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Enter Your WIFI Password on your BN Timeclock Follow

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Aaron
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This article explains how to enter a Wi‑Fi password using the keypad on Wi‑Fi–compatible BN time clocks:

  • BN5500, BN6400, BN6500

Because these time clocks do not have a full keyboard, you will use the keypad along with the Checkmark ✔, ESC, and Menu buttons to enter letters, numbers, and symbols.

 

Notes:

  • You will need your Company ID and to the administrator email address to receive the activation code when adding a new time clock to your account.
  • Verify with your IT department that the time clock is allowed unrestricted communication to and from uAttend servers on all required ports addresses listed in: Features, Specs, and Docs (user manual) for a BN Timeclock.
  • If you pause too long while entering the password, the time clock may time out and require you to start over. We recommend writing down the password and planning the character entry in advance.

 

Keypad Basics

  • Checkmark ✔: Switches to letters from numbers and between letters and symbols
  • ESC: Switches from letters or symbols to numbers
  • Menu:  Deletes the last character entered
  • OK: Confirms and saves entries

 

Character Entry Modes

The bottom bar of the screen shows the current character entry mode. 

Display What You Can Enter
[English] Letters
[symbol] Symbols
(blank) Numbers

 

Switching Between Modes

  • Letters or Symbols → Numbers: Press ESC once
  • Numbers or Symbols → Letters: Press Checkmark ✔ until [English] appears
  • Letters or Numbers → Symbols: Press Checkmark ✔ until [Symbol] appears

 

Enter Your Password

Use the charts below to select the character to be entered. We recommend prepping the choices beforehand as a lengthy pause will cause the password to need to be re-entered. 

 

Entering Letters

When the bottom of the screen reads [English], use the keypad to enter letters using the combinations below.

Press the Checkmark ✔ to return to letter entry mode if needed.

If you make a mistake, press the Menu key to delete the last entry.

 

Letter Keys Letter Keys
a 20 A 23
b 21 B 24
c 22 C 25
d 30 D 33
e 31 E 34
f 32 F 35
g 40 G 43
h 41 H 44
i 42 I 45
j 50 J 53
k 51 K 54
l 52 L 55
m 60 M 63
n 61 N 64
o 62 O 65
p 70 P 74
q 71 Q 75
r 72 R 76
s 73 S 77
t 80 T 83
u 81 U 84
v 82 V 85
w 90 W 94
x 91 X 95
y 92 Y 96
z 93 Z 97

 

Entering Numbers

To enter numbers press the ESC key once. Enter the number directly using the numbered keypad.

 

Entering Symbols

Press the Checkmark ✔ key until the bottom bar displays [symbol] and use the ↓ and ↑ arrows and keypad to enter the desired symbols. 

Symbol entry on BN series time clocks is divided into four symbol groups. Each group contains a different set of symbols mapped to keys 0–8 on the keypad. 

When you switch to Symbol mode, the time clock opens to Symbol Group 1 by default.

Switching Between Symbol Groups

  • Press the ↓ (Down Arrow) to move forward through symbol pages: Symbol Page 1 → Symbol Page 2 → Symbol Page 3 → Symbol Page 4
  • Press the ↑ (Up Arrow) to move backward through symbol pages.
  • At any symbol page, press the keypad key (0–8) that corresponds to the symbol you want to enter.

The currently active symbol page determines which symbol is entered for each key.

 

Key Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
0 [space] * " \
1 ~ ( < ;
2 ! ) > ‘
3 @ _ ? ,
4 # + ` .
5 $ { - /
6 % } =  
7 ^ | [  
8 & : ]  

 

Saving the Password

After entering and confirming the password, return to Number entry mode to save the password. It is required to be in the Number entry mode to finalize the entry.

If you are in Letters [English] or Symbols [Symbol] mode: 

  1. Press ESC once
  2. Press OK twice

If you are already in Number entry mode: 

  1. Press OK twice

Press ESC until you return to the main screen.

The time clock will attempt to authenticate. When successful, SYSTEM READY will appear in green.

 

 

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