HOW TO PULL PROGRAMMING FROM ONE KRONOS CLOCK

AND SEND TO ANOTHER KRONOS CLOCK USING TERMUTILS



****NOTE: KRONOS CLOCKS MUST BE COLD STARTED WITH BASIC COMMUNICATIONS PARAMETERS PRIOR TO COMMUNICATING WITH THEM.*********

TO COLD START A NEW CLOCK

1. PRESS * OR SWIPE “M” BADGE
2. TYPE 90 PRESS ENTER
3. HIT ** ENTER ENTER TO EXIT
4. PRESS ** ENTER TO GET TO PROCEDURE
5. PROCEDURE 4 STEP 1 (# OF EMPLOYEES WHICH SHOULD BE 500) MAKE SURE TO HIT ENTER EACH TIME TO SAVE.
6. PROCEDURE 30 STEP 1 (PASSWORD) HIT ENTER
7. PROCEDURE 30 STEP 2 (IP ADDRESS) HIT ENTER
8. PROCEDURE 22 STEP 1 – VALUE 255 HIT ENTER
(ONLY SET UP IF YOU WANT ANY EMPLOYEE TO BE ABLE TO CLOCK ON THIS CLOCK).

AFTER PROGRAMMING CLOCK WITH BASIC PARAMETERS ABOVE THEN YOU HAVE TO INITIALIZE AND UPDATE THE CLOCK. YOU WILL DO THIS IN TIMEKEEPER CENTRAL UNDER COMMLINK AND COMMUNICATIONS.

TO GET THE IP ADDRESSES YOU WILL HAVE TO GO INTO TIMEKEEPER CENTRAL AND THEN INTO MAINTENANCE. CLICK ON SETUP AND THEN TIMEKEEPER TERMINALS AND THEN ETHERNEL TERMINALS. YOU WILL FIND THE IP ADDRESSES HERE.


FIRST YOU WILL NEED TO CHECK THE CLOCK THAT YOU ARE WANTING TO PULL THE PROGRAMMING PARAMETERS FROM TO MAKE SURE COMMUNICATIONS ARE OK WITH THAT CLOCK .

TO DO THIS YOU WILL NEED TO DO THE STEPS LISTED BELOW:

1. CLICK ON TERMUTIL.EXE ICON ON MY DESK TOP OR EITHER GO TO THE POLLING PC (EVENT MANAGER) AND USE TERMINAL SERVICES.
2. SELECT TOOLS
3. SELECT TRYIT
4. KEY IN IP ADDRESS OF CLOCK YOU ARE WANTING TO PULL THE PROGRAM FROM TO MAKE SURE COMMUNICATIONS ARE OK.
5. CLICK ON TEST
6. YOU WILL RECEIVE MESSAGE BOX THE SAYS SUCCESS!
7. NEXT CLICK OK

NOW YOU ARE READY TO START PULLING TO PROGRAMMING INFORMATION.

1. PERFORM AN UPDATE AND COLLECT OF THE KRONOS CLOCK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PULL THE PROGRAMMING INFO. FROM.
2. NEXT SELECT TOOLS---> SL400.
3. UNDER PREFERENCES, UNCHECK ALL BOXES, EXCEPT SAVE PROGRAM PARAMETERS. THIS SHOULD BE THE ONLY BOX CHECKED.
4. UNDER DEVICE SELECTION, SPECIFY THE DEVICE TO PULL THE PROGRAMMING FROM BY ENTERING EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING IN THE ADDRESS BOX:

A. THE IP ADDRESS OF THE KRONOS CLOCK (ETHERNET)
B. THE PASSWORD OF THE KRONOS CLOCK (MODEM OR DIRECT CONNECT). IF USING A MODEM, SPECIFY THE MODEM PHONE NUMBER IN THE PHONE BOX.
5. CLICK UPDATE. AT THE CONFIRMATION WINDOW, CLICK YES TO CONTINUE PROCESSING.
6. EXIT TERMUTILS.


A .PRM FILE WILL BE CREATED IN THE DIRECTORY WHERE THE TERMUTIL.EXE FILE RESIDES. ON MY DESK TOP IT USUALLY PUT A NOTE PAD OR WORD PAD WITH THE FILE ON MY DESKTOP. IN THE COMPUTER ROOM WE HAD TO RIGHT CLICK ON MY COMPUTER ICON, LEFT CLICK EXPLORER, THEN GO TO THE E: DRIVE. CLICK ON KRONOS FOLDER (HIT + SIGN TO EXPAND) NEXT CLICK ON TERM FOLDER AND THEN DOUBLE CLICK ON FILE. MAKE SURE FILE IS IN TERM FOLDER BEFORE SAVING.

THIS FILE WILL BE EITHER <IP>.PRM WHERE <IP> IS THE LAST 6 DIGITS OF THE IP ADDRESS. FOR EXAMPLE: THE IP ADDRESS IS 10.190.27.61 YOU WOULD LOOK FOR A FILE NAMED 027061.PRM.

LOCATE THIS FILE AND DOUBLE CLICK ON IT TO OPEN IT.

YOU WILL FIND 3 ERASE ME IN THIS FILE. TWO WILL BE AT THE BEGINNING AND ONE WILL BE AT THE END OF THE FILE. DON’T LEAVE ANY SPACES AFTER YOU HAVE DELETED THESE LINES.

SAVE THIS FILE. IF THIS FILE WILL BE USED TO PROGRAM ANOTHER KRONOS CLOCK, USE THE NEW IP ADDRESS (LAST 6 DIGITS-ETHERNET) OF THE CLOCK YOU WILL BE DOWNLOADING INFO. TOO OR PASSWORD (MODEM OR DIRECT CONNECT) AS THE FILE NAME.


TO SEND PROGRAMMIN TO A DIFFERENT KRONOS CLOCK


1. RE-OPEN THE TERMUTIL SERVICE UTILITY, AS IN STEP 1 ABOVE.
2. SELECT TOOLS -->SL400
3. IN THE PREFERENCE SECTION, UNCHECK ALL BOXES, EXCEPT RESTORE PARAMETERS. THIS SHOULD BE THE ONLY BOX CHECKED.
4. UNDER DEVICE SELECTION, SPECIFY THE DEVICE TO SEND THE PROGRAMMING TO BY ENTERING EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING IN THE ADDRESS BOX:

A. THE IP ADDRESS OF THE KRONOS CLOCK (ETHERNET)
B. THE PASSWORD OF THE KRONOS CLOCK (MODEM OR DIRECT CONNECTION). IF USING A MODEM, SPECIFY THE MODEM PHONE NUMBER IN THE PHONE BOX.

5. CLICK UPDATE. AT THE CONFIRMATION WINDOW, CLICK YES TO CONTINUE PROCESSING.

6. THE PROGRAMMING PARAMETERS WILL BE SENT TO THE NEW KRONOS CLOCK.