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  • Page 1 TA100 DIY SERIES & FINGERPRINT TIME ATTENDANCE SYSTEM USER G U I DE...
  • Page 2 FingerTec Worldwide Ltd. Every precau- tion has been made to supply complete and accurate information. Information in this document is subject to change without prior notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS GETTING STARTED • INTRODUCTION TO FINGERPRINT READER • Complete Package • Materials Provided • Basic Features • Keypad Functions POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION USING THE FINGERPRINT READER 8-17 • USING THE FINGERPRINT READER TIPS FOR BEST FINGERPRINT ENROLLMENT INITIAL SET UP OF THE FINGERPRINT READER •...
  • Page 4 CONFIGURATION OF WORKING 22-29 • SHIFT & ATTENDANCE RULES CONFIGURATION OF WOR-KING SHIFT TO ASSIGN WORKING SHIFT • To assign working shifts to all users • To assign working shift to department • To assign working shifts to individual users TO SHIFT USERS INTO DIFFERENT WORKING SHIFT CONFIGURATION OF ATTENDANCE RULES DATA TRACKING AND REPORT...

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED INTRODUCTION TO FINGERPRINT READER A brand new FingerTec® TA100 DIY – Do It Yourself Time Attendance Sys- tem is a product that combines management software in a fingerprint read- er. Connection between fingerprint reader and computer will no longer be an issue along with lost of transaction logs.
  • Page 6 FP template capacity Transaction log 30000 Connections TCP/IP (Only applicable if the TA100 DIY was upgraded to TA100 series and worked with FingerTec TCMS V2 software) Subnet mask & Gateway Available Scheduled bell 25 schedule everyday per week Sensor Optical sensor with silicon coating...

  • Page 7: Complete Package

    COMPLETE PACKAGE ITEM TA100 DIY Fingerprint Reader √ DC 5V Power Adapter √ √ Screwdriver √ USB Extension USB Flash Disk *OPTIONAL MATERIALS PROVIDED ITEM TA100 DIY Quick Start Guide √ User Manual √ Video Guide √ Sample of Enrollment Form √...

  • Page 8: Basic Features

    BASIC FEATURES LCD SCREEN SPEAKER L.E.D DISPLAY Screen that displays Emit verification Green - Standby/ User is verified instructions and result. - Signal failed verification status of reader. FINGERPRINT SENSOR For user to place fingerprint for identification/ verification. KEYPAD FUNCTIONS Definition of attendance status Definition of attendance status can be done using keypads.
  • Page 9 Specific button is assigned for a specific clocking status. Please view the diagram given below: ESC/CHECK-IN To define check in. MENU/ CHECK-OUT To define lunch break. Alphanumeric keypad SCROLL UP/ BREAK To define resume from lunch break. POWER / OT-OUT SCROLL DOWN/ CHECK OUT OK / OT-IN To define check out...
  • Page 10 The TA100 DIY offers T9 input method. Administrator can insert the name of users, depart- ments, working shifts and companies to the terminal. The names are important in the report for user to identify who is who. For example, to insert a company FingerTec, please follow the steps below:...

  • Page 11: Power Supply Connection

    Input D d E e Press to move Press once after FingerTec finished inserting Press once to characters. select. The F is inserted. Input Company Name The i is represented Save ? by numeric pad no 4. Press once to save settings.

  • Page 12: Using The Fingerprint Reader

    • USING THE FINGERPRINT READER Fingerprint reader provides 3 types of enrollment method: • FINGERPRINT ENROLLMENT User enrolls his fingerprint template into a reader and the template will be used for future verifications. • PASSWORD ENROLLMENT For user who has difficulty to enroll his fingerprint due to poor fingerprint quality, he is recommended to enroll password.

  • Page 13: Tips For Best Fingerprint Enrollment

    TIPS FOR BEST FINGERPRINT WHAT YOU SHOULD DO ENROLLMENT There are 5 tips to get good fingerprint enrollment: • USE INDEX FINGER Index finger is smaller than thumb and it can be comfort- Place finger flat on the finger- ably placed on the sensor. The use of thumb is not recom- print sensor.

