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How do I enable automatic punching with barcode scanning?
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If you want an automatic punch option, you can enable this feature with barcode scanning. You can setup the barcode scanner so it’s always active and as employees scan their bar code, the system will automatically punch either an ENTRY or EXIT.
NOTE – since the system can’t determine if the punch would be MEAL or BREAK, these options can not be trigger by this method.
To enable this
- Ensure you have BARCODE setup in the punch option (read here)
- Enable this option:

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