Educational Software Cooperative 4/Educational Software Cooperative 4.iso/wireless/shared.z/README.TXT

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Clock-IN!(tm) DOS TSR (terminate and stay resident)

To operate the program, first locate to your local or network drive,
where Clock-IN! is installed.

e.g
h:
cd \clockin

then run the program

tadostsr

or

tadostsr -p

The -p option tells it to pass through all keys to the application
beneath the TSR (terminate and stay resident) program.  This usage
is appropriate for testing, or if you have a word processor
that you want running and collecting the badge reads, too.

Then to unload it when it is in memory

tadostsr -r

On a network with Multiple Stations using tadostsr, put
the path, the station name, and the -p option if desired, e.g.:


tadostsr r:\clockin FRONTDESK -p


The network path to clockin is entered and FRONTDESK is the
station name.


You will probably run these commands out of your autoexec.bat file
or from your network login script.

The hot key is the % key.  The first character after the hot key must
be a B character (for badge), or any ascii letter for a charge prefix.
In the same manner as wireless, if you scan a charge first, then a
badge, a CSL charge since last transaction is created.  The hot key
termination key is the / key.  If this character is not received within 17
characters after the start of the %, the scan is terminated and not
processed.

% and / keys are Code 3 of 9 bar code compatible characters and
can be embedded in your bar codes using Clock-IN! Bar Code IT!
Most other keys cannot.

If you scan charges, scan the charge first, using a prefix not equal to
B, then scan the badge (including prefix B).

Whenever you enter Clock-IN! for Windows from the any network
workstation (or the same local PC), Clock-IN! will process the
queued transactions and bring the attendance up to date.

The file queue.txt is written and updated by multiple network
stations and contains your punches in Clock-IN! universal
format. If this file exists when you load Clock-IN!, Clock-IN!
will rename the file immediately, and process all punches.
Stations running the TSR can continue to operate.

Two beeps remind you when entering a charge, and one beep when
you enter a scan.

Wireless! Help

This file is better viewed in as wireless.hlp under windows.
File, run Winhelp.exe and open wireless.hlp to view it in
Windows.

Wireless.exe is your Windows TSR ( terminate and stay resident
or multi-tasking program that grabs your badge scans and
charges).

Tadostsr.exe is your DOS version that terminates and stays
resident.  See the help at the end of this file for information on
this DOS version.

Clock-IN!(tm) Windows TSR (terminate and stay
resident)

Set up for Wedge Scanning

Under F)ile, S)etup Wireless, you can specify the station name, and
whether you will be scanning badges and charges or just badge
scans (for Time and Attendance Only).   Also enter the station name
or meeting or class name here.  You can turn on the keyboard
wedge scanning capability here.  You can select whether to send
"scans" to the queue.db for Clock-IN! central, or to create day dated
queue files, e.g. xxmmddyy.db files.  xx=your location code, store #,
any two characters you want to use to uniquely define where you are
collecting the data.

If you select the keyboard wedge scanner here, badges should have
a hotkey scan character embedded as the first character in the code,
this character is the per cent character %.
Charges should have a hotkey scan character embedded as the first
character in the code, this character is the per cent character "%".
The bar code for the badge should end with a "/" slash character.
e.g. to charge job C2000, operation 20 create this bar code:

%C2000-20/

e.g. for badge B100, create this bar code:
%B100/

When you scan the charge, the charge will stay in the text box.  After
you scan the badge, the / will automatically depress the [OK] button.
If you are just keying the characters, % POPS it UP, / Pops it Back.
Time and Attendance Scanning

Just scan your badge on the portable PC scanner when you come
and go to work.  Clock-IN! Wireless will pop up and take your scan,
assign the time and date and store the transaction in "tsmmddyy.db",
a Paradox engine file.  mmddyy is the month, day, and year of the
transaction.  Communicate these files "ts*.db" to the a PC running
Clock-IN! (central).  Clock-IN! will import them in the correct order.
Clock-IN! plays a sound so you know it did the work.  Clock-IN! then
pops the screen back to what you were working on.  (% POPS it UP,

/ POPS it Back)

Intra Day "Charges" Scanning

Always scan your charge number first.  Then scan your badge.  The
badge scan "initiates" the transaction.  Again, you don't have to
press any keys to use Clock-IN! wireless.
Clock-IN! Wireless will pop up and take your scan, assign the time
and date and store the transaction in "tsmmddyy.db", a Paradox
engine file.  mmddyy is the month, day, and year of the transaction.
Communicate these files "ts*.db" to the a PC running Clock-IN!
(central).

Clock-IN! plays a sound so you know it did the work.  Clock-IN! then
pops the screen back to what you were working on.
Set-up Com Port Scanning

If you elect to use Com port scanning, only badge scans can be
discerned.  No "charges" capability is available except in Clock-IN!
Lite PC.  When you select S)et-up W)ired, you can enter the Com
port set-up information and turn this feature on.  Badge scans are
read from the com port and a carriage return (ascii 13) is used by the
com port scanner to delineate the end of a scan.  All other control
characters from your scanner are thrown away.
Security

Leaving the password field blank in either Setup screen will allow
anyone on the PC to get into the menus.  Setting the password
installs a prompt for password before you can enter the menus.
Archiving

Setting the number of days for archiving will cause Wireless to purge
older files automatically deleting all files of the form llmmddyy.db with
dates older than today-arhive days.