  • Page 14: Initial Set Up Of The Fingerprint Reader

    INITIAL SET UP OF THE FINGERPRINT READER DATE / TIME ADJUSTMENT When first installing the fingerprint reader, it is important to set the correct date & time. Follow the steps below to access the Date & Time adjustment menu: Welcome Check-In Press &...

  • Page 15: Enrollment

    ENROLLMENT To assist in fingerprint enrollment, we have designed a form for the administrator to use to keep track of the enrollment detail or you can design your own form to suit to your company’s requirements. SAMPLE User Enrollment Template Form Reader ID:____________________ No.
  • Page 16 Input the names of Admin- Place center of finger Input istrator. properly at the sensor. 00000000-0 Place finger 3 times in Input the names of company. Place Finger .. . order for the reader to ESC/Exit Please refer to page 6 for capture the fingerprint T9 input method.

  • Page 17: Enrollment Of Normal User

    ENROLLMENT OF NORMAL USER A normal user is only permitted to use the reader for identity verification, and he does not have authority to access the system. To add a normal user, follow the steps below: Place fingerprint center Welcome Check-In point properly at the 00000002-0 sensor.

  • Page 18: Fingerprint Verification

    Input the names of New User Input Administrator. Press Once Name: Mary Please refer to page 6 Finger for T9 input method. Dept * Please ignore this step if name was not Press once to Save ? required in the report. If it was mandatory, save settings please continue.

  • Page 19: Enrollment Of Password

    1 TO 1 (1:1) FINGERPRINT MATCHING Key in the user ID as de- Welcome Check-In 1:1 FP Verify The fingerprint sensor fined when enrolling a verifies that the user ID is 09:00 User ID 00001 finger on the fingerprint 00001. reader.

  • Page 20: Password Verification

    New User Input Press 5 time Press once to save Shift Helen name. Pwd: Press Once Privi: user New User Admin Accredit Press to Name: Helen select Admin Press Once User Finger Press once to Dept confirm. New User Save ? Press once to Name: Press 5 times...

  • Page 21: Deleting Users

    Dept Mng Press once to confirm Use scroll button to se- Viewing User Del User Press once to lect the user FingerTec Delete ? cancel operation 000000003 Press Once Press 3 time to return to main menu NOTE Remember to select the correct user ID for deletion.

  • Page 22: Definition Of Company And Department

    Any false definition would cause wrong information on the reports. TO INSERT NAME OF COMPANY Input Welcome Check-In Press & Hold 09:00 FingerTec MENU Press once to confirm. 01.01.09 Company Name Press Once...

  • Page 23: To Insert Name Of Department

    TO INSERT NAME OF DEPARTMENT Define the departments in your company for example administration, workshop, and secu- rity etc. Sorting by department is possible during exportation of reports. Ignore this steps if your company did not practice staff departmentalization. Input the names of depart- Input Welcome Check-In ment...

  • Page 24: To Assign Users Into Department

    TO ASSIGN USERS INTO DEPARTMENT By default, all enrolled users are not assigned to any departments. Users must be as- signed into their corresponding departments (if any) once the department definition proc- ess is done. If users were not assigned into any departments, his/her attendance data cannot be calculated according to the predefined working schedules.

