Acroprint AcroComm - Manual (Page 29)

AcroComm Programming Manual
5. About the CLOCKS
The Acroprint Terminal CLOCK works as a data collection terminal. It receives the badge through
any of the available sources. It validates it, and stores the transaction.
5.1. Badge Validation Criteria
This type of clock uses extensive validation criteria:
· The badge length is configured by the parameter BL. You can swipe any
badge with an alphanumeric number in length equal or lesser than the
number specified in the parameter BL.
· The badge must have a security prefix, specified in the parameter BC. All
badges must start with the specified prefix. You may leave the security
prefix empty to not enforce this rule.
· There is a supervisor prefix specified in the parameter SP. All badges
starting with this prefix, will be considered as Supervisor Badges and will
not be assigned as employee badges.
· There is only one Configuration Badge, with badge number 000000000
encoded in a magnetic strip.
· Any badge with an alphanumeric number up to 10 characters in length may
be displayed.
· Entries must be made through a valid source, determined with parameter IS.
These can be a magnetic stripe readers, keyboard, barcode readers or
proximity readers.
· Any badge different from the Configuration badge will be processed as a
normal badge.
The memory capability is variable according to the partitions made to the memory, due to
the fact that it has to save space for the tables. It has 65,535 memory bytes available. See
Appendix B for formulas to calculate the tables’ sizes.
5.1.1. Messages
Through the command EM, you can load into the clock a table, with messages to
assign to badges. These messages can be configured to be displayed when the
badge is swiped or when a specific function is executed where it is defined to see
the table of messages. The message has 16 characters.
Each clock has a different memory capability to store swipes, according to the
type of clock. When the end of memory is near, it will begin to display caution
warning messages indicating how many bytes are left in memory. When it
reaches the limit, it will block out completely until the memory is initialized
again.
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