The UniFocus Time Clock
The UniFocus Time Clock is a real-time, smart clock that interacts seamlessly with the UniFocus Time & Attendance application. Accommodating multiple languages, the Time Clock offers an easy-to-use touch screen that allows:
- Employees to quickly and accurately record their hours, breaks, shifts, and tips.
- Managers to enroll and re-enroll employees in properties.
The Time Clock can be mounted to walls, desks, or shelves. Depending on your company’s setup, it can have various attached devices, such as proximity card readers, barcode scanners, magnetic card readers, and biometric readers. These attached devices expedite the login experience so that employees do not have to manually enter information on the touch screen.
Version 120 of the UniFocus Time Clock features a redesigned user interface. For images and information, see Time Clock user interface overview - versions 120 and later.
Documentation
The Time Clock documentation set includes the following items:
Click the links in the Title column to open the PDF for each document.
| Title | Description | Notes |
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User Manuals | ||
UniFocus Time Clock Employee Guide ________________________________ | This user guide is for employees who use the UniFocus Time Clock to access properties and record their hours, breaks, tips, and shifts. It includes the following information:
| Managers can print this guide and distribute it to their employees. |
UniFocus Time Clock Manager Guide | This user guide is for managers. It covers the following information:
| Managers can choose the login methods that matches their properties, print those handouts, and post them by their properties' Time Clocks. |
Enrolling Employees in the UniFocus Time Clock | This user guide is for managers and HR personnel who use the Time Clock to enroll and re-enroll employees. It covers the following information:
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This guide is for users who are responsible for installing UniFocus Time Clocks at partner sites. It covers the following information:
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UniFocus Time Clock Wireless Installation Guide | This guide is for users who are responsible for setting up and configuring UniFocus Time Clocks to connect to wireless networks. | Prerequisites:
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Quick Reference Guides | ||
This quick reference guide is for Time Clock users who have Administrator login credentials. It provides an overview of the UniFocus Time Clock Administration screen and the tasks performed from this screen:
| Although this document shows you how to access the Clock Settings screen of the Time Clock, these settings should only be changed under the supervision of a UniFocus Partner Success Team representative. | |
Quick Reference: Enrolling and re-enrolling employees | This quick reference guide is for managers and HR personnel who use the Time Clock to enroll and re-enroll employees. It provides instructions for enrolling and re-enrolling employees in the Time Clock. | |
Handouts | ||
| Caring for Time Clocks | This handout is for all users who are responsible for cleaning and caring for Time Clocks. It provides guidance for cleaning the touch screens and the biometric reader. | This handout is only for those who are responsible for cleaning and maintaining the Time Clock. Managers should not distribute this handout to employees who use the Time Clock only to log in. |
| Understanding the Biometric Reader | This handout is for all users of the Time Clock. It provides an overview of the following information:
| This document emphasizes that fact that the biometric reader of the UniFocus Time Clock does not capture employees' fingerprints; it creates a mapping of points on the pad of the finger. |
| Caring for the Biometric Reader | This handout is for all users who are responsible for cleaning and caring for biometric readers used with virtual Time Clocks. It provides guidance for cleaning and protecting the scanner on the biometric reader. | This handout addresses only the biometric reader. If you are using the physical Time Clock with an attached biometric reader, see Caring for Time Clocks. |
Checking the Status of UniFocus Time Clocks | This handout is for managers who are responsible for monitoring the connectivity status of UniFocus Time Clocks. It covers the following information:
| The section on checking the status in RMS applies only to 9.x versions of RMS software. |
| Setting the Access Mode for Time Clocks | This document provides information for setting the access mode at both the database and Time Clock levels. | |
Visual Login Instructions | ||
Only touch screen entry for badge and PIN:
Magnetic card readers:
Barcode scanners: Proximity card readers: | The visual login instructions comprise a set of one-page documents that can be posted next to Time Clocks on your property. Because Time Clocks can be configured with various types of peripheral identification devices (such as barcode scanners, proximity card readers, magnetic card readers, and biometric readers), there is also a variety of ways that companies can configure Time Clocks for employee login. For example, some companies might set up their Time Clocks so that employees log in using a barcode scanner and then a biometric reader; other companies might have their employees log in using a proximity card followed by manually entering their PINs. Each document provides simple, graphics-based instructions for logging in to a Time Clock. Find the method that matches your company’s setup, print it, and post it by your Time Clocks so that employees can follow the steps. | The peripheral devices attached to your Time Clocks might look different than the images shown in the handouts. |
Technical Specifications | ||
| UniFocus Time Clock Datasheet | This datasheet provides the technical specifications for the physical Time Clocks. | |
| UniFocus Biometric Reader Datasheet | This datasheet provides the technical specifications for the biometric reader (finger scan unit) on physical Time Clocks. | |