How to synchronize users between HandPunch devices

Synchronize Users

Often people ask how to copy users from one HandPunch to another.  With our HandPunch Admin software, this is pretty simple.  In fact, even if you have different models of the HandPunch, you can still copy users.

Our HandPunch Admin is a free software allowing you to manage your HandPunch remotely from your desktop via Serial or TCP/IP connection.  Copying users is a 2 step process.

  • Download all users from your first device and save to a CSV file
  • Load same CSV file and upload it to a second HandPunch

Downloading users from a HandPunch

  1. Start HandPunch Admin
  2. Input your connection settings and press Test button to make sure that you get successful connection.
  3. Click on Users tab and then on Download Users from Device
  4. Click on Export Users to CSV button and specify where you want to save this file.

Load users to a HandPunch

  1. Start HandPunch Admin (if it is not running yet)
  2. Input/change your connection settings and press Test button to make sure that you get successful connection.
  3. Click on Users tab and then on Download Users from Device
  4. Optionally, you can delete all or some of the users if you need to by selecting users and pressing Delete selected users
  5. Click Import Users from CSV button and select the file you have previously saved. (You will now see that new users are added to the grid)
  6. Press Update Users button to have these new users loaded onto the device.