Introduction

Thanks for purchasing your new A103F Biometric Clocking in System. The following instructions will explain how to get started with the terminal, accessing the menu system, enrolling staff and connecting to your network. You should have already received a welcome email with a link to your software instance and the guide ‘Getting Started With Evotime’. If you haven’t received this, please give us a call on 0113 2587856.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Wall Mounting
• Setting up the A103F Terminal
• Enrolling a User
• Setting up Privilege Settings
• Clocking In and Out
• Connections
• Ethernet
• Wifi
• USB Connection
• Further Assistance

Wall Mounting

 

When considering mounting the terminal, first choose a suitable position on a flat wall. The recommended installation height is around 140cm from the floor but adjust as necessary to suit your staff height.

 

First hold the back plate level on the wall, choose and mark up to 4 hole centres as necessary.

 

Next drill the holes using a suitable drill bit for the type of wall and insert the provided wall plugs.

 

After this mount the wall plate and secure with the screws also provided.

Finally attach the terminal to the back plate (don’t forget to plug in power and ethernet cables as required) and fit the 2 locating screws to secure.

 

Wall Mounted Installation			Desktop Installation

Setting up the A103F Terminal

When first powering up your terminal using the included 12v power supply, please be aware that a default Admin password has been set up for terminal security. You can set up your own additional Admin accounts later, but we advise leaving the default one in place, just in case you accidentally lock yourself out.

Accessing the Terminal

Once the terminal has powered up fully, tap the screen to wake.

 

Next tap the screen again to bring up the ‘settings cog’ on the bottom right side of the screen.

 

After this tap the cog to bring up a 'Manager' Icon.

Tap the screen again to display a 'padlock' icon.

Tapping the 'padlock' icon will show the 'Input User ID' screen.

Enter the user id – ‘7856’ & ‘OK’.

Next enter the password – ‘7856’ & OK.

This will then give you full access to the menu. 

Enrolling a User

To begin enrolment first add a user. After a user has been set up the option to upgrade their privilege to either 'Admin' or 'Sup.User' can be selected. This will be further explained in the section Setting up Privilege Settings. 

 

From the main menu tap ‘User Mgt’

Next tap ‘Add user’.

The next available ID will be displayed, or you can input any number you like such as a payroll number. This ID will be referred to in your software.

 

Tap in the ‘Name’ box and type in the staff name. 

 

Once the name has been input tap OK. A Department box can be filled in if desired.

 

Next tap ‘Add User’ and choose either Face, Fingerprint, Card or Password as enrol option, or any combination of.

 

Follow the onscreen prompts for the input method. Tip: If enrolling fingers you have the option to enrol more than one, but when asked to enrol each finger will require 3 separate presses of the same finger.

 

Once Complete press the back button to the ‘User Mgt’ screen. The default enrolment will be as a standard user.

Setting up Privilege Settings

In the ‘User Mgt’ menu tap ‘User view’, scroll to and select the desired user to be set for Admin rights by tapping their name.

 

 

After this tap in the box next to ‘Privilege’ and choose either Admin, Sup.User or leave as User. Note that an Admin will have full access to all settings while a Sup.User will only have access to the User Management options. Also be aware that a Sup.User cannot enrol an Admin.

 

Once finished you can back out to the ‘User Mgt’ menu and continue enrolling staff or back out to the home screen. 

 

TIP: When accessing the menu as an administrator you can use your face, finger, card or depending on which enrolment method you have set up. If you are using face then briefly stand out of the camera view (to avoid clocking) until the Manager symbol is displayed, as described in the section Accessing the terminal.

 

Clocking In and Out

The procedure for clocking depends on the method of enrolling for each staff member.

 

For face, just tap the display and then look into the screen.

For finger, just place the correct finger on the finger sensor.

For card, tap the card on the card symbol.

For password, tap the screen twice, then the padlock, type in user id & OK and then the password followed by OK.

 

 

Connections

Ethernet

We always recommend using a network cable for a stable connection, if possible. If you are plugging in a network cable, then your terminal should be ready to connect to our software. Our installation engineers can help with any connection issues so don’t worry if you have any problems or questions at this point. You can carry on using the terminal to enrol and clock staff in and out. The terminal will hold literally thousands of clockings.

Wifi

If you can’t use a network cable, then wifi is an alternative. Just make sure that you have a strong wifi signal at the terminal. Also please note that only 2.4Ghz wifi is supported.

 

If you want to connect by wifi, firstly, log into the terminal as an Administrator.

Next tap on ‘Comm set’.

 

After this, tap ‘Wifi’ and then tap search to find available wifi connections.

Choose the desired connection. TIP: Ensure that at least 3 green bars are displayed to avoid connection problems.

 

 

Finally type in the wifi password and tap OK.

USB Connection

 

Another option if you do not have access to an internet connection or wifi is to physically download clockings from the terminal using a USB flash drive. To do this follow these steps:

 

Firstly, log into the terminal as an Admin (as described in the section ‘Accessing the Terminal’).

 

From the Main Menu tap ‘Data Mgt’ and then insert a USB flash drive into the bottom left of the terminal.

 

Next tap on ‘Down all Glog’ and wait for the download to complete.

You now have all your clockings on the USB drive ready to upload to the software.

 

Further Assistance

 

Your terminal should now be set up ready to use, but if you require further assistance or just have some more questions, feel free to reach out to us by emailing  help@clockingsystems.co.uk. Just include the terminal name and software (A103F & Evotime) in the subject field. You can give us your name and company contact details along with your query in the main body of text. We will get right back to you for help.

 

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