ETC Clock Settings

The "Clocks Setup" screen is divided into two sections. The left-hand side of the screen displays a list of your current active clocks. The right-hand section of the screen shows the detail information of the clock currently selected in the list.

Inserting a Clock Profile

Before you can connect to your time clocks, you must first create a profile for each clock that you would like to connect to.

Clock Info

1. To insert a new clock, click on the Add Clock link located to the right of the IQ Clocks Setup header. The "Clock Info" screen opens to the right.

2. Enter the numeric Clock ID that is assigned to this time clock.
   Note: The default clock ID is "1."

3. Select "ETC" from the Model drop-down menu.

4. Enter a Description for this clock as you would like it to appear in the TimeForce and ClockLink programs.

5. Enter the clock Password.
   Note: The default clock password is "8888."

6. Select either "Serial Clock" or "Modem Clock" from the Connection Type drop-down menu.

• Serial Clock: Select the Com Port that the clock is connected to, or select "Auto Detect" to have the system automatically scan all ports for connected clocks.

• Modem Clock: Enter the phone number where the clock can be reached. Remember to include any required area codes and prefixes, and use no dashes.

7. The ETC clock allows you to specify that only a certain range of card numbers will be accepted at this clock.. Enter the desired card number range into the Card Range field. The default range is from 1 to 99999.

8. When using this clock for Job Tracking, the clock allows you to specify that only a certain range of job numbers are accepted. Enter the desired job range into the Job Range fields. The default range is from 1 to 2147483647.

9. The clock also allows you to specify a valid number of task numbers. Enter the desired range into the Task Range fields. The default range is from 1 to 2147483647.

10. When using the time clock with an external bell or buzzer, put a check mark in the Upload Relay Events box to specify the times at which the bell or buzzer will be activated. The Relay Events section appears below.

11. Enter any desired Notes about this clock into the available text-entry field. There is a maximum of 250 allowed characters.

Creating Relay Events

1. Click on the  down-arrow icon at the end of the Relay Events header.

2. To insert a relay event, click on the [ADD] icon.

3. Under the Time column, enter the time of day at which you would like the bell or buzzer to be activated.

4. Under the Duration column, enter the number of seconds that you would like the bell or buzzer to be activated for.

5. Put a check mark in the box under the Pulse column if you would like the bell or buzzer to ring in a series of pulses. With this option de-selected, the bell or buzzer will ring continuously for the number of seconds specified in the Duration column.

6. Put a check mark in the box under each day of the week on which you would like this relay even to occur.

7. Once you have finished entering relay information, click on the [SAVE] icon to save the relay event.

The clock can hold up to 32 relay events. To delete an existing event, click on the icon located to the right of the desired event.