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.
Why connecting biometric devices to HR, payroll and ERP is harder than choosing hardware, and how a gateway-based, API-driven approach simplifies it.
Why proprietary SDKs, static IPs and binary payloads make biometric systems unusable by AI agents, and what a JSON, REST and MCP-based API changes.
Explains Native Push and Hybrid Push, API Activation, Hybrid Push Setup and API License options, and when platform integration charges apply.
Step-by-step first-time setup: prerequisites, the Device Status dashboard, callback URL, auth token and direction settings, and checking the data flow.
Guide to common Cams device messages such as You Disabled and Verify Another, plus where to find key menu settings for users, logs, time and verification.
Case study of how Unigaz connected biometric devices in multiple countries to OrangeHRM through the Cams Biometrics Web API, with timeline and results.
How the Cams Biometrics Gateway adds real-time dashboards, payroll sync and multi-site reporting to existing attendance terminals without new hardware.
Step-by-step guide to locking a biometric device menu so only admin users can change settings, while everyone else can still mark attendance.
What the Duplicate Punch Duration setting does, why it blocks repeated punches within a set time, and when to disable it to record every punch.
Steps to connect a biometric device to Razorpay, for Cams Biometrics devices and existing devices such as ZKTeco, using the Cams Biometrics API.