Enable the Camera

Clocks Guide
Version
R2024.2.0
Enable the Camera

The Dayforce Touch Clock is equipped with a camera that you can configure to captures employees’ pictures when they perform clock entries. The following tag in the <system> section controls the clock’s camera functionality:

<camera mode="picture_with_face_detection" torch_intensity="50" submit_all_pics="yes">no</camera>

To configure the clock to use the camera, add this tag to your custom config file and set it to yes.

You can configure the clock with one of the following camera modes:

  • Note: The Dayforce Touch Clock supports all of the following camera modes when running in both standalone and online modes.
  • picture: The clock takes a picture of the employee in front of the camera. This is the least restrictive option.
  • picture_with_face_detection: The clock captures the employee’s picture, but the employee’s face must be in the correct position in front of the camera in order to be detected.
  • face_verification: The clock verifies the face against the enrollment photos associated with the employee. The application doesn’t try to determine if the face is a live face (that is, whether it’s a photo of a face).
  • Note: Depending on your Dayforce configuration, this attribute might be unavailable or might not function.
  • face_verification_live: The clock verifies the face against the enrollment photos associated with the employee. The employee’s face must be a live face (that is, not a photo of a face).
  • face_identification: This mode is identical to face_verification mode but doesn’t prompt employees to enter their badge number on the clock before the camera captures their image. When this mode is configured, the camera verifies the face against the enrollment photos associated with the employee.
  • face_identification_live: This mode is identical to face_verification_live mode but doesn’t prompt employees to enter their badge number on the clock before the camera captures their image. When this mode is configured, the camera verifies the face against the enrollment photos associated with the employee. The face must be a live face (that is, not a photo of a face).

By default, the camera mode is set to picture_with_face_detection.

You can change the intensity of the camera’s flash by editing the torch_intensity attribute. The number specified is a percentage of the LED’s brightness. For example, with torch_intensity="40" specified, the flash is limited to 40% of the LED’s possible brightness.

You can also change the submit_all_pics attribute to specify whether the clock submits all clock pictures. With this attribute set to yes, the clock submits all clock pictures, regardless of whether they passed picture or facial verification. When set to no, the clock submits only pictures that failed verification so that managers can view them using the functionality in the Clock Entry Audits and Timesheets features.