Biometric Integration: Why It Matters More Than Devices
Why connecting biometric devices to HR, payroll and ERP is harder than choosing hardware, and how a gateway-based, API-driven approach simplifies it.
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How to Move an API License Between Biometric Devices
When and how an API license moves from a damaged Cams or third-party biometric device to a replacement, with pro-rated license and activation steps.
Update Biometric Device Server Settings (All Brands)
Step-by-step server settings for Cams Biometrics and other-brand biometric devices to connect online: menu path, domain, port and approval options.
How to Configure HTTPS Communication in Third-Party Devices:
First, ensure that the device supports HTTPS by configure the vendor’s HTTPS server URL and confirm if it works properly. Then, update the server settings as described below. ✅Server configuration for an HTTPS Domain Name Configuration Steps: Note: If your device has the HTTPS option, Enable HTTPS by navigate to: Menu → Comm → PC…
Biometric Punch State Automation: Check-In and Check-Out
How Cams Biometrics sets IN/OUT punch states: device-level selection, Actual, First In Rest Out and ZigZag modes, and limits such as 24-hour punch history.
Zero-Touch Biometric Deployment for 1,000 Employees
How zero-touch deployment adds employees to biometric devices across many sites via an API: architecture, sample requests, failure handling, legal points.
Upgrade Old Attendance Machines Without Replacing Hardware
How the Cams Biometrics Gateway adds real-time dashboards, payroll sync and multi-site reporting to existing attendance terminals without new hardware.
Biometric Re-Enrollment Case Study: Multi-Branch Enterprises
How two-way API communication pushes employee data to devices at other branches, so staff moving between campuses need no biometric re-enrollment.
How to Bring a Biometric Device Online: Setup Guide
Connect a biometric device to the network by LAN or Wi-Fi, whitelist the server IPs and domains, set the server address and port, and troubleshoot.
First-Time API Setup Guide for Cams Biometric Machines
Step-by-step first-time setup: prerequisites, the Device Status dashboard, callback URL, auth token and direction settings, and checking the data flow.
