ZKTeco ZKBio Time Installation Guide

June 12, 2024
ZKTECO

Installation Guide

ZKBio Time

Date: May 2022
Doc Version: 5.0
Software Version: 8.0.7 or above
English

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ZKBio Time Installation Guide


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ZKTeco Headquarters

Address         ZKTeco Industrial Park, No. 32, Industrial Road,

Tangxia Town, Dongguan, China.

Phone            +86 769 – 82109991

Fax                +86 755 – 89602394

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About the Company

ZKTeco is one of the world’s largest manufacturer of RFID and Biometric (Fingerprint, Facial, Finger-vein) readers. Product offerings include Access Control readers and panels, Near & Far-range Facial Recognition Cameras, Elevator/floor access controllers, Turnstiles, License Plate Recognition (LPR) gate controllers and Consumer products including battery-operated fingerprint and face-reader Door Locks. Our security solutions are multi-lingual and localized in over 18 different languages. At the ZKTeco state-of-the-art 700,000 square foot ISO9001-certified manufacturing facility, we control manufacturing, product design, component assembly, and logistics/shipping, all under one roof.

The founders of ZKTeco have been determined for independent research and development of biometric verification procedures and the productization of biometric verification SDK, which was initially widely applied in PC security and identity authentication fields. With the continuous enhancement of the development and plenty of market applications, the team has gradually constructed an identity authentication ecosystem and smart security ecosystem, which are based on biometric verification techniques. With years of experience in the industrialization of biometric verifications, ZKTeco was officially established in 2007 and now has been one of the globally leading enterprises in the biometric verification industry owning various patents and being selected as the National High-tech Enterprise for 6 consecutive years. Its products are protected by intellectual property rights.

About the Manual

This manual introduces the installation procedure of ZKBio Time software.

All figures displayed are for illustration purposes only. Figures in this manual may not be exactly consistent with the actual products.

Document Conventions

Conventions used in this manual are listed below:

GUI Conventions

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| Window names, menu items, data table, and field names are inside square brackets. For example, pop up the [New User] window.

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1 Overview

ZKBio Time is an integrated software platform that manages employee’s time, attendance, and payroll processing. The software is designed with an intuitive interface that displays the required reports at a single instance. The user can define the architecture of the organization and assign employees to each department. The user can also configure the time and attendance devices for access control, remote monitoring.

2 Software Installation Setup
2.1 System Requirements

Feature

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Specifications

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Operating System| Windows 7/ 8/ 8.1/ 10 (64-bits)
Windows Server 2008/ 2008R2/ 2012/ 2012R2/ 2016/ 2019 (64-bits)
Memory| 4GB or above
CPU| Dual-Core Processor with a speed of 2.4GHz or above
Hard Disk| 100GB or above
(We recommend using NTFS hard disk partition as the software installation directory)

Database

  • PostgreSQL 10 (default)
  • MS SQL 2005/2008/2012/2014/2016/2017/2019
  • MySQL 5.0/ 5.6/ 5.7
  • Oracle 10g/11g/12c/19c

Browsers

  • Chrome 33+
  • Internet Explorer11+
  • Firefox 27+
3 Installation Steps

Perform the following steps to install the ZKBio Time software.

1. Right-click the setup.exe file and select Run as Administrator.

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - Installation 1

2. Select the setup language from the drop-down list.

3. Click Start to start the installation process.

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - Installation 3

4. Carefully read the License Agreement and click Agree if you agree to the license terms and conditions and Back if not.

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - Installation 4

5. Select the installation path to install the software and click Next.

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6. Set the Port number and select Add Firewall Exception.

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7. Choose Default Database to install the software in the default database PostgreSQL. The user can also configure the database after installation in the ZKBio Time Platform Service Console.

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - Installation 7

8. If the user chooses to configure the database in the installation process, click Other Database and select the type of database. Fill in the details accordingly.

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9. Set the Database backup path.

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10. Click Install.

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11. Complete the installation process by restarting the system.

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12. After installation, run the ZKBio Time Platform Service Console in the taskbar or in the Start menu. Then click Start under the Service tab.

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - Installation 14

13. Double-click the ZKBio Time Home Page shortcut icon on the desktop. The system login interface will pop up as shown below:

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14. Initially, the user needs to create a Super System Administrator and log in the software with the created Administrator account.

4 SQL Server Configuration with ZKBio Time
  • While installing the MS SQL Server, choose Mixed Mode Authentication.
  • Click Start > SQL Server Configuration Manager > Protocols for MS SQL Server.
  • Right-click TCP/IP > Enable TCP/IP.

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - SQL Server Configuration 1

  • Then select IP Address > IPAll.
  • In IPAll configuration, set the value of TCP Dynamic Ports as 1433.

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - SQL Server Configuration 2

  • Click OK and then restart the SQL services.
5 ZKBio Time Configuration

Open the ZKBio Time Platform Service Console.

5.1 Server Port Configuration

1. In the Service tab, click Stop to stop the services then enter the port number. Click Check Port to see if the port number is available. Then click Start to start the services again.

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - ZKBio Time Configuration 1

Note:

  1. “Port Unavailable” means that this port is occupied. Please set another port and retest.
  2. When the port number is modified, right-click the ZKBio Time icon on the desktop and open the Properties to change its URL

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - ZKBio Time Configuration 2

5.2 Database Configuration

1. In the Database tab, you will see the following image if you have already configured the database during installation.

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2. If you have not configured the database during installation, you need to select the desired database and enter the correct parameters then click Connect Test. It will display “Connected Successfully” if the connection was made successfully.

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - ZKBio Time Configuration 4

3. Click Create Table and once it is successful, it will display “Connected Successfully.”

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - ZKBio Time Configuration 5

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5.3 License Information

The License Information can be obtained from the About option in ZKBio Time Home page as shown below:

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - License Information 1

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - License Information 2

ZKTeco ZKBio Time - QR Code

ZKTeco Industrial Park, No. 32, Industrial Road,

Tangxia Town, Dongguan, China.

Phone       : +86 769 – 82109991

Fax            : +86 755 – 89602394

www.zkteco.com

Copyright © 2022 ZKTECO CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.

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