDetails" : "SET_TMS_UPDATE_CHECK_TIME_WINDOW_COMPLETED"
 }, {
 "timeStamp" : "1678890765378",
 "statusDetails" : "SET_TMS_UPDATE_CHECK_TIME_WINDOW_SUCCEEDED"
 } ]
 }
 }
}
```

### Java

```java
// The following code is copied from MainActivity.java in the sample application code. 
// The call requires
// ECLTime startTime
// int duration (in hours)
// ECLCardReaderSetTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindowListener
 
cardReaderInterface.setTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindow(startTime, duration, new ECLCardReaderSetTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindowListener()
{
 @Override
 public void deviceOperationCompleted(ECLCardReaderInterface eclCardReaderInterface, ECLTransactionProgress s)
 {
 displayMessage("setTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindow - success");
 }
 
 @Override
 public void deviceOperationError(ECLCardReaderInterface eclCardReaderInterface, ECCError eccError)
 {
 displayMessage(String.format("setTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindowError: %s", eccError.getDebugDescription()));
 }
 
 @Override
 public void deviceOperationProgress(ECLCardReaderInterface eclCardReaderInterface, ECLTransactionProgress progress)
 {
 displayMessage(String.format("setTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindow: %s", progress.name()));
 }
});
```

### Objective-C

```objc
// The full implementation of the following code can be found in TmsUpdateCheckViewController.h/TmsUpdateCheckViewController.m in the iOS sample application.
 
@interface TmsUpdateCheckViewController : BaseViewController<ECLGeneralOperationDelegate>
// ...
@end
 
@implementation TmsUpdateCheckViewController
 
// calling the API
 
- (void)setTimeWindowButtonClicked {
 id<ECLCardReaderProtocol> cardReader = _mainViewController._cardReader;
 ECLTime *startTime = [[ECLTime alloc] initWithHour:4 minute:30];
 int durationInHours = 3;
 [cardReader setTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindow:self startTime:startTime durationInHours:durationInHours];
}
 
// implement delegate methods
 
- (void)progress:(ECLTransactionProgress)progress {
 [self addStatusString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@\n",[ECLDebugDescriptions descriptionOfTransactionProgress:progress]]];
}
 
- (void)completed:(BOOL)success error:(NSError *)error {
 if (success) {
 [self addStatusString:@"Operation competed successfully.\n"];
 } else {
 [self addStatusString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Operation failed: %@\n",[error debugDescription]]];
 }
}
 
@end
```

### C\#

```c#
// Asynchronous version
StartSetTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindowOnCardReader(String deviceSerialNumber, String startTime, int duration, NotifyCWSEvent ne, OnDemandCardReaderOperationComplete<SetTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindowOnCardReaderResults> completeDelegate) 
 
// Synchronous version
SetTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindowOnCardReader(String startTime, int duration, NotifyCWSEvent ne)
 
// Example handling response
public void MySetTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindowOnCardReaderComplete(SetTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindowOnCardReaderResults rsr)
{
 Log("----------- MySetTmsUpdateCheckTimeWindowOnCardReader Complete ------------");
```

TMS Update Check Time Window

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