Clock-IN!(tm) DOS TSR (terminate and stay resident) To operate the program, first locate to your local or network drive, where Clock-IN! is installed. e.g h: cd \clockin then run the program tadostsr or tadostsr -p The -p option tells it to pass through all keys to the application beneath the TSR (terminate and stay resident) program. This usage is appropriate for testing, or if you have a word processor that you want running and collecting the badge reads, too. Then to unload it when it is in memory tadostsr -r On a network with Multiple Stations using tadostsr, put the path, the station name, and the -p option if desired, e.g.: tadostsr r:\clockin FRONTDESK -p The network path to clockin is entered and FRONTDESK is the station name. The program will not lose badge scans, it buffers up to 64 badge/time stamps. MESSAGE AREA The Message Area now consists of [Message ][Time] In [Message] you will see one of 1. Clock-IN!(tm) or ScanCount nn which indicates the totalWritten scans to the file, since the program booted 2. No Access ! which indicates that someone or thing has removed the rights again from writing to the network file and so the transaction is being discarded, and you know the rights removal occured AFTER tadostsr.exe already booted. 3. Clock-IN!(nn) which indicates the scan was accepted and queued to memory and that their are nn transactions waiting in memory to be written to disk. IF YOU SEE THIS CONDITION and more than a few are queued in memory, keep in mind that only 64 can be queued in memory. If you have memory, you may have a pending NO Acess problem about to happen. CALL TIME The program also will take %Xnnnn/ as a bar code and then just save it to memory. Then when you scan the badge right afterwards: %bnnnn/, it creates an ATO like the following: 03/09/96,16:27:15,ATO,,B100,X3333,,,,,,,,, This will then be interpreted by clockin to mean you are clocking back in after Call Time! So on Friday, you clock out and take the beeper with you as usual. On Monday, when you clock in, YOU SCAN the beeper bar code, then scan your Badge to Clock-IN!. AFTER you are clocked in, Clock-IN! will go back and figure the time between your Friday out, and Monday in and award you the call time. Any other character besides "X" will be interpreted as a prefix for a charge, and a CSL is generated. You will probably run these commands out of your autoexec.bat file or from your network login script. The hot key is the % key. The first character after the hot key must be a B character (for badge), or any ascii letter for a charge prefix. In the same manner as wireless, if you scan a charge first, then a badge, a CSL charge since last transaction is created. The hot key termination key is the / key. If this character is not received within 17 characters after the start of the %, the scan is terminated and not processed. % and / keys are Code 3 of 9 bar code compatible characters and can be embedded in your bar codes using Clock-IN! Bar Code IT! Most other keys cannot. If you scan charges, scan the charge first, using a prefix not equal to B, then scan the badge (including prefix B). Whenever you enter Clock-IN! for Windows from the any network workstation (or the same local PC), Clock-IN! will process the queued transactions and bring the attendance up to date. The file queue.txt is written and updated by multiple network stations and contains your punches in Clock-IN! universal format. If this file exists when you load Clock-IN!, Clock-IN! will rename the file immediately, and process all punches. Stations running the TSR can continue to operate. Two beeps remind you when entering a charge, and one beep when you enter a scan. Wireless! Help This file is better viewed in as wireless.hlp under windows. File, run Winhelp.exe and open wireless.hlp to view it in Windows. Wireless.exe is your Windows TSR ( terminate and stay resident or multi-tasking program that grabs your badge scans and charges). Tadostsr.exe is your DOS version that terminates and stays resident. See the help at the end of this file for information on this DOS version. Clock-IN!