The logic is just what is needed to clock in using just the keyboard.
Without looking it up, it's something like *(EmpNum)$M$M$ML*. I slowed down
the send speed of the scanner to match the speed of screens popping up so I
did not outrun the program with the keystrokes.
For hardware, we used a simple digital camera and any barcode software. In
the past I have used LabelVision, BarTender, WaspLabeler, NiceLabel and even
ReportBuilder. I progressed from ReportBuilder to label software because I
found Code39 was a bit long and inefficient. Code128 seemed better suited
for the task.
In a recent example, we purchased...
5 licenses of WaspLabeler for <$300 from PCConnection,
100 Laminating cards for <$22 and,
100 Badge Clips for <$23 from McMasterCarr.
We set up the label to be twice as wide as needed and used one half for
front and the other for back (Punch in code on front with picture, punch out
on back without), fold in the middle and laminate. The toughest part was
punching the slot in the laminated card for the clip. The solution I used
was not the best, but it worked. I found a $10+/- punch designed for house
siding, at HomeDepot or Lowes that did the trick.
For scanners I found MetroLogic MS9540 Voyager Keyboard Wedge scanners also
at PCConnection for ~$175 (I think the price has dropped recently).
Good luck,
Aaron Hoyt
Vantage Plastics
-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf
Of wendorff1
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:19 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Employee ID's w/ Plant Floor
Aaron, thanks for the response! What kind of logic do you have in the bar
code? Employee clock number and anything else? Does any employee
have to click on enter or Log out or is that built into the code? We
probably would skip the passwords if we had a badge system.
Also, I'm looking at a camera/printer/software package from a compay
called Alpha Card Systems in CA for around $2500. Can you recommend a
hardware provider?
Thanks again,
Kelly
Without looking it up, it's something like *(EmpNum)$M$M$ML*. I slowed down
the send speed of the scanner to match the speed of screens popping up so I
did not outrun the program with the keystrokes.
For hardware, we used a simple digital camera and any barcode software. In
the past I have used LabelVision, BarTender, WaspLabeler, NiceLabel and even
ReportBuilder. I progressed from ReportBuilder to label software because I
found Code39 was a bit long and inefficient. Code128 seemed better suited
for the task.
In a recent example, we purchased...
5 licenses of WaspLabeler for <$300 from PCConnection,
100 Laminating cards for <$22 and,
100 Badge Clips for <$23 from McMasterCarr.
We set up the label to be twice as wide as needed and used one half for
front and the other for back (Punch in code on front with picture, punch out
on back without), fold in the middle and laminate. The toughest part was
punching the slot in the laminated card for the clip. The solution I used
was not the best, but it worked. I found a $10+/- punch designed for house
siding, at HomeDepot or Lowes that did the trick.
For scanners I found MetroLogic MS9540 Voyager Keyboard Wedge scanners also
at PCConnection for ~$175 (I think the price has dropped recently).
Good luck,
Aaron Hoyt
Vantage Plastics
-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf
Of wendorff1
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:19 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Employee ID's w/ Plant Floor
Aaron, thanks for the response! What kind of logic do you have in the bar
code? Employee clock number and anything else? Does any employee
have to click on enter or Log out or is that built into the code? We
probably would skip the passwords if we had a badge system.
Also, I'm looking at a camera/printer/software package from a compay
called Alpha Card Systems in CA for around $2500. Can you recommend a
hardware provider?
Thanks again,
Kelly
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron Hoyt" <aaron.hoyt@v...> wrote:
> Kelly,
> The process you intended is more or less exactly what we use here
(without
> the password bit).
> It does work just fine. I would estimate between 1 and 5 seconds to
process
> an employee per workstation.
> Using ODBC is dangerous at best. There are so many problems that
can occur
> when you bypass Epicor's business logic. Besides clocking in
creates a new
> record with a unique ID (though I am sure it's not impossible to
replicate
> the process). Either way, I would recommend you hold off the IT
programmers
> until you are on V8 and they can use Web Services to accomplish
their desire
> without danger of corrupting the database.
> I would hold to the side of caution first.
> Just my $.02
> Aaron Hoyt
> Vantage Plastics
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf
> Of Kelly Wendorff
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 12:23 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Employee ID's w/ Plant Floor
>
>
> In our efforts to streamline our data collection process, we would
like
> to create an ID card for each employee. Specifically, we would like
> this ID card to be used to clock in and out of each shift.
>
>
>
> My original thought was to use a simple picture ID card with a
bar-code
> that represented employee id, password and the tab's and clicks
> necessary to clock in via Plant Floor. After talking to our IT
> department, that probably isn't a great idea. No problem, I'm sure
I've
> had worse ideas.
>
>
>
> IT suggested setting up a dummy terminal that would write directly
into
> Vantage though JDBC or ODBC. This is way over my head so my
suggestion
> was, "Let me check on the User Group and see what everyone else was
> doing."
>
>
>
> Can anyone comment on a method to easily clock in and out of Plant
> Floor? I would prefer not buying another module or payroll package
(we
> use Vantage Payroll), but I'd be open to any suggestions. There is
no
> way I will be able to get around the bottlenecks of having all of
our
> employees manually type in their clock numbers and passwords at each
> shift change.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> kelly
>
>
>
> Kelly Wendorff
> Cost Accounting Manager
> SteelCraft Corporation
> www.scc-wi.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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