Mobile Terminals Beta - Setup

Intro

Our Web Terminal feature is currently in the Free Beta Phase, let us know when you want to register!

With the web terminals every client (tablets, PCs, cell phones) with a camera can be set up as a time recording terminal. The users can start and stop their time recording by scanning a QR code at the terminal.

Setup of mobile terminals (in Beta)

1. iOS users: Take an iPad or iPhone (preferably with a forward facing camera). Make sure you have TestFlight installed and setup (do so from the app store).
   1. On your device click on this link https://testflight.apple.com/join/EP0mHaE8
   2. Install our "absence.io terminals" App from within the TestFlight App
2. Android users
   1. Click this link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.absence.terminal
3. Log in with your absence.io Admin credentials in the mobile terminal app
4. Give your device a name 
5. Give access to the camera of the devices
6. The terminal mode is started. Let's go!
7. Scan your absence.io QR code (See below on how to create one)
8. Set up more users for time tracking (Also see below)

Setup Users for Mobile Terminal Time Tracking

1. After activating the terminal on any device, go to a user profile on the web.
2. Create a QR Code for the user in app.absence.io -> Users -> User Profile
   1. Find the QR code for an existing card ID, if you have hardware terminals
   2. Or create a random QR code by typing something into the ID card field.
3. Users can now download the QR Code & Print it
   1. or display it on your their absence.io app
4. Admins can create a printable PDF of all QR Codes in the User -> Bulk Actions
5. Create time entries with web terminals (see below)

Creating time entries with terminals

1. Make sure that you have set up a mobile terminal and that you have been assigned a QR code.
2. Open the QR Code
   1. In your absence.io mobile app
   2. Or as a picture on your cell phone
3. Scan the QR code at the mobile terminal
4. You are logged in and your time tracking starts immediately!
5. If you say goodbye in the break or after work, it works the same way -> scan the QR code and select Pause or Stop.