TimePilot Newsletter No. 67: June 2021 |
News and info for users
of TimePilot time and attendance systems
In this issue:
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TimePilot Lead Story: Current customers can use their existing TimePilot clocks and iButtons with our new Cloud-based system.
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TimePilot Q&A: Sorting data in TimePilot Central; what does a red "X" mean?
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Time Trivia: Crowds attacking clocks; men and women work different amounts of time in different places.
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LEAD STORY
For current customers:
Switching to our
Cloud-based system is simple
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Here’s a screenshot of the new TimePilot Central 5 management software:
Let’s say you’re already a TimePilot customer, own several of our time clocks and have your database on your server or PC. You’re interested in converting to the Cloud-based system, but can you do that and still use your current clocks and iButtons?
Answer: Absolutely. And we’ll help you set things up. Here’s how it will work:
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Vetro clocks (on network): As long as that network has access to the internet, your clock-in and clock-out data will be transmitted to your database in the Cloud instead of the database on the server.
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Vetro clocks (USB drive used to collect data): You’ll collect your clock-ins and clock-outs with the USB drive as normal, then plug them into your PC running the new TimePilot Central 5 software. The software will send the data collected to your Cloud database.
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Tap clocks: You’ll plug your Tap clock in a PC running Tap Manager, just as you’ve always done, but Tap Manager will send the data to the Cloud instead of your local database.
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Extreme Blue or Extreme Blue II clocks: You’ll collect the data with your smartphone running the new, free XBlue Sky app. Your phone will transmit the data to the Cloud.
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TimePilot PC: Your data will be saved to the database in the Cloud instead of the database on your PC or server.
Of course, you can also have your employees install the free TimePilot Mobile App on their smartphones, and with that app they can clock in using their phones from anywhere in the world.
The benefits
Your employees will use their iButtons to clock in and out just as they always have and have the added ability to clock in on their phones. Most of the benefits will be seen by supervisors. For instance:
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You can be anywhere on earth (as long as you have an internet connection) and you’ll be able to use the TimePilot Central 5 management software to view your employees’ clock-ins and clock-outs and prepare the data for payroll.
- The all-new TimePilot Central 5 software uses the same concepts as earlier software versions, but we’ve listened to our customers and integrated their suggestions into this version to add features and make it even easier to use. (See the screenshot below.)
- If your employees use the TimePilot Mobile App, you can see on a map where they were when they clocked in or out.
- Your database resides on a server managed by Microsoft, which will protect your data and back it up regularly, so you don’t have to.
- You will receive free help from our Tech Support Specialists for as long as you use the product.
Interested? Check out our web site, TimePilot.com, or contact us today at
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Questions from our customers, as answered by our support technicians. |
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q. How can I make TimePilot Central’s transaction list show each employee’s clock-in time above their clock out time?
Q. When I do reports, on some of the days there will be an “X” in one of the log-in times. Then it does not give any hours for that day at all even though there are 4 clock-in and clock-outs. How do we fix this?
Q. How do I determine my Extreme Blue II clock’s serial number?
Q. When I went to collect punches from our Vetro clock, it said it had 160 new transactions. When I went to pull that info into TimePilot Central on my PC it said that 0 transactions were entered. Now when I go to collect them, it is saying that 0 transactions are available. Can I get that information back?
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Interesting time-related stories from around the world. |
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In the 19th century, mobs attacked public clocks to protest the change from living on less-strict “natural” time to regimented time imposed by a machine. Even today, scholars say that the more we synchronize ourselves with the time in clocks, the more we fall out of sync with our own bodies and the world around us.
On the days they worked, employed men worked 48 minutes more than employed women. This difference partly reflects women’s greater likelihood of working part time. However, even among full-time workers (those usually working 35 hours or more per week), men worked more per day than women—8.3 hours, compared with 7.7 hours.
On an average day, 85 percent of women and 71 percent of men spent some time doing household activities, such as housework, cooking, lawn care, or household management. On the days they did household activities, women spent an average of 2.5 hours on these activities, while men spent 1.9 hours.
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Every once in a while, our employees come across “cool stuff.” This is where they share their finds. |
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It’s summer, and the season for cold canned
drinks. But if you pop the top and don’t finish
your drink, you’ve wasted money.
Fizz Lids snap onto the top of a beverage can
and keep the fizz inside, so you can enjoy the rest
of your drink later.
They work with 12-ounce soda, beer, water,
seltzer and much more.
They’re dishwasher safe and come in a pack of
six in various colors. $9.99 to $11.99, depending
upon the color.
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