by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Jun 16, 2011 | New Releases, News
I’ve just uploaded Version 3.1.8 of Time Clock MTS. This new version includes a couple of bug fixes, some new debug code to try to track down an issue a few users are having, and a couple of minor feature changes. The detailed changes can be found below: A number of modifications have been made to the logging code including adding a time stamp to all log entries and logging the windows version (and service pack). Users have been reporting an Error 52 (File not Found) when starting the software. Usually this is a permissions issue but it doesn’t seem to be this time. I’ve re-ordered the initialization code to try to catch where the error is happening and also put in some better error handling to at least give a more verbose message when the error fires. Fixed a calculation error for salaried employees with a yearly salary period. Fixed a problem with the Switch Jobs screen that could sometimes result in a clock out and clock in having exactly the same event time. Employees clocked in with an OTHER time classification now have a purple status icon on the employee list screen (similar to those currently clocked in on vacation or sick time). Automatic breaks are no longer applied to sick or vacation... read more
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Jun 5, 2011 | Using the Software
Above you can see the Payroll Information screen which defines various settings pertaining to the payroll for the selected employee. In the Salaried Payments section is an innocuous checkbox, Always Pay Salary. When checked this setting means that Time Clock MTS will always pay your employees their calculated salary for a reporting period regardless of the hours worked during the reporting period. The reason I am blogging about this today is that 3 times in the last week Time Clock MTS users have emailed me concerned about apparent calculation errors in the software that were in fact entirely correct due to the Always Pay Salary setting being turned on. It’s best to look at an example to explain exactly how the software makes it’s calculations. First, let’s set up an employee to be paid a weekly salary. You can see the Payroll Information screen above for this sort of setup. The employee has the Payment Type set to Salary, the Salary Period to Weekly and the Salary / Period to $1000. Note that the Always Pay Salary setting is checked. We’ll go the Payroll Reports screen and run a Punchcard Report for a week (7 days) and check the results. Above you can see a punchcard report run for the week June 6 to June 12. The employee has worked 34 hours for the week. Note that the report is showing a Total Work Time of 40 hours. However, below this is another value, Salary Work Time which is 34 hours. The first value is the calculated salaried hours, which in this case is the reporting period (one week)... read more
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | May 31, 2011 | New Releases, News
Time has come for another minor release of Time Clock MTS. We’re up to version 3.1.7. Just three changes this time. The Simple Wages Report will now display times in HH:MM:SS format and some formatting problems with the columns on the report have also been fixed. The other problem was with the capture path for web camera captured images not setting... read more
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | May 23, 2011 | New Releases, News
A minor release of Time Clock MTS has just been released taking the software to version 3.1.6. Details of the (very few) changes can be found below. Fixed a calculation error with the “Daily and Weekly Overtime (No Double Up)” overtime calculation method. Added a “More Information” link next to the First Day Starts At setting on the Tools->Options->Payroll Settings screen. Lots of users are changing this setting without understanding the consequences and hopefully this link will prevent some of them from doing so. Added a “No Job” section to the Job Time Report. Allows you to see what time was NOT spent working on jobs. Changed the “What’s This” link to highlight when the mouse moves over it. This link can be found next to to the Use Fingerprint Scanner setting on the Tools->Options->Interface Settings... read more
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Apr 30, 2011 | New Releases, News
Version 3.1.5 of Time Clock MTS has just been uploaded. This new release fixes up a couple minor bugs, adds a new report, and tweaks a couple of other things. Here’s exactly what’s changed: Added the Late for Shift Report, this will be the subject of a later blog entry. Added an employee tip total row to the Employee Tip Summary report. The “Job:” label displayed in the last action text for an employee can now be changed on the Interface Settings Screen (as can most other labels on the main time clock screen). Fixed up the Export to Excel functionality to stop non-printable characters being put into exported reports. Fixed up the Payroll Summary Report that sometimes actually wouldn’t export the payroll summary... read more
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Apr 30, 2011 | Using the Software
I just received a rather lengthy email from a potential Time Clock MTS user. They’ve spent some time considering their questions so I thought it only fair to take some time to consider my answers and I’ve decided that they can be posted up on the blog for everyone to read. 1. Installation fee per server? No, fees are by the number of administrator computers you require and the client computers you require. Administrator computers are used to configure the software and run reports and client computers are just used to clock in and out. 2. Are there regular “required” upgrades? No, there are no required upgrades. We do release new versions of the software once or twice a month and upgrading is entirely optional. 3. Is there a fee with each upgrade? You get one year of free upgrades with your purchase (within the same major release number). You can continue getting upgrades after this first year is up for a fee of 25% of your initial purchase price per year. Again this is entirely optional and you can keep using your software whether you pay this fee or not. 4. Can we have One Server but Employee’s can use from any computer? Yes. Take a look at our network time clock page to understand how this would work. 5. Can administration be done on another computer besides the Server? Yes, the administrator software doesn’t have to be on the same computer that the database is on. 5.1 Assuming YES to the last question, could administration be done from a home computer with office access? Only via some... read more
