HandPunch time clock — supported by Reset
The HandPunch 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 read the size and shape of the hand rather than a card. Plenty are still in daily service on Australian docks, depots and factory floors, and we still look after them.
- Software support, configuration and pay-rule help for as long as the clock keeps running
- Best-effort hardware assistance — but manufacturer parts are no longer available
- Polling and configuration recovery on inherited systems
- A planned replacement, with your employees, templates and history migrated across
What the HandPunch did, and still does
The HandPunch reads the geometry of a hand — its size and shape, as a set of measurements — and takes no fingerprint at all. That was its quiet advantage when biometrics were new and staff were wary: there is no print on file, and nothing that could be handed to anyone else. It removed badges from the equation too: nobody can hand their hand to a workmate on the way in. It has an injection-moulded case and a silicon rubber keypad sealed against spills, an internal battery that preserves the time, calendar and stored data through a power failure, and a two-line backlit display for employee messaging.
Programmed from Genesis, each function key can collect up to four items of data alongside the employee ID and timestamp — which is why so many of them ended up on job costing sites. Lockout scheduling stops people clocking on before their shift starts.
A national transport operator ran HandPunch terminals with Genesis Pro across depots around Australia for years — staff place a hand on the base plate and their hours calculate themselves. That kind of installation is exactly what we keep going.
HandPunch at a glance
| How it identifies | Hand geometry — a mathematical map of the size and shape of the hand. No fingerprint is taken |
|---|---|
| Verification speed | About a second |
| HP-3000 | 512 users standard, expandable · 5,120-transaction buffer |
| HP-4000 | Larger capacity · 7,680-transaction buffer · 10 function keys |
| Memory retention | Approx. 5 years on the internal battery |
| Connectivity | RS-232 / RS-422, with optional Ethernet or modem |
| External readers | Card reader input — proximity, Wiegand, magnetic stripe or barcode |
| Access control | Door-control capable |
What we still do
- Keep the software side healthy — pay rules, polling, reports and payroll exports
- Rebuild a lost configuration and document it properly
- Look at a failed unit and tell you honestly whether anything can be done
- Plan the move to a current terminal, and migrate employees, templates and history
Manufacturer parts for the HandPunch family are no longer available, so a failed unit is a replacement rather than a repair. That is a reason to plan the changeover on your timetable rather than on a broken clock's.