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FingerTec News  05/12/2016
Clock Attendance Easily with Time Beacon
Time Beacon will be added as attendance clocking option in TimeTec TA along with biometrics/card through FingerTec terminals, web clocking and mobile clocking starting December 2016.
 
What is Time Beacon?
 
Time Beacon is a battery powered device that taps on Bluetooth Low Energy, BLE, a protocol that is embedded in most smartphones, tablets and other devices of today. BLE protocol allows beacons to transfer files, photos or any digital information with minimal power after a simple and secure pairing process. TimeTec Beacon can be a cost effective replacement for conventional checkpoint device for guard tour, punch clock or biometric devices for time and attendance clocking and it comes with waterproof case for outdoor installation.
 
How does Time Beacon work?
 
Time Beacon broadcasts its unique identities or information to nearby smartphones, tablets and other devices via BLE through one-way communication from the beacon to the devices only. The broadcast information can be variety such as unique IDs, web addresses, geolocations and etc. To use Time Beacon, users need to install appropriate mobile app into select devices for the information to be broadcasted by the beacon, and translated into useful information for users to view in the software.
 
Mechanics of Time Beacon in TimeTec TA
 
Install Time Beacons at specific locations for staff’s attendance clocking and the staff needs to open TimeTec TA App on their smartphone and scan the nearby beacon to record their attendance. Work codes and/or activity codes can be assigned to label the worked hours on the employee timesheet. Arrivals, departures and break times are recorded by the smartphone on site, and the administrator can access TimeTec TA cloud solution and get the real-time data for further analysis. The deployment of Time Beacon and mobile app in today’s BYOD or Bring Your Own Device environment gets you to save on the hardware cost for time clocking and it brings convenience to both employer and the staff alike.
 
TimeTec TA doesn’t limit the usage to Time Beacon only. Any generic beacon should be able to work with TimeTec TA solution.
 
 
Mechanics of Time Beacon in TimeTec TA
 
Time Beacon Software Requirement
 
Time Beacon clocking option is only available for TimeTec TA subscribers. TimeTec TA at www.timetecta.com is a cloud-based time attendance solution for workforce management, having features required to record precise employee’s attendance data complete with complex scheduling and shifts, and roster management for payroll, performance and other relevant Human Resource purposes. All attendance data from the Time Beacon will be available based on the attendance settings and the option will be offered in the complementary TimeTec TA mobile for user convenience.

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