Connect an eSSL or ZKTeco biometric attendance machine

With MJX Attendance Pro, an eSSL or ZKTeco machine — fingerprint or ID-card swipe — sends every punch to the staff register by itself. In Pathshala, the first punch of the day becomes the check-in and the last the check-out. Door access devices from eSSL / ZKTeco work the same way.

At a school, open Attendance › Staff and the Fingerprint / card machine card.

#Steps to connect a machine (push to Pathshala)

1. On the machine, open Menu → Comm. → Cloud Server Setting (called ADMS on some models).
2. Set:

| Setting | Value | |---|---| | Server address | Your organisation's own address, shown on the screen — for example sunrise.pathshala.mjxtechnologies.com | | Port | 80 | | Domain name | ON | | HTTPS | OFF (unless the machine offers it) |

1. Find the machine's serial number: Menu → System Info → Device Info.
2. In Pathshala, under 1 · Point the machine at Pathshala, type the Serial number and a name (for example Front door), and press Add machine.

#Steps to match people to machine numbers

Under 2 · Who is which number on the machine:

1. For each person, type the number they were enrolled with on the machine (User ID) — the same number whether they use a finger or a card.
2. Press Save.

Numbers the machine sent that nobody is matched to yet are listed, so you can see who is still missing. Punches that arrived before a number was matched are applied the moment you match it.

#How to upload another machine's Excel

Under Another machine? Upload its Excel:

1. Export the attendance log from the machine's software as Excel or CSV. It needs a User ID column (or Emp Code / PIN) and a Date Time column (or Date and Time).
2. Choose the file and press Upload. Punches already here are skipped.

#No machine? A card reader at the desk

Under No machine? A card reader at the desk:

1. Plug in a USB card reader — sold as "RFID USB reader, keyboard mode" — on the office computer or a tablet.
2. Type a name (for example Front desk) and press Add a check-in screen.
3. Copy the link (Copy) and open it on the desk computer or tablet. Press F11 for full screen and keep it open.
4. Everybody taps their ID card once when they arrive and once when they leave. The screen says Tap your card.

Android phone with NFC: open the check-in screen's link in Chrome on the phone, press 📱 Use this phone's NFC once, and people hold their card to the back of the phone. iPhones cannot do this in a browser.

#Give each person their card

Under Who has which card:

• Click a person's box and tap their card on the reader — the number types itself — then Save.
• Or on an Android phone, press 📱 beside the person and hold their card to the phone.
• Typing it? Use the chip's Serial Number as an NFC app shows it (for example 53:63:F3:…:40), with the colons.

Nothing is written on the card; its own chip number is used. Taps made before a card was given are put on the register when you save.

#For technicians: what the machine talks to

The machine uses the standard push protocol. Pathshala answers in plain text and identifies the organisation by the machine's serial number (an unregistered serial writes nothing).

#Who can use it?

Owner, Admin, or anyone with Manage Check-in Machines (the HR job has it). The feature is MJX Attendance Pro. A check-in screen on an organisation without it says "Card check-in is not switched on — It comes with MJX Attendance Pro — ask the office."

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#Questions people ask