Lathem FR700 User Manual - Polling The Terminal

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Polling the Terminal

When you poll a terminal, you retrieve the punch information from 

the terminal and the punches are placed in the database making the 

data available in the PayClock software. It’s a good practice to poll 

your terminal everyday or even better, activate the automatic polling.  

If you can’t poll everyday, you should poll the terminal before 

making any edits in the PayClock software. By polling everyday or 

before making any edits, you can be sure you are working with the 

most current data. 

Polling from the Timecards Tab 

The Data button group contains the Poll Terminals button, which 

will poll the terminal(s) connected to the PayClock system. 

1.

Select the Timecards tab on the ribbon bar and click on the Poll 

Terminals button. 

2.

Click Poll button or select the desired terminal from list and click 

Poll button. 

3.

The punch data will be retrieved from the terminal and added to 

the database. 

4.

You are now ready to view, modify or report on the polled data. 

See Appendix C - Automatic Polling for detailed information on 

setting up the automatic polling of FaceIN terminal.