(tm) Windows TSR (terminate and stay resident) Set up for Wedge Scanning Under F)ile, S)etup Wireless, you can specify the station name, and whether you will be scanning badges and charges or just badge scans (for Time and Attendance Only). Also enter the station name or meeting or class name here. You can turn on the keyboard wedge scanning capability here. You can select whether to send "scans" to the queue.db for Clock-IN! central, or to create day dated queue files, e.g. xxmmddyy.db files. xx=your location code, store #, any two characters you want to use to uniquely define where you are collecting the data. If you select the keyboard wedge scanner here, badges should have a hotkey scan character embedded as the first character in the code, this character is the per cent character %. Charges should have a hotkey scan character embedded as the first character in the code, this character is the ampersand character "&". The bar code for the badge should end with a "/" slash character. e.g. to charge job C2000, operation 20 create this bar code: &C2000-20 e.g. for badge B100, create this bar code: %B100/ When you scan the charge, the charge will stay in the text box. After you scan the badge, the / will automatically depress the [OK] button. If you are just keying the characters, % POPS it UP, / Pops it Back. Time and Attendance Scanning Just scan your badge on the portable PC scanner when you come and go to work. Clock-IN! Wireless will pop up and take your scan, assign the time and date and store the transaction in "tsmmddyy.db", a Paradox engine file. mmddyy is the month, day, and year of the transaction. Communicate these files "ts*.db" to the a PC running Clock-IN! (central). Clock-IN! will import them in the correct order. Clock-IN! plays a sound so you know it did the work. Clock-IN! then pops the screen back to what you were working on. (% POPS it UP, / POPS it Back) Intra Day "Charges" Scanning Always scan your charge number first. Then scan your badge. The badge scan "initiates" the transaction. Again, you don't have to press any keys to use Clock-IN! wireless. Clock-IN! Wireless will pop up and take your scan, assign the time and date and store the transaction in "tsmmddyy.db", a Paradox engine file. mmddyy is the month, day, and year of the transaction. Communicate these files "ts*.db" to the a PC running Clock-IN! (central). Clock-IN! plays a sound so you know it did the work. Clock-IN! then pops the screen back to what you were working on. Set-up Com Port Scanning If you elect to use Com port scanning, only badge scans can be discerned. No "charges" capability is available except in Clock-IN! Lite PC. When you select S)et-up W)ired, you can enter the Com port set-up information and turn this feature on. Badge scans are read from the com port and a carriage return (ascii 13) is used by the com port scanner to delineate the end of a scan. All other control characters from your scanner are thrown away. Security Leaving the password field blank in either Setup screen will allow anyone on the PC to get into the menus. Setting the password installs a prompt for password before you can enter the menus. Archiving Setting the number of days for archiving will cause Wireless to purge older files automatically deleting all files of the form llmmddyy.db with dates older than today-arhive days. Startup Group For best results, put Clock-IN! wireless in your startup group, and attach your scanner. The full Clock-IN! product line includes data collection support and time-clock support for: PC Timeclocks -Support for com port scanners, like Metrologic (background, multi-tasking support -Support for keyboard wedges, pop up TSR operation -Multiple LAN PC Timeclocks Time-Clocks -Verifones Dialup -Verifones Direct Connect -Verifones on a LAN -Other brands Bar Code Terminal Networks -Welch Allyn -IBM 75xx -Symbol Technologies -Others -Single Unit, Direct Connect, RS 485 Clock-IN! faciliates integration with your existing hardware -Import/Export -DDE Client or Server -Client/Server -ODBC,Crystal Reports Writer Clock-IN! Handles Most Time Base Business Applications -Meetings and Conferences -Time and Attendance -Data Collection, Job Costing, Labor Distribution, General Charging -Bar Code Layout and Design The clockn.zip is in the forum, IBMAPPS, and includes the full 12 products. 4 megs to download. All clockin files are also on our BBS at 810-247-7187. # $ K + Registration Dean L. Hiller, Mission Critical Software provides this program (Wireless or TADOSTSR) and licenses its use on a single personal computer for the shareware price of $19. Each network workstation using this program is invidividually licensed. Mission Critical Software, 14536 Island Drive, Sterling Heights, MI 48313. Phone (810) 247-0394 Fax (810) 247-8444 BBS (810)-247-7187 Clock-IN! is a registered trademark. Copyright 1993-1995 Dean L. Hiller. Send your check for $19, plus $6 shipping and handling to register and receive the latest version of Wireless and TADOSTSR! Print this help topic for a copy of the form. 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