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Introduction

TyME Sync is essentially a poll client. TyME Sync is a customized application designed to support various types of Time Recording Terminal (time attendance clock).

Today, most of the manual punch card system has been replaced by the electronic attendance system. TyME Sync helps to collect the data from the electronic time attendance clock. Currently TyME Sync supports most of ELID Time Attendance Clock based product such as ET 1200 series, ET 630, ET 3100 and etc.

TyME Sync offers 3 different types of data storages. This multiple data storages enable the user to manage the data easily. The data storages include:

  • Local Database (SQL Server Compact Edition)
    • All transactions are saved to a single file, *.sdf file, as shown in the figure below. An SDF file can be up to 4 GB size. This file can be easily copy to an external storage device for back up purpose. For more information got to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_Server_Compact_Edition_Database_File.
    • To view the file, open your ‘TYMESYNC’ folder.
      Note:
      sdf.jpg
      * ‘fingerprint_db.sdf’ stores the fingerprint data.
      * ‘sync_db.sdf’ stores the daily transaction.
  • Text File (/transbackup/*.dat files)
    • The transaction is saved in a text file format, *dat file. A new text file is created for every single day transaction as shown below.
    • To view the file, open your ‘TYMESYNC’ folder, open ‘TRANSBACKUP’ folder.
      Note:
      dat.jpg
      * The file is saved as YEARMONTHDAY.DAT
  • Remote Database (either SQL Server or MySQL)
    • The transaction was store in the server, either SQL server or MySQL. Remote Database allows you to send the data from the device to your PC through IP address. For example, in Microsoft SQL Management Studio, type in any name of server on your network or IP address, choose either windows authentication or type a user name and a password, you can access any database for anywhere.

TyME Sync support both serial communication and network communication. You may use dynamic IP to fetch data from a time clock from a remote location as long as there is internet connection between both sides.

TyME Sync also support fingerprint database storage. TyME Sync stores the finger print in the form of SQL ServerCE file (fingerprint_db.sdf). This single file can be easily transferred to another PC.

TyME Sync provides email error reporting service. By using a free service such as Google mail, user may setup an SMTP email reporting. TyME Sync will automatically send email to the user when it reaches a certain error threshold.

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