  • Page 25: To Shift Users Into Different Department

    TO SHIFT USERS INTO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT Users can be shifted into different department to enable them to can carry out specific jobs. For example, a user can be shifted from Production department into QC depart- ment. Follow the steps shown below: Option Welcome Check-In View Logs...
  • Page 26 • CONFIGURATION OF WORKING SHIFT & ATTENDANCE RULES The TA100 DIY calculates attendance according to the preset working shifts and attend- ance rules. Configuration of the working shifts and attendance rules must be done correctly to ensure accurate attendance calculations. There are a total of 10 working shifts ready for configuration.
  • Page 27 New Shift Input Insert the time Name Morning Press Once For example 15:00 Morning On time 09:00 Press Once Off time 15:00 New Shift Shift Press Once Press once once Name Morning Save ? to save settings. On time 00:00 Press Once OK(Save) Off time...
  • Page 28 Option Shift Edit Press once to Press Once Save ? To Dept. confirm To Personal OK(Save) Now you can change Edit Option 4 times to return the name, ON time and Name Morning Edit to the main menu. OFF time as show in On time 09:00 To Dept.
  • Page 29 TO ASSIGN WORKING SHIFTS TO ALL USERS Choose “All Users” in situation where all users in your company were working according to the same working shift, meaning that the attendance data of all users will be calculated based on the same working shift. If there were a few departments running on the same working shifts, you can choose to assign to all users as well.
  • Page 30 TO ASSIGN WORKING SHIFT TO DEPARTMENT Assignment of working shift to department is suitable for a company where the staff are divided into several departments and all users are working according to different working shifts. Assignment of the preset working shift to each department is a must. It is possible for few departments to run on the same working shift and in some company, there is a requirement where each department is running on different working shifts.
  • Page 31 TO ASSIGN WORKING SHIFTS TO INDIVIDUAL USERS Assignment of working shift to individual user is suitable for employees whose working times were different from the other staff, or departments, for example the boss, security guards, cleaning workers etc. To configure individual user working shifts, follow the steps below: Welcome Check-In Option...
  • Page 32 TO SHIFT USERS INTO DIFFERENT WORKING SHIFT Changing of users from one shift to another is possible with TA100 DIY. For example, a production worker’s shift needs to be changed from morning shift to night shift. Follow the steps below to configure the shift change: Shift Welcome Check-In Shift...
  • Page 33 CONFIGURATION OF ATTENDANCE RULES The attendance rules are applied to all working shifts in the same TA100 DIY reader. You can configure the following attendance rules to affect the attendance data calculations. ATTENDANCE RULES DEFAULT VALUE FUNCTIONS Late Time Do not deduct user’s working time if he/she was late within less than 5 minutes from the actual IN time Maximum 60 minutes Early Time...
  • Page 34 • DATA TRACKING AND REPORT PREPARATION ATTENDANCE TRACKING TA100 DIY allows administrator to track user’s clocking activities with raw clocking data for fast checking but not for attendance viewing. You may use these steps to track the clocking activities of users, to confirm that he/she reports attendance during a specific time period.
  • Page 35 00000002 2009 - 10 1/2 02 09 : 15 To understand the information display 0000000002 user ID 2009-1 - date in yyyy/m format, 2009-January - Total 2 pages of date, and now 1st page is viewing - day of the month, 2nd of January 09:15 - the attendance time Another option to do checking on clocking activities is shown below:...
  • Page 36 EXCUSES TRACKING Under some circumstances, the clocking data will be considered as exceptions such as late in, early out, wrong clocking status and etc. These data can be viewed in a special page named Excuses Tracking. All improper clocking data is displayed in this page for easy checking.
  • Page 37 TO GENERATE AND SAVE REPORT FingerTec® TA100 DIY prepares time attendance reports directly. There are 3 reports available as explained below: ELECTRONIC TIME CARD Electronic Time Card is a complete attendance report for each user. All Check Ins, Breaks, Resumes and Out times are displayed in this time card. If there were OT works involved, OT and Done time would be printed too.
  • Page 38 Reports can be saved and sorted by all users, departments or selected users only. To prepare and save report of All Users into a USB flash disk, follow these steps: Press Once Setting Time Ter Welcome Check-In Start to insert the end date Start : 01- 01 Press &...
  • Page 39 For Department • To prepare and save report into USB pen drive, follow these steps: Press Once Setting Time Ter Welcome Check-In Start to insert the end date Start : 01- 01 Press & Hold 09:00 MENU of the report by pressing 01-31 keypad.
  • Page 40 For Selected Users • To prepare and save report for selected users into a USB flash disk, follow these steps: Press Once Setting Time Ter Welcome Check-In Start to insert the end date Start : 01- 01 Press & Hold 09:00 MENU of the report by pressing...
  • Page 41 USB PEN DRIVE MANAGEMENT The USB pen drive or flash disk is an important tool for TA100 DIY. You can download/up- load users between all TA100 DIY by using USB pen drive. You can download and upload attendance data into a TA100 DIY to centralize the attendance data. TO DOWNLOAD/UPLOAD USERS (Skip this if only 1 unit of TA100DIY was installed) You can enroll all users into a TA100 DIY and download their fingerprints or passwords...
  • Page 42 To upload users into TA100 DIY, follow steps: Wait until process is Welcome Check-In Plug USB pen drive to completed. the terminal. Copy Data Suc 09:00 Press Once Press & Hold MENU 01.01.09 Report Press twice to return DwnLoad Attlog Press 3 times to the main menu.
  • Page 43 To download attendance data into a USB pen drive, follow these steps: Wait until process is Welcome Check-In Plug USB pen drive to completed. the terminal. Copy Data Suc 09:00 Press Once Press & Hold MENU 01.01.09 Report Press twice to return Daily Press 3 times to the main menu.
  • Page 44 • MISCELLANEOUS CONFIGURATION OF SCHEDULED BELLS TA100 DIY is integrated with a scheduled bell function. The TA100 DIY can be configured to ring and alert users during specific time period, for example during lunch and after lunch to resume work etc. There are 25 schedules available per day. The cycle is running 7 days a week.
  • Page 45 Insert the time by press- Insert the time interval Power Mng ing keypad. to ring Idle Min No. 1 08:00 For example 30 to indi- Example 08:00 Bell Delay No. 2 cate 30sec. Scheduled Bell No. 3 Press Once Maximum is 999 sec. Press Once 08:00 Press Once...

