# Assigning an employee's fingerprint on the attendance reader

One of the options for recording attendance is by scanning a fingerprint. If the customer has not purchased a personalization reader to read the fingerprint, it is possible to scan the fingerprint directly on the attendance reader.

Warning

At this point, it is assumed that the employee is already enrolled in attendance - he has an assigned personal number.

Steps to be taken:

Employee registration in the webPatrol module
Creating a template for the attendance reader
Fingerprint loading
Template import with fingerprint loading into webPatrol

# 1. Employee registration in the webPatrol module

The webPatrol module is a separate application from attendance itself, so in order to have access to employees, we have to register them.

Employee registration in the webPatrol module

Open the webPatrol module and enter Users
Go to the Unregistered in Patrol tab - here are the new employees
Mark the employee and click the Register users button
Click the Yes button , confirm PIN = Personal Number

Note

The PIN is the identifier under which the employee appears in the attendance reader

Now the employee is in the Registered in Patrol tab

# 2. Creating a template for the attendance reader

The template is the record of the employee on the attendance reader. Each type of attendance reader uses a different type of template .

Creating a template for the attendance reader

In the webPatrol module, go to Users and to the tab Registered in Patrol
Search and double-click to open the employee's record
Go to the tab Templates and click on the New record button
Select APIS reader template type on the screen and enable Fingerprints

Note

APIS reader - ZPAD+, Biopad

ZK - SCR100, Proface, Speedface

You can also combine the fingerprint pattern with cards.

Continue by clicking on the green → button
Select the authorization of the employee on the reader

Note

User - an ordinary employee who is registered on the attendance reader

Administrator - an employee authorized to enter the menu and configure the attendance reader

Continue by clicking the green → button
Fingerprints are scanned directly on the attendance reader, so you can close the window and go to the Sensors tab

Note

Readers are displayed according to the group assigned to the employee.

Select the attendance readers and click the Synchronize changed button.
After successful synchronization, Synchronized is displayed for the given reader

# 3. Fingerprint loading

There is an empty template on the attendance reader into which you can take a fingerprint.

On the attendance reader screen, press the square icon to access the reader menu
Go to Users and select an employee
In the employee, switch to the Finger tab
Click on the finger you want to load and select Load finger
You will be prompted three times to place your finger on the fingerprint reader

Note

You gradually place your finger on the glass on the fingerprint reader. We try to make the belly of the finger in the center of the slide. Do not press hard on the slide, but do not touch it very gently either.

Damaged, dry, cold fingers can affect the loading of the template. If you can't get a fingerprint, try another finger. We recommend that each employee take two fingerprints.

After successful loading, click the Save button and you can exit the reader menu
Try your fingerprint by registering on the attendance reader

# 4. Template import with fingerprint loading into webPatrol

Warning

It is important to upload the template to webPatrol after scanning the fingerprint on the reader, because there is still an empty template in webPatrol. Prevent templates with fingerprints from being overwritten by blank templates when synchronizing employees to the attendance reader.

Template import with fingerprint loading into webPatrol

In webPatrol, go to Readers
Double-click your reader
Go to the Users tab
Click on the blue ← to load the current list of users on the reader
Mark the employee and click on the Import Marked Users button
Check Overwrite existing users and check below if Fingerprints are checked
Confirm by clicking Yes
The fingerprint template will be uploaded from the reader to webPatrol

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