User Guide

MULTI‐CLOCKSOFTWARESETTINGSANDOPTIMALCONFIGURATION
AdditionalMulti‐Clockconfigurationoptionsareavailableinyourtimeclocksoftware.Itisimportanttopayclose
attentiontothissection.Yourtimeclockconfigurationcangreatlyaffecttheperformanceofyoursystem.
SelectPreferences|Settings,thenclicktheDevicetab.
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 ChildrealtimeTime/Datesync‐CheckthisoptiontosynchronizethetimeanddatewiththeParentClock.
IfyourChildClock(s)isinadifferenttimezonethantheParentClock,donotcheckthisoption.
 Childrealtimedatasync–Whenthisoptionischecked,theChildClock
willactivelycommunicatewith
theParentClockwhentheemployeesclockInorOut,inreal‐time.Withthisoptionenabled,the
employeecanviewpunchandhoursinformationwhenpunchingOut.
Withthisoptiondisabled,theChildClockwillholditspunchdataandsenditinbatchesto
theParentClock.By
disablingthisoption,employeeswillbepromptedtoclockInorOutusingnon‐validatedpunches.Theywillneed
toselectwhethertheyarepunchingInorOut.
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IfpunchingInorOuttakeslongerthanpreferred,disablethisoptionbyuncheckingthebox.TheChild
Clock
synchronizesdataatsetintervals,asdescribedbelow.
 ChildOnlinesyncdelay‐Thisoptionallowsyoutosetatimeinterval(inseconds)forhowoftentheChild
ClockcheckswiththeParentClockforanychangestoemployee,template,settingsorpunchdata.This
optionissetto
a300second(5minutes)intervalasdefault.
 ChildOfflinesyncdelay‐Thisoptionallowsyoutosetatimeinterval(inseconds)tosynctheChildClock
withtheParentClockiftheChildClockortheParentClocklosesconnectionwiththenetwork.Thisoption
isset
toa60secondintervalasdefault.
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CHILDCLOCK CONNECTION DATA
Youcanfindadditionalconnectionstatisticsonyourmulti‐clocksystematHelp|AboutYourClock.
ChildClocksprovidealistofallChildClocksthathavebeenconnectedtoyourParentClock,whentheChildClock
lastsuccessfullycommunicatedwiththeParentClock,andiftheChildClock
isenabledordisabled.