Messages
The WB5500 displays different messages depending on the result of the employee's action. Generally, each clock validation has at least one success message and one failure message. For example, when punching in, the badge validation message displays whether a valid badge was swiped. If an invalid badge was swiped, the failed badge validation message is displayed. The details of the messages determine what is displayed on the clock. The message details are configured in the settings_en_US.conf file.
Within the settings_en_US.conf file, the clock messages are listed in this format:
message.validation.<MSG>.okmessage = message.validation.<MSG>.badmessage =
<MSG> is the name of the validation such as BadgeValidation or SupervisorValidation. The text following the equal sign (=) defines the message text. The ~#X, where X is a number between 1 and 8, defines on which line the text following the equal sign is displayed. For example, the message that is displayed when a schedule validation fails is defined as:
message.validation.ScheduleValidation.badmessage = ~#3Not scheduled~#4Call supervisor~#5_DELETE_~#6_DELETE_~#7_DELETE_~#8_DELETE_
Not scheduled is displayed on the third line of the clock, followed by Call supervisor and four blank lines. Changing the text or the line numbers in the settings_en_US.conf file alters the message that is displayed on the clock.
The messages can contain plain text and tokens that act as variables. The value of the variable is inserted when the message is displayed. For example, the token ^&F represents the employee’s first name. So any message with the ^&F token in the text displays the first name of the employee who is performing the clock punch.
These tokens can be used:
| Token | Description |
|---|---|
| ^&F | First name |
| ^&L | Last name |
| ^&D | Labor metric description |
| ^&S | The greeting based on swipe type. Check the message.validation.swipetypegreeting.x settings. |
| ^&T | The timed greeting based on the time of day. Can only be used in the message.validation.swipetypegreeting.x settings. |
| ^&N | New line (if supported by the reader) |
| ^&H | The hour of the swipe in 24-hour format |
| ^&h | The hour of the swipe in 12-hour format |
| ^&m | The minute of the swipe |
| ^&M | The month of the swipe in the MM format |
| ^&K | The month of the swipe in the MMM format |
| ^&Y | The year of the swipe in YYYY format |
| ^&y | The year of the swipe in YY format |
| ^&d | The day of the swipe in DD format |
| ^&e | The day of the swipe in DDD format |
| ^&A | AM / PM indicator |