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SaberNet DCS is a labor data collection system, designed to allow organizations to rapidly capture their labor data in real-time. Optimized for bar code input, DCS is the perfect way to automate and improve the accuracy of your time tracking.

Updates in version 2.0.12 include:
* New feature: You can now enter notes on the end activity screen for
indirect activities. There is also a new config file option
"force_end_indirect" that will force the user to see the end activity
screen when ending an indirect activity if set to True.
* Added spell checking to the notes box on the end activity screen.
* Display some new LaborHed statistics on the additional information
screen.
* Various bugfixes. See the ChangeLog.... read more

SaberNet DCS is a labor data collection system, designed to allow organizations to rapidly capture their labor data in real-time. Optimized for bar code input, DCS is the perfect way to automate and improve the accuracy of your time tracking.

Updates in version 2.0.8 include:
* New feature: An addition column in the Active Employee screen will display the elapsed time that an employee has been logged onto their current activity. This feature can be turned on or off with a new config file setting "elapsed_time".
* New feature: the notes field (if enabled) is now a multi-line TextView instead of a single line TextEntry. The size of the field can set in the config file with two new parameters "width" and "height" which are in a new parameter group "[notes]". The "show_notes" parameter which used to be in the "[gtk]" parameter group has also been moved into the new "[notes]" group and renamed to "enabled".
* Loading the available activity list has been optimized for speed. Requires the server to also be at version 2.0.8.
* The recent activity list (if enabled) will now be populated from the server.
* The customer attached to a job is now editable in DCS Web.
* The LaborDtl can now be edited in DCS Web even if the LaborHed is not closed yet.
* New graphical client configuration tool.
* The window size of the application will now be saved between sessions and restored.
* Job search results in DCS Web are now sorted with the most recent jobs first.... read more

SaberNet DCS is a labor data collection system, designed to allow organizations to rapidly capture their labor data in real-time. Optimized for bar code input, DCS is the perfect way to automate and improve the accuracy of your time tracking.

Updates in version 2.0.7 include:
* New feature: recent activity list pulls data from database history. Previously the recent activity list was limited to the lifetime of the client and was not specific to the selected employee. Now the recent activity list is populated from the server when the employee selects themselves. NOTE: this new feature in 2.0.7 will require that the server also be at version 2.0.7. It also requires that the indexed in Indexes.sql be applied to the database. Please see the Release Notes for version 2.0.7 for instructions and more information.
* Split [operation] cascade parameter into cascade_quantity and cascade_complete.
* New Windows (win32) DCS Server installer
* New functionality to add and edit Employees and Indirects using the DCS Server
* Lots of important bug fixes... read more

SaberNet DCS is a labor data collection system, designed to allow organizations to rapidly capture their labor data in real-time. Optimized for bar code input, DCS is the perfect way to automate and improve the accuracy of your time tracking.

Updates in version 2.0.6 include:
* New configuration file option "column_sorting" which allows you to turn off the sortable columns on the treeviews to save on CPU.
* Several web interface improvements
* Various bugfixes ... read more

SaberNet DCS is a labor data collection system, designed to allow organizations to rapidly capture their labor data in real-time. Optimized for bar code input, DCS is the perfect way to automate and improve the accuracy of your time tracking.

Updates in version 2.0.4 include:
* Added support for setup ganging
* Fixes to support Pyro 3.6
* department_jobs speed optimizations
* Various bugfixes

Download SaberNet DCS 2.0.4: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=97843
Project homepage: http://sabernetdcs.sourceforge.net/

SaberNet DCS is in the middle of a complete code rewrite. The complete codebase is being converted to python which will make advancement and feature enhancements much more rapid.

Please stay tuned for more details. If you with to take a sneak peak you can check out sndcs2 from CVS.

Check out screenshots from the latest build of DCS:

http://sabernetdcs.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html

Updated 8/22/04.

Updated sample database for the DCS 1.04 schema. Included the zip file as before for simple extraction into the mysql database folder as well as a new mysqldump file (.sql) for more proper restorations. Future releases will only include the mysqldump file. Usage is quite simple:

shell> mysql sndcs < sample_database.sql

Let me know if ya have any problems!

The developers of SaberNet DCS, an enterprise labor Data Collection System, are pleased to release version 1.03. Designed with efficiency in mind and optimized for bar code input, SaberNet DCS is the perfect way for organizations to automate and improve the accuracy of their time and labor tracking.

DCS 1.03 includes an extremely powerful job ganging feature. When an employee is ganged onto multiple jobs at once and they need to end at least one of them, the new end activity screen allows them to specify an exact percentage of their time spent on each of the ganged jobs. This new feature will allow for more accurate reporting and will keep administrators from having to manually edit the time records.... read more

R1.1 now includes support for the use of the BarFonts Open Source bar code fonts (http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/barfonts/).

The Code 39 font was an easy one as all it needs is stop and start characters. Unfortunately, Code 39 was not efficient enough and created very large bar codes. We chose to create a Crystal UFL (User Function Library) in order to make use of the Code 128 font. This UFL is included in BarFontsUFL.zip. To install it, copy CRUFLBarFonts.dll into C:\Windows\System32 and register the DLL by going to Start, Run, and enter this into the box:... read more

SaberNet DCS, an enterprise labor data collection system, has released a new PHP web interface. SaberNet users can now view an active employee list with current jobs, from anywhere with Internet access. This interface also allows administrators to edit time and labor data records before they are posted to an ERP or payroll system. Indirect activities, as well as billable/production jobs, can also be assigned and maintained from here. Designed with efficiency in mind and optimized for bar code input, SaberNet DCS is the perfect way to automate and improve the accuracy of your time tracking.

Introducing SaberNet DCS, an enterprise labor data collection system designed with efficiency in mind. Optimized for bar code input, SaberNet DCS is the perfect way to automate and improve the accuracy of your time tracking.

SaberNet DCS empowers your business to rapidly capture labor data and gives you continuous visibility into your operations. This insight allows you to react to changing business conditions, giving you a powerful competitive advantage. Working in either stand-alone mode or directly with your ERP, you gain real visibility into the profitability of individual jobs, projects, and departments. SaberNet DCS also provides data to determine accurate labor efficiencies, enabling you to quickly uncover savings opportunities.... read more

Unfortunately, there is little documentation currently on running SaberNet DCS (like none ;) ). But this leaves many of you without the ability to run the project, as you don't know how to create the database. So before you try to run the program, as long as your config file set up correctly you can run:

sndcs -I

to create the initial database. We will soon have a sample database to download. For now you will have to create records by hand in the database. We will also soon make the web adminitration website suite available to ease this process. For now, please ask any questions you have and we will be happy to help you.... read more

For anybody who finds their way to this site before we have everything up, just know that there is much more to this project than what you are seeing now. We are working our tails off to have everything up by the end of January 2004.