Download HandPunch 2000 Adds Schlage EN-200 Ethernet Option

Contact Name: Jana Lasch, Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies: 317-810-3791
Contact Name: Tom Brigham, Brigham Scully: 207-941-1100
HandPunch 2000 Adds Schlage EN-200 Ethernet Option
Dramatically Reduces Installation and Communications Costs of Adding
Biometrics to Time and Attendance Systems
CARMEL, IND. – November XX, 2009 – Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today
announced that the EN-200 Ethernet Communications Module from Schlage lets
HP 2000 HandPunch hand geometry terminal users communicate with a host computer
over their already installed Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) via TCP/IP.
“This can greatly reduce installation and communications costs by taking
advantage of a company’s existing data network,” emphasizes Jon Mooney, Ingersoll
Rand Security Technologies Biometrics Solutions General Manger. “Installation is
further simplified because the module is completely internal to the HP 2000 terminal,
eliminating the need for an additional power supply.”
The HandPunch 2000 has two user-definable data management keys that let
organizations collect data as employees punch. Common uses include department
transfers, tips collected, job codes, or pay codes. Multi-level data entry sequences may
be defined. Organizations can also set the data management keys to allow employees to
review their past punches. To reduce keystrokes, the keys can also be set to
automatically enter data such as a frequently used department number or in/out status.
The HandPunch 2000 holds 5120 transactions and handles up to 512 users.
Using biometrics to automate the collection of time and attendance data can
reduce buddy punching (one employee clocking in or out for another), manual data
review and correction time, and payroll error. HandPunch terminals, which use hand
geometry to increase reliability and reduce privacy concerns over fingerprint and other
biometric technologies, are used in more biometric time and attendance systems than
any other biometric technology. Over six million people throughout the world clock in
and out of work with a hand geometry reader. Deployed properly, the HandPunch can
deliver a payback in fewer than nine months.
In addition to the HP 2000 HandPunch terminal, the EN-200 Ethernet
Communications Module can also be installed in HandPunch 3000 or HandPunch 4000
terminals. The module is already installed in the HandPunch 1000E and HandPunch
3000E.
For more information on time and attendance using the HandPunch terminal,
interested parties can go to www.biometrics.schlage.com.
About Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies
Ingersoll Rand’s Security Technologies is a leading global provider of products and services that
make environments safe, secure and productive. The sector’s market-leading products include
electronic and biometric access control systems; time-and-attendance and personnel scheduling
systems; mechanical locks; portable security; door closers, exit devices, architectural hardware,
and steel doors and frames; and other technologies and services for global security markets.
Website is www.securitytechnologies.ingersollrand.com.
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies is a sector of Ingersoll-Rand Company plc, a global
provider of products, services and solutions to industries as diverse as transportation,
manufacturing, food retailing, construction and agriculture. For more information, visit
ingersollrand.com.
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