SY-910 facial recognition time clock
Look-and-go clocking in under a second. The face at the door is the person being paid — no cards to lose, no PINs to share, no mate clocking you on through the fence.
- Contactless face verification in under a second
- Badge and PIN available as fallback or as a second factor
- Punches poll automatically into TA100 or Genesis — no re-keying
- Wall-mounted, with Wi-Fi built in as well as wired Ethernet — built for factory and kitchen conditions
- Dry contact relay on board, so the same unit can release a door
Nothing to touch, nothing to hand over
Cards get lost, lent and left at home. Fingerprints struggle with wet hands, gloves, flour, grease and cold. A face solves both problems at once.
Where it earns its place
- Food processing and cold rooms — contactless suits wash-down areas and hygiene regimes; units can be installed in sealed, electrically rated enclosures with clear covers so staff simply look at the camera
- Workshops and packing sheds — no clean finger required, no card to ruin
- Anywhere buddy punching is the problem — you cannot hand your face to a workmate on the way to the car park
What is actually stored
The terminal measures the geometry of a face — distances between features such as the eyes, nose, mouth and jaw — and encodes those measurements as a mathematical template. It is a series of numbers, not a photograph: no face image is stored on the device or sent across the network, and the template cannot be turned back into a picture of anyone.
Biometric templates are sensitive information under the Privacy Act, and we treat them that way. What is collected, how it is held and how it is destroyed is set out in our privacy policy.
SY-910 at a glance
| Verification | Face · card and face · card or face · card · card and photo · ID and PIN |
|---|---|
| Verification speed | Under 1 second, look-and-go |
| User capacity | 2,000 face templates · up to 10,000 users on card and PIN methods |
| Record capacity | Up to 200,000 records · 200,000 security photos |
| Card reader | Proximity or Mifare (optional) |
| Display | 3.5″ TFT colour |
| Keypad | 4 × 4 touch keypad |
| Connectivity | Ethernet (TCP/IP) · Wi-Fi built in · USB — polled automatically by Reset software |
| Software | TA100 (Pro and SQL) · Genesis (Pro and SQL) |
| Access control | Built-in dry contact relay for door or gate release |
| Standalone operation | Data portability by USB drive where no network is available |
| Power | 12 V DC |
| Operating environment | 0 °C to 40 °C · humidity 20% to 80% |
| Size and weight | 210 mm W × 170 mm H × 90 mm D · 550 g |
| Security | Tamper alarm |
| Mounting | Wall mount, indoor |
| Warranty | 12 months |
Specifications are from the manufacturer's manual for this unit. The record capacity, dimensions and weight are additionally verified by Reset against a physical clock.
Part of the full system
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The SY-910 is the current facial terminal and the natural replacement for an ageing SY940.
SY940 supportQuestions we are asked
What is buddy punching?
Buddy punching is one employee clocking on or off for another who isn't there, typically with a shared card or PIN. It pays people for time they did not work, and it is the main reason workplaces move to biometric verification, where the person at the clock has to be the person being paid.
How does facial recognition stop buddy punching?
A card or a PIN can be handed to a workmate on the way to the car park; a face cannot. The SY-910 verifies the geometry of the face in front of it before it records a punch, so the punch is tied to the person rather than to something they were carrying.
Does the SY-910 store a photo of my employees' faces?
No. The SY-910 stores a face template: a set of measurements derived from the face at enrolment, not a photograph. The template is held on the clock and cannot be turned back into an image — what the software records is who clocked and when. Biometric templates are sensitive information under the Privacy Act and are covered in Reset's privacy policy.
What happens if the camera can't recognise someone?
Badge and PIN are available on the same unit, either as a fallback or as a second factor alongside the face. The terminal supports face, card, card and face, card or face, card and photo, and ID and PIN, so a site that needs a backup method always has one configured.