  • Page 46: Other Options

    OTHER OPTIONS Setting There are many other powerful functions available in TA100 DIY. You Att. Rule can use them if necessary. To check these available options, follow the Company Name steps below: Other Option Press to view the available options and their functions are as below: OPTIONS FUNCTIONS Date Time...
  • Page 47 Show Score To show the quality of captured fingerprint image during capturing process. Maximum is 50. Match Thr To configure the sensitivity of the sensor during 1:N matching. 1:1 Thr To configure the sensitivity of the sensor during 1:1 matching. Voice To enable/disable greeting voice.
  • Page 48 TO VIEW INFORMATION OF DEVICE Viewing of device information is possible to know its status. Basic in- Information formation such as serial number, firmware version etc and data stor- Att. Tracking age information which include total numbers of fingerprints, transac- Exc.
  • Page 49 If you feel that the features of TA100 DIY is no longer suffice to support your company’s requirements, and wish to upgrade to FingerTec® software, TCMS V2, the TA100 DIY could be changed to adopt the software with an upgrade of the firmware and you can connect the reader to PC via LAN CAT 5 cable.
  • Page 50 TCP/IP is only applicable if the TA100 DIY was upgraded NOTE RJ45/cat. 5E cable to TA100 series and worked with FingerTec® TCMS V2 is not included in the software) reader package. TCP/IP PORT This port is for connection in LAN environ- ment.
  • Page 51 Comm Opt IP Addr NOTE When RS232/RS485/Ethernet is ena- 4Ethernet 192. 168. 1.201 bled, only the Ethernet function will RS232 be enabled while the RS232/RS485 RS485 will be disabled. 1. Setup the IP address by network configuration The machine default IP address is 192.168.1.201; this is a legal and available IP address in many LAN environment.
  • Page 52 Ethernet 10/100Base-T Crossover Cable This cable can be used to cascade hubs, or for connecting two Ether- net stations back-to-back without a hub. It works with both 10Base-T and 100Base-TX. JOINT 1 PIN JOINT 2 PIN 1 • • 3 RX TX + 2 •...
  • Page 53 A: The transaction logs will remain in the reader until you perform manual dele- tion. Can I use TA100 DIY as a door access system? A: FingerTec® TA100 DIY is a time attendance system only which does not have access control function. How many siren schedules are in TA100 DIY? A: TA100 DIY is not equipped with siren schedule feature.
  • Page 54 How can I enter the user name directly into reader? A: Please use the alphanumeric keypad and you can edit the user name in “User Management” setting. How long does it take to generate the attendance report into USB Flash Disk? A: It will take around 30-40 second to generate all attendance logs.
  • Page 55 • APPENDIX SAMPLE REPORT Daily Attendance Listing Electronic Time Card...
  • Page 56 Staff Movement Analysis...

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