Assign RFID Cards or Key Fobs

This articles applies to the following series: JR, JP, NX, DR, BN-N, CB, MN

If you have an RFID-compatible time clock, you can give your employees the ability to clock in and out using an RFID card or key fob. Enter the badge number from the card or fob in the Badge Number field in the employee profile.

Important Notes on Employee Badge Numbers

• uAttend does not support ANY 3rd party accessories (RFID badges, key fobs, badge printers, PoE adapters, etc.).
• Supervisors can be configured with permissions to view and/or edit employees.  Their responsibility can also be limited to certain departments, thereby limiting which employee profiles they can access.
• Omit any leading 0's from the ID printed on the badge when entering it in the portal.
• BN Series devices do not accept RFID authentication, however the BN-N Series devices do.
• Archiving a user will NOT automatically deactivate the badge assigned to them.  The badge ID must be removed from the user profile before it can be assigned to another employee.
• If you need to remove a badge from an archived employee, so you can add it to another employee, you must unarchive the employee, delete the badge ID from their profile, then re-archive them.
• If you don't know which archived employee is already assigned the RFID badge/key fob, you can run an Employee report (filtered to view archived users) and select Badge ID from the available attributes to determine which archived employee is currently assigned the intended badge ID.

To configure an RFID badge/key fob for an employee:

1. Log in to the uAttend cloud portal as an administrator or supervisor (with permissions).
2. Click on the People tab.
3. Click on the name of the intended employee or click the magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner of the window to search for an employee.
4. Click the Punch Management tab from the navigation panel on the left.
5. Enter the intended badge number for this employee.
6. Click the SAVE button.