Alcohol tester

If you have our Punch Clock with Android 6 or newer or if you use our Attendance clock app on your own Android 6 or newer device, you can simply connect a Bluetooth Alcohol Tester to this Punch clock. The Punch clock then prompts the user to take a test when clocking-in.

You can easily set whether or how often individual users should be tested. For example, you can set up the clock that it promts users from the Warehouse department to take a test every day with a 10% probability, testing each user at least once a month. Store users will be prompted every day with a 50% probability. And, for example, users with the “Manager” tag will not be tested at all. It can be set, for example, only when clocking-in, not clocking-out.

Alcohol testing settings on the Punching clock

1. Get a supported Alcohol Tester that offers a Bluetooth interface. We currently support BACtrack C8 and BACtrack C6 alcohol testers. Let us know If you use another bluetooth alcohol tester and we will see if it can be added to the supported devices.
2. Pair the alcohol tester with the Punching clock app on your Android device.

• Turn on Bluetooth on your Android device (go to Menu - Close Application - Close Application)
• Then open Settings - Bluetooth on your desktop and turn on the Bluetooth module. Then go to the desktop again and open the Punching Clock app.
• Open Menu - Settings - Alcohol testing in the Punching clock app, where you enable the “Enable alcohol testing” option. 

3. Creating a rule and planning strategy

• Create a rule in the web app in the User Menu - Configuration - Breathalyzer test planning - where you add a new rule by clicking the"+Add" button.
• You can set for the given rule what level is allowed, which users are to be prompted to the test or how regularly individual users are to be prompted or what is to be displayed on the Punching clock when the test is successful or unsuccessful. You can also set a list of inserted activities in which the test is to be performed (e.g. only on Clock-in, not Clock-out).

4. Perform "Clock-in" on the Punch clock. If the Punch clock prompt you to perform a test based on the setup rules, follow the Punch clock instructions.

5. You can view the performed test results in the GIRITON Attendance web application in the User Menu - Configuration - Breathalyzer test results. 

Scheduling strategy

Deterministic strategy

• Use a deterministic strategy if you want the employee to run a test every day for a specific activity (for example, when they clock-in or clock-out)
• It can be limited to certain tags, departments or activities
• Launches every day

• Tab settings 1. Basic:
  • Title: Test title
  • Maximum allowed value: if you wish to set the test result limit to e.g. 0.1 per mille, enter 0.01%.
  • Number of attempts: How many attempts does the employee have to test if the measurement is higher than the allowed value

• Tab settings 2. Scheduling Strategy
  • Choose Deterministic here

• Tab settings 3. Result interpretation
  • Here you can choose what is displayed on the terminal after a successful or unsuccessful test
  • Limitation period: 24:00 as standard - if an employee comes to work and breathes more than the allowed level, the terminal will ask for another test within 24 hours until the employee breathes 0%
  • At the same time, if the employee is breathing 0%, a "random" test can be generated during the next 24:00 to screen the employee for alcohol

• Tab settings 4. Valid only for
  • Here you can restrict testing to certain departments or tags
  • It is also possible to restrict the test to only a certain attendance activity (e.g. the test will only run when the "Clock-in" Attendance activity is enabled)
  • Start / End - activate if you want the test to run at both the start and end of the activity

Probabilistic strategy

• Use the probabilistic strategy if you want to run the test randomly, for example, once a week or twice a month.
• It can be limited to certain tags, departments or activities
• Runs "randomly" according to the set strategy

• Tab settings 1. Basic:
  • Title: Test title
  • Maximum allowed value: if you wish to set the test result limit to e.g. 0.1 per mille, enter 0.01%.
  • Number of attempts: How many attempts does the employee have to test if the measurement is higher than the allowed value

• Tab settings 2. Scheduling Strategy
  • Select Probabilistic here
  • Number of test: the amount of tests you want the system to perform in a given period (you can also select exactly/at most/at least)
  • Base probability: the base percentage probability of running the test.
    • 100% = the test starts immediately after the activity is deactivated (random days in the selected period)
    • 50% = 50% chance that the test will be triggered after the activity is deactivated (random days in the selected period)
  • Probabilistic functions:
    • Linear = for a period of e.g. one month, there will be a 50% probability that the employee will be tested
    • Exponential = the probability of an employee being tested increases or decreases exponentially based on passing or failing tests