Getting Started

Setting Up a Kiosk

Set up a clock-in kiosk at a site entrance: the tablet and stand you need, the Android kiosk app or a browser, registering the tablet, the kiosk speed settings and a test before workers arrive.

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What You Need

Standard hardware, no proprietary terminals.

Before you start

  • Agency console: Admin or super admin, on Sites > Kiosk setup.
  • Client dashboard: tenant admin, on Sites > Kiosk setup.
  • The site added on Sites > Locations, with its map position if you use the geofence.
  • Workers added and enrolled. See Adding Your First Workers and Enrolling Workers for Face Clock-in.
Item Why
An Android tablet (Android 8.0 or later, ideally 10 to 11 inch, front camera) or an iPad Runs the kiosk. The Android kiosk app is the recommended route; an iPad runs it in the browser.
A lockable stand or enclosure at face height Keeps the tablet in place and the camera unobstructed.
Permanent mains power The kiosk is on all the time.
The site's Wi-Fi, or a tablet with 4G mobile data at a site with no usable Wi-Fi Face checks need a connection. Android moves to mobile data only when the tablet has no Wi-Fi connection, not when the Wi-Fi is up but its internet is down.
Optional: printed QR badges Faster than typing badge numbers. NFC and RFID cards are coming soon.

The Kiosk Setup page shows each site's Kiosk link and QR code, a Tablet set-up QR for the client, and the speed settings for each site.

Android Tablet (Recommended)

The TempClock Kiosk app.

Install the app

On the tablet, open the /kiosk-app/ link from the Kiosk setup page in Chrome, tap Download APK and install it. The full steps are in The Android Kiosk App.

Set the manager PIN

On first start, set a manager PIN for this tablet. Managers use it to leave the kiosk or change its site.

Pick the site

Scan the set-up QR from Sites > Kiosk devices (this also registers the tablet), or the client's Tablet set-up QR and pick the site, or the site's own QR.

Done

The app opens full screen on that site and starts again by itself after a power cut.

Moving from the old kiosk app: if a tablet still has the old TempClock kiosk app on it, the new app shows one screen before the kiosk: The old TempClock kiosk app is still on this tablet. Tap Remove old app and confirm Android's uninstall prompt; the kiosk then opens as normal. Not now needs the manager PIN and keeps the old app until the app next starts. This only happens once: later updates replace the app in place.

iPad or Browser

The kiosk link.

Open the site's kiosk link

Scan the site's QR on the Kiosk setup page with the tablet camera, or copy the Kiosk link with Copy and open it on the tablet.

Allow camera and location

Allow the camera and location when the browser asks.

Lock it

Tap Lock kiosk. On iPad also use Guided Access; on Android use Screen Pinning. See Kiosk Lock Mode.

Register the Tablet

So only your own tablets can clock workers in.

Click Kiosk devices on the Kiosk setup page (or open Sites > Kiosk devices), choose the site, name the tablet and click Register and show set-up QR. Scan the QR on the tablet within 24 hours. Start the client on Log, register every tablet, then switch to Enforce. See Kiosk Devices and Badges.

Kiosk Settings

Per site.

On each site's card on Kiosk setup, under Kiosk speed, then Save kiosk settings:

Express mode: badge screen first, face check at once, straight clock-out. For busy shift changes.
Scan QR badges automatically (express sites): the badge screen reads a printed QR badge held up to the camera with no tap. On by default.
Skip the Worker / Visitor / Contractor screen: the kiosk opens on the badge screen. Visitors tap Visitor or contractor?.
Result screen: how many seconds the result stays, 4 by default. 1.5 seconds suits busy sites.

More site settings are on Sites > Locations (agency console): Kiosk language, Site is live (untick while a site is still being set up), Allow the remote camera view (off by default) and Site runs 24/7.

Test It

Before workers arrive.

With an enrolled test worker: tap the screen, choose Worker, enter the badge, look at the camera and check the result says Clocked in.
Check the clock appears on Today > Live activity at the right site.
Try a PIN clock (if the client allows PINs) and a QR badge scan.
Check the tablet on Sites > Kiosk fleet: it should be Green with the latest version. See Kiosk Fleet and Offline Recovery.

Where and How Many

Light, flow and numbers.

At face height, on the route people take in and out, so clock-outs are not forgotten.
Facing away from windows and bright lights behind the worker.
Enough kiosks for the shift change. We plan on about 4 workers a minute per kiosk with express mode and a short result screen, and confirm it with a timed trial at your site.
For example, 120 workers arriving in 10 minutes need about 3 kiosks. Add one spare at a busy entrance.
Agency go-live checklist
The Android Kiosk App
Enrolling Workers for Face Clock-in
How the Kiosk Works
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