Revolutionizing the employee-HR relationship Star Link has created a communication gateway, namely SMS Solutions. It allows the employee to every detail of their attendance – information about attendance punching, late arrival (by how many minutes), leave postings, and even shift details. Messages can also be on-demand, i.e. only sent to employees when they request for it; like leave posting, holiday information and shift details. http://www.starlinkindia.com/Softwares/other-softwares/

1. SMS Module - A Latest Mode of Attendance Inquiry
To know the details of punch-in and punch out or balance leaves or any other information,
employees have to contact HR. Sometimes, they get to know about their details of Attendance and
Leaves on the day of the salary. But, in the era of modern technology and mobile communication,
Star Link has developed an SMS module to connect employees with HR round-the-clock from any
part of the world. This SMS module has proven itself to be a boon for the companies. The SMS
module allows employees to know each and every detail through messages on their mobile.
Few problems prevails in the companies like – suppose an employee is present in the office and his
attendance status is marked as LATE then he might not get to know about this. But with the help of
an SMS module he will be updated soon, even if he is late due to certain reason or if he is present in
the office then he may ask about this with the HR. So many other problems have been resolved
through the SMS module.
SMS Module from Star Link is the Newest Technology that has brought revolution in the
management of attendance updation in any offices or set-up. This module is suitable for any kind
size of employees. This feature can be enabled through 2 ways – 1. USB dongle which includes
SIM with 10 digit number. (Economical solution for 100-200 employees); 2. SMS gateway through
the internet with a unique code (suitable for any size).
For Employees:-
There are two types of messaging services that can be availed by any employee who is registered in
Star Link Time Office Software.
1. Event Based,
2. On-demand.

2. Event Based Messages
The Event Based Messages are sent by the server of the company to their respective employees
regarding their late arrivals, shift details, punching information and leave postings. These messages
are auto generated by the server which is sent to the registered mobile no. Of the employee. The
Exact messages are sent like as below:-
Late Arrivals: You are late by XX minutes.
Punching Info: We got your punch at 09:00am at 01/07/2014
Shift details: Your Shift is GEN on 10/07/2014
Leave posting: Your CL has been posted from 01/08/2014 to 04/07/2014
Once you apply leaves or any kind of changes is done through your account in the StarTimeOffice
Software, you will receive an alert through SMS on your registered mobile number. This allows you
to let you know the status of leaves you have applied before going on leaves.
On Demand Messages
On Demand Messages are sent to the registered mobile no. Of the employees, when they request for
any kind of information related to their working days, leave balance, punching details. To get the
related information, there are different codes for it, only need it to send to the number which is
registered to get the information.
For example if you want to know about your leave balance: Then you will type in the message box
as LEAVEBAL and send it to the number. You will receive the exact message as CL: 20 EL: 12.
Following is the table for On-demand message type:

3. S.No. Request
Code to be
sent by
Employee
Descriptions Message
Format (to be
sent)
Exact Message Received
1 HELP Allow the user to
know the codes for
requests to be
sent.
HELP Monthly Summary:
SUMMARY (YYMM)
Leave Balance:
LEAVEBAL(leave code)
Punch Info: PUNCH
(DDMMYY)
2 SUMMARY
(YYMM)
Allow the user to
know the
Summary of his
attendance
SUMMARY
1406
MONTHLY SUMMARY:-
PRESENT=20, WO=4,
HLD=4, LEAVE=2,
ABSENT=1
3 LEAVEBAL
(Leave Code)
Allows the user to
know leave
balance
LEAVEBAL CL CL=20
4 PUNCH(DDM
MYY)
Allows the user to
know the
punching details
PUNCH
06072014
DATE-06/07/2014 Punch
In- 09.06, Punch Out- 17.36
For Admin:-
The Authorized Admin can check the status of messages sent to any employee, in fact admin has the
authority to allows any user to send or receive messages depending on their designation. They can
also customize the employee list in the groups (through Star Time Office software) on the basis of
departments, section, grade or a particular employee.
Admin can check the following details of messages through their accounts on Star Link Time Office
Software
1. SMS Count (Sent)
2. SMS Count (Received)
3. SMS Sent Details
4. SMS Received Details
5. ERROR Summary
Now, looking above features you will say that this module is really interesting and will definitely
make your work structure transparent, reducing the communication gap between Employees and
HR. In fact the work load of HR and Admin Department will be reduced thoroughly through this
service. So don’t wait for anything, simply try to experience SMS Module and make your working
environment more advanced and technologically modern.