Q. We recently updated our TimePilot software and I have noticed that it is rounding everyone's time to the nearest 15 minutes (for instance, when an employee clocks out at 5:08, it is rounded to 5:15). I have tried looking through all the shift schedules, etc., and I cannot seem to figure out
where or how to change this.
A. The rounding option can be found within your Company setup. Within TimePilot Central go to Setup > Company Setup > Edit
Company. Click the tab labeled "Rounding" to make adjustments.
Q. While setting up a new employee, I didn’t capture his iButton number, and when I downloaded the transactions from our Extreme clock this morning it said I had three orphan records. I now have assigned the profile to the iButton he used yesterday but do not know how to capture the orphan records.
A. Now that you have the iButton properly assigned, you will need to re-download the transactions from your clock. (One of the lesser-known features of TimePilot Extreme is that it has a long memory: The clock keeps the last 12,000 clock-ins or clock-outs in its memory, even though you’ve already downloaded them to your USB Drive.) Here's how to reacquire the transactions:
- Open the Extreme Data Manager on your PC.
- Within the Extreme Data Manager, right-click the clock you want to retrieve the previous transactions from and go to Station Properties > Advanced.
- Insert the number of transactions you would like the clock to grab and select Get Transactions. How many should you ask for? Since the problem occurred yesterday, estimate how many transactions there should have been yesterday and add 10% or 20% more as a safety margin. Don’t worry—duplicate transactions won’t be a problem.
- Insert your USB drive in your clock and tap the management button on the IN probe. Once that operation is complete you can bring the USB drive to your computer and import the transactions as you normally would. The orphan transactions will be discarded.
Q. How long will the battery in my Tap+ clock last after it’s unplugged from the USB cable?
A. That depends, of course, on how often it’s used, but our testing indicates it should last about a year before it needs to be recharged. However, you'll probably never reach that point: The battery automatically recharges while you download your clock-ins and clock-outs into the TimePilot database on your computer.
Q. Is there a way to track punches in and out for breaks?
A. Absolutely. Our software gives you all kinds of flexibility, from simply seeing the actual amount of time employees are taking for breaks to penalizing them for abusing your break policy. This article from the May 2013 newsletter gives you all the facts and sample setups.
Frozen in Time, Part 1: Ever wonder why the time displayed on all of Apple's ads for iPhones and iPads is 9:41? It's because Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone at a Jan. 9, 2007, conference at 9:41 a.m. Apple's marketing experts wanted to have the time shown on the onstage photo of the iPhone to be as close as possible to the actual time at the moment it was announced. They calculated that the unveiling would be roughly 40 minutes into Jobs' speech, which started at 9 a.m. They've kept 9:41 as an homage to Jobs' announcement.
Frozen in Time, Part 2: Why do most ads for analog watches (the kind with a minute hand and an hour hand) show the time at 10:10? There are two main reasons: first, the hands don't block the watchmaker's logo, which is usually at 12 o'clock; and second, the hands form a "smile," which subliminally makes the watch more attractive to the viewer (and increases the chances of a purchase).
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Everyone running a TimePilot system should read this one—it's that important. Having thousands of transactions in the database slows down the TimePilot software, as well as making it extremely unwieldy for supervisors to use. That’s why we strongly recommend extracting your transactions at the end of your pay period. (It's so important that if you don't extract, you'll get a reminder at the bottom of the TimePilot Central screen!) 
What is an iButton, anyway?
Your TimePilot system can also be used for keeping track of the time taken by particular jobs. Commonly known as “job costing,” this feature can be used to determine the amount of time an individual project takes during the workday or how long an employee takes to complete a particular project. All you need to start “job costing” is iButtons in different colors. 
Every once in a while, our employees come across “cool stuff.”
This is where they share their finds.
Beverage Cup Carrier BagThis isn't the most "techy" of products, but it's one of those "slap-to-the-forehead, why-didn't-I-think-of-that" things. Let's say you're at the local fast-foot restaurant, picking up lunch for you and a co-worker. You've got two drinks, two bags and there aren't any cardboard drink carriers. Then you see the solution. It's a simple plastic bag with a handle, divided into two slots, each just the right size to securely hold a cup as large as 32 ounces. We spotted a package of them attached to the side of a fast food restaurant's soft drink station. They're recyclable and reusable. |
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