by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Jun 10, 2008 | New Releases, News
Well Version 2.0.1 is out. I wont talk about it too much here right now. You can read about it on the Official Time Clock MTS Version 2 Release Page or take a look at the Release Notes. Over the course of the next week or so I’ll cover one of the features of the new release in detail here each day, hopefully along with some explanatory screen shots.
A Note to Existing Time Clock MTS Users
If you’re an existing Time Clock MTS user the software will not update itself to Version 2. Because a new registration key is required and not everyone is eligible for a free registration key I decided to make it a manual process. If you want to upgrade to Version 2 you’ll need to download the admin program update installer and the client program update installer. Once you’ve downloaded these just run them on your installations of Time Clock MTS and it will update to Version 2.
Getting Version 2 Registration Keys
You can retrieve your own registration key for Version 2 of the software. You’ll need to know your Version 1 registration key to get it. Don’t worry too much if you cant pull your own registration key from our website, the database has a couple of holes in it that I am trying to fix up. Just send me an email with your current license details and if you’re eligible I’ll send you your Version 2 registration key ASAP.
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Jun 10, 2008 | New Releases, News
Time Clock MTS Version 1.7.4 has been released. It has been released in update form only rather than as a full install. This is the last release of version 1 of Time Clock MTS. The only change to the software is a message informing users that it is the last release of Version 1 of the software and to upgrade to Version 2 you’ll need to visit our website.
by Mark Nemtsas | Jun 10, 2008 | New Releases
Time Clock MTS Version 2 was released today. It contains a number of new features to significantly improve the ease of use of the software. These include a quick find box and an at a glance summary of employee attendance on the Employee List Interface. The reporting system has had a complete overhaul. You are now able to configure the format of all reports to your liking, and can choose what information you do and dont want to include in each one. There’s a number of other usability and speed improvements in the software, a completely re-vamped help file, and several bug fixes. For a complete list of changes in the new version take a look at the the release notes and be sure to read the Time Clock MTS Weblog for a detailed explanation of the key new features.
New Users – Getting Time Clock MTS Version 2.0.1
If you’re new to Time Clock MTS you dont need to do anything special to get it. Just download it and install it.
Existing Users – Upgrading to Time Clock MTS Version 2.0.1
Time Clock MTS is a free upgrade to existing Time Clock MTS users if they have a valid support contract. Users with valid support contracts are:
- Those who purchased Time Clock MTS or an upgrade to Time Clock MTS after June 1 2007
- Those who purchased Time Clock MTS or an upgrade before June 1 2007 and chose to renew their support contract in response to the reminder emails we have been sending out over the last several months.
If you are eligible for a free upgrade then you can just download the Time Clock MTS Version 2.0.1 update and install it. Once you run the software you’ll be given the chance to obtain a new license key from within the software itself, or you can do it manually by taking a look at this page.
If you are not eligible for a free upgrade then you can still try out Time Clock MTS Version 2.0.1 for 14 days. If you decide it’s worth the upgrade then you can purchase an upgrade at 50% off of the normal price. Just downgrade to Version 1.7.4.
by Mark Nemtsas | May 24, 2008 | New Releases, News
Time Clock MTS Version 1.7.3 has been released containing a number of fixes to the recent problems we’ve been seeing with syncing the internal clock with internet time servers.
- The Maryland NIST time servers have stopped supporting the older TIME protocol, and this was the cause of the recent problems Time Clock MTS had with syncing with these servers. We’ve changed the protocol used for these servers to the NIST format.
- Time between queries to NTP Servers has changed to 30 minutes to stop flooding the servers.
- Query time out has reduced to 10 seconds rather than the previous 1 minute, to stop the software locking up on start up for a minute.
- Internet Time Syncing is now turned off by default to prevent this sort of problem for people who are just trialing the software.
by Mark Nemtsas | May 20, 2008 | New Releases, News
A couple of bugs fixed and some new features added today.
- A setting has been added to allow Time Clock MTS to check for a newer version on software start up. This setting is off by default but can be turned on via the Tools->Options->Interface Settings page. Note that you’ll still need to update the software via the Tools->Check for Updates menu.
- When manually checking for updates and an update is available you’ll now be able to view the release notes for the new version. In fact you’ll be able to view the release notes for every version between the one you are currently running and the latest that is available from us.
- When Excel is not installed and you try to export a report to Excel the software explains that you need Excel to be installed. Formerly it gave a less than explanatory error message.
- Fix to both vacation accruals and sick time accruals. When the delay for an employee to start accruing set to accrue into the future the software calculated accrued sick time / vacation time incorrectly. This is now fixed.
by Mark Nemtsas | May 15, 2008 | New Releases, News
Three new features added to the version released today.
- A new setting has been added to allow all reports to display time activity in hours:minutes:seconds format as well as the old decimal hours format. You can turn this new method of report output on via the Tools->Options->Display Settings->Display Times As screen.
- A new setting has been added to vacation and sick time accruals. This new setting allows you to use the anniversary of an employee’s hire date to reset the vacation or sick time accrual instead of the fiscal year. You can turn this new method of accrual calculation on via the Tools->Options->Sick Time/Vacation Accrual->Use Hire Date not Fiscal Year page.
- A check has been put in place to prevent a second instance of either the Administrator or Client software from running on the same computer.