Startup Group

For best results, put Clock-IN! wireless in your startup group, and
attach your scanner. The full Clock-IN! product line includes data
collection support  and time-clock support for:

PC Timeclocks
    -Support for com port scanners, like Metrologic (background,
multi-tasking support
    -Support for keyboard wedges, pop up TSR operation
    -Multiple LAN PC Timeclocks

Time-Clocks
    -Verifones Dialup
    -Verifones Direct Connect
    -Verifones on a LAN
    -Other brands

Bar Code Terminal Networks
    -Welch Allyn
    -IBM 75xx
    -Symbol Technologies
    -Others
    -Single Unit, Direct Connect, RS 485

Clock-IN! faciliates integration with your existing hardware
    -Import/Export
    -DDE Client or Server
    -Client/Server
    -ODBC,Crystal Reports Writer

Clock-IN! Handles Most Time Base Business Applications
    -Meetings and Conferences
    -Time and Attendance
    -Data Collection, Job Costing, Labor Distribution, General
Charging
    -Bar Code Layout and Design

   The clockn.zip is in the forum, IBMAPPS, and includes the full 12
products.  4 megs to download.  All clockin files are also on our BBS
at 810-247-7187.



# $ K + Registration
    Dean L. Hiller, Mission Critical Software provides this
program (Wireless or TADOSTSR) and licenses its use on a single
personal computer for the shareware price of $19.  Each network
workstation using this program is invidividually licensed.  Mission
Critical Software, 14536 Island Drive, Sterling Heights, MI 48313.

Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
BBS (810)-247-7187   Clock-IN! is a registered trademark.

Copyright 1993-1995 Dean L. Hiller.
Send your check for $19, plus $6 shipping and handling to register
and receive the latest version of Wireless and TADOSTSR!  Print
this help topic for a copy of the form.
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# $ K + Support
   Mission Critical Software will provide support via fax at 810-
247-8444 for a period of three months following purchase or
Wireless/TADOSTSR! Or call 810-24-0394 with your support
questions. Or send a mail message on Compuserve to user ID
73127,77.

Call and register today and get the latest version.  With
registration you will also get information on our retail versions
of Bar Code IT!, Clock-IN!, and other fine Windows products.
You'll also receive information on our customization services,
including how to embed our bar coding
technology in your Windows Applications.

# $ K + License
   Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using
it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -
- some request registration while others require it, some specify a
maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the
simple right to continue using the software to an updated program
with printed manual.

Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of
comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and
bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The
author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the
software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example,
some authors require written permission before a commercial disk
vendor may copy their Shareware.

Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether
it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting
your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And
because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the
ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you
don't pay for it.

DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
Users of Wireless/TADOSTSR must accept this disclaimer of
warranty: Wireless/TADOSTSR! is supplied as is.  The author
disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without
limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any
purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or
conse-quential, which may result from the use of
Wireless/TADOSTSR!."
Wireless/TADOSTSR! is a "shareware program" and is provided at
no charge to the user for evaluation.  Feel free to share it with your
friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another
system.  The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide
personal computer users with quality software without high prices,
and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop
new products.  If you find this program useful and find that you are
using Wireless/TADOSTSR! and continue to use
Wireless/TADOSTSR! after a  reasonable trial period, you must
make a reg-istration payment of $19 to Mission Critical Software.
The $19 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one
computer at any one time.  You must treat this software just like a
book.  An example is that this software may be used by any number
of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to
another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one
location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be
read by two different persons at the same time.
Commercial users of Wireless/TADOSTSR! must register and pay
for their copies of Wireless/TADOSTSR! within 30 days of first use or
their license is withdrawn.  Site-License arrangements may be made
by contacting Mission Critical Software.
Anyone distributing Wireless/TADOSTSR! for any kind of
remuneration must first contact Mission Critical Software at the
address below for authorization. This authorization will be
automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as
adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such
distributors may begin offering Wireless/TADOSTSR! immediately
(However Mission Critical Software must still be advised so that the
distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of
Wireless/TADOSTSR!.).
You are encouraged to pass a copy of Wireless/TADOSTSR! along
to your friends for evaluation.  Please encourage them to register
their copy if they find that they can use it.  All registered users will
receive a copy of the latest version of the Wireless/TADOSTSR!
system.
Call and register today and get the latest version.  With
registration you will also get information on our retail versions
of Bar Code IT!, Clock-IN!, and other fine Windows products.
You'll also receive information on our customization services.
"This program is produced by a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman
can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
does not provide technical support for members' products. Please
write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI
49442-9427 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail
to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536 or by FAX to 616-788-2765
(USA)."