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    Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte Ltd. All rights reserve d. Version 9.0 User Manual BePunctual S erver[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 2 of 37 All rights reserve d. 1 Table of Content 1 TABLE OF CONTE NT ................................................................................................................ 2 2 INTRODUCT ION .........................................................[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 3 of 37 All rights reserve d. 6 ORGANIZ AT ION INFORMATION ........................................................................................ 21 7 DEPARTMENTS ............................................................................................[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 4 of 37 All rights reserve d. R UN W HEN L OG O N W INDOWS ..................................................................................................... 36 S HOW I CON IN T ASKBAR N OTIFIC ATION A REA ................................................[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 5 of 37 All rights reserve d. 2 Introduction What is BePunctual Server? Aquarius Soft BePunctu al Server is the central configuration, management and reporting component of the Aquarius Soft BePunctual computer employee biometric fingerprint time clock soft[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 6 of 37 All rights reserve d. Easy to S etup It takes less than 1 minute to install the BePunctu al Server so ftware...and another few minutes more to add the staff d etails and the solution is all ready to use. Easy to Use Like all other Aquarius Soft pr o[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 7 of 37 All rights reserve d.[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 8 of 37 All rights reserve d. 3 Installation and Remove Installing the application NOTE: Please ensure that you log into Windows with an administrat or account befo re starting the installat ion. After downloading the application setup file BePunctualS erve[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 9 of 37 All rights reserve d. Main Menu Menu Sub-Menu Description File New Staff Add a new staff New Staff Type Add a new staff type New Department Add a new de partment New Appro ved Leave And a new appro ved leave New Leave Type Add a new leave type New H[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 10 of 37 All rights reserve d. version number and cop yright[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 11 of 37 All rights reserve d. Main Tab The Main Tab is for selecting the content to display in the Content Area. The following tabs are available on the Main Tab: • Today : Click this tab to check who's in/out today. • Punch Cards : Click this tab[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 12 of 37 All rights reserve d. Setup Departments View You can then group your staffs into departments and set a department head fo r each department. This view lets you add, edit and delete y our organization departments. This view is accessed via S etup Ta[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 13 of 37 All rights reserve d. Setup Leave Types View This view lets you add, edit and delete y our organization leave types like Annual Leave, Medical Leave, No-Pay Leave etc. This view is accessed via S etup Tab > Leave Types Control Type Description A[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 14 of 37 All rights reserve d. Today View This view lets you check who's in/out now today and their punch in/out times and remarks. This view is accessed via Tod ay Tab . Control Type Description Punch In Photo Image This shows the staff/visitor photo [...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 15 of 37 All rights reserve d. Approved Leave View This view lets you add, edit and delete y our staff appr oved leave. This information lets you track the frequency and re ason of their leave easily. This information is also used when gener ating the vario[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 16 of 37 All rights reserve d. 5 Getting Started Running the Application BePunctual Server has a Windows serv ice ( BePunctual Server Service ) module that is run in the background when the computer is power up with or without log on. This ensure that the p[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 17 of 37 All rights reserve d. Viewing Who's In/Out To view who's in/out today: • Run and show the Server software. • Click Today Ta b to show the Tod ay View • To see who is not in today, click Who's Not I n • To see who is in alread[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 18 of 37 All rights reserve d. Viewing Organization Informatio n To view your organization information: • Run and show the Server software. • Click Setup Tab . • Click Organization to show the Setup Organization View Viewing Departments To view the de[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 19 of 37 All rights reserve d. Viewing Staff Information To view your staff information: • Run and show the Server software. • Click Setup Tab . • Click Staffs to show the Setup St affs View • Select the staff you want. Viewing Visitor Types To view[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 20 of 37 All rights reserve d. Enrolling Staff Fingerprint You can enroll a staff fingerp rint for use in punching in/ou via Server software -> Setup -> Staffs -> Edit Sta ff -> Biometric Fingerprint -> Enroll Importing Sta ff Fingerprint Tem[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 21 of 37 All rights reserve d. 6 Organization Information You can view and edit your organization information in the Setup Organization View . 