Communications Module; Chapter 7: Communications - Amano Time Guardian Series Installation And User Manual

The Communications module is used to remotely communicate with terminals in setup
locations. Locations and Terminals can be configured during the Setup Wizard Step 8: Terminal
Setup. Operations include polling, downloading, setting the time, and viewing specific terminal
settings in a location. Polling, or polled operation, refers to actively sampling the status of the
external terminals by the client program Time & Attendance software. Downloading is utilized
to send data to the remote terminals from the Time & Attendance software such as the Lock-in
schedule at the MTX-15 terminal which is derived from the employee schedule and/or Pay
Class schedule. The MTX-15 lock-in schedule can restrict an employee from punching outside
the authorized time range without supervisor help. Also, the function buttons activation on the
MTX-15 display are controlled by the communication download with the Time & Attendance
software.

Communications Module

From the tree view, click on the Communications module within the Daily Activities group and
the following type of screen should appear:
Locations are selected by clicking on the desired row. You can select multiple locations by
holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on other locations. Also, you can sort the displayed
Locations list by clicking on the dropdown list in the upper left-hand corner and selecting on;
Name, Description, Term Type, TZ Offset, Connection, IP, Port, COM Port, Baud Rate, Modem,
and Phone. Once the location is selected use the following commands found at the bottom of
the screen to communicate with the terminal(s) at that location:
Based on the options (terminal, etc) the
•
MTX-15 Terminal – send the employee names, employee hours, time display format, lock-in
schedule, DLS settings, and previous punches. This will be finished by setting the time.
•
FPT-40 Terminal - send the employee names, employee hours, time display format, and
DLS settings. This will be finished by setting the time.
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Chapter 7: Communications

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