We are in the midst of this same project. We have a personnel system built
in-house and will capture id verification from whatever unit we purchase.
Right now we have a Fingerprint Identification Unit from IOSoftware and got
our hands on their in-house time & attendance package. We of course will
just use it to create a text file and upload it to the HP and apply it to
our database. Will probably use Reflections scripting to do most of the
work. Our Personnel system is tightly integrated with our Job Costing
system and Inventory system. So far the fingerprint things are working
pretty well, they just require a PC for each one. I will just have the PC
at pre-determined times, FTP the file or just save it to a network drive
where another program will grab it and post to the HP. Well now all that
didn't answer anything now did it. Well I must have had an email attack.
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From "Ted Ashton" <[log in to unmask]>, on 3/19/98 1:39 PM:
Greetings one and all,
  I've just found out that we're installing a new time-clock system and the
decision as to which has just about been made.  They're leaning heavily
toward
a pc-based system (Chronos).  Of course all our accounting is done on the
HP,
so the HR information would have to be downloaded to the PC and the work
hours
uploaded every week.  Yuck.  Is there any system out there which ties
directly
into a 3000?

Ted
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Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Serv, Southern Adventist University
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The bottom line for mathematicians is that the architecture has to be
right.
In all the mathematics that I did, the essential point was to find the
right
architecture. It's like building a bridge. Once the main lines of the
structure are right, then the details miraculously fit. The problem is the
overall design.
                                        -- Dyson, Freeman