7 Departments You can group yo ur staff into departments. Examples of d epartments are human resource, R&D etc[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 22 of 37 All rights reserve d. 8 Staffs Staffs are y our organization employees or worker s. The following groups o f information can be stor e and set for e ach staff: • General information like full name, display name, staff ID, department, staff typ e,[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 23 of 37 All rights reserve d. Staff Punch In/Out Settings Page This page lets you configure a staff's punch in/out settings. Item Description Punch ID Set the staff punch ID here. This must be set. Punch PIN Set the optional staff punch PIN here. Disa[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 24 of 37 All rights reserve d. 1st Half Knock Off Time (Monday to Sunday ) (Only for full-working d ays) This is the time a staff can knock off from work when the staff takes 2nd half o f the day leave. 2nd Half Reporting Time (Monday t o Sunday ) (Only fo [...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 25 of 37 All rights reserve d. amount for daily based staff only. Working Day Pa y Per Day By Da y of Week Check this option if the working day pay per d ay is different for one or more days of the week. You will then be able to enter the pay for each day o[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 26 of 37 All rights reserve d. Staff Contact Inform ation Page This page lets you configure a staff's contact information. Item Description Office Email This is the staff's office e mail address. Office Phone and Extension This is the staff's[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 27 of 37 All rights reserve d. 9 Holidays Holidays are non-working days for s taffs. BePunctual ta kes into consideration of holidays when generating reports and when calculating staff pay. Holiday can be paid or not paid. For paid holiday, daily pay staff [...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 28 of 37 All rights reserve d. 10 Leave Types Example of leave type s are Annual Leave, Medical Leave etc. Leave can be paid leave or no-pay leave. F or paid leave, pay w ill not be deducted fro m the staff salary. For no-pay leave, pay for the day will be [...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 29 of 37 All rights reserve d. 12 Punch Cards and Punch Entries A punch card contains all punch entries of a staff. Each staff has his o wn punch card. Each punch card entry contains the following information: • Punch In Dat e and Time • Punch In Remark[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 30 of 37 All rights reserve d. 13 Punch Stations Punch stations are software for staffs or visitors to punch in/out or for managers to retrieve attendance data from the system. For better security of the BePunctual data, they are usually installed in other [...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 31 of 37 All rights reserve d. Deleting an Inactive Punch Station You can delete a no longer in use p unch station via Punch Stations Ta b -> Select an inactive station -> Delete Station Broadcasting a Message to Act ive Punch Stations You can broadca[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 32 of 37 All rights reserve d. 14 Reports BePunctual Server can generate the following repo rt types: • Staff Working Da ys and Hours : This report shows the wo rking days and hour s details of the staff for the selected period. • Attendance Report : Th[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 33 of 37 All rights reserve d. 15 Working Days and Hours Tem plates For yo ur convenience, working d ays and hours templates can be created and subsequently applied to staffs. Editing Default Working Days and Hours Template You can edit the default working [...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 34 of 37 All rights reserve d. 16 Staff Pay Templates For yo ur convenience, staff pay templates can be created and subsequently applied to staff . The default staff pay template can be co nfigured in the BePunctual Options Dialog while additional templates[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 35 of 37 All rights reserve d. 17 Visitor Types Visitor Type is way to group y our visitors. Examples of staff types are parents, contractors etc. To add a visitor to a visitor type, edit the visitor infor mation and set his visitor type. Once you have setu[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 36 of 37 All rights reserve d. 19 Customizations Run When Log On Windows BePunctual Server has a Windows serv ice ( BePunctual Server Service ) module that is run in the background when the computer is power up with or without log on. This ensure that the p[...]

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    User Manual of BeP unctual Server Version 9.0 Copyright © 2010 Aquarius Soft Pte L td. Page 37 of 37 All rights reserve d. You can change the connection port number via Setup -> Opt ions -> General -> Connection Port Number -> Port Number After changing this value, all punch stati ons will be disconnected and has to r econfigure with t[...]