Disabling Biometric Validation for Clocks

If biometric authentication is no longer required on one or more clocks, following the steps in this procedure to disable the feature.

To disable biometric validation for clocks:

  1. Select Maintenance > Reader Setup > Readers
  2. Click the Edit link next to the reader.
  3. In the Biometric Mode list, select the following value:
    None
    This option disables biometric mode.
  4. Click Save.

    If the 8000 is version 6.1.4.0 or higher, but WFM or application version is lower than 6.1.4.0 complete the following steps:

    1. Using the configuration update process to disable or delete the following configuration from the clock's configuration file (settings.conf):

      wbsynch.mapping.EMPLOYEE.bio = EB.EMPBDG_FLAG1