A SAFR registration kiosk is a mobile device running a Mobile client that has been placed in Registration Kiosk mode. It is used to take pictures of users and enable them to register their faces and identity information with the SAFR system.
To install the Mobile client, simply go to the SAFR Download portal, download the Mobile client specfic to your mobile device’s OS, and then run the installer.
iOS devices have additional potential download locations:
Note: In local deployments, iOS devices require that the primary SAFR Server have an SSL certificate. See SSL Certificate Installation for instructions on how to do this.
To connect your Mobile client to a SAFR Server, do the following:
If you have been issued an account for the Cloud environment, enter your user ID and password in the sign-in dialog that appears on the screen.
Note: Make sure the front facing camera of your mobile device has a view of your face when signing in. Your face is not recorded, but it must be detected for sign-in to be offered.
Tap the Sign In button that appears at the top of the screen.
Enter your credentials, select the agreement to terms of service check box, and tap Sign In.
If successful, the Sign In button disappears and a purple frame is displayed around your face with Tap to Register displayed underneath.
Do the following:
Start the Mobile client.
Open the settings menu by tapping the gear icon in bottom left corner of the screen.
Tap the mode selector at the top center of the screen, and select Registration Kiosk.
Complete the User Site and User Source fields.
(Optional) Configure the mobile device into Locked Mode to lock in the Mobile client as the exclusive application for the device.
Note: Locking your mobile device locks the phone to your Mobile client and prevents any disruption in the registration kiosk operation due to operating system updates or unauthorized user interference. It isn’t necessary to lock your mobile device if you merely want to try out the Mobile client as a registration kiosk. However, you should lock the device before deploying the registration kiosk in a production environment.
Although users can self-register their face at a registration kiosk, they are not automatically registered and approved in the system or granted access privileges. SAFR administrators can classify and control access to resources by using the Person Directory to assign various categories and tags to registrants. For more information on searching, viewing, and organizing registrants, see Manage People in the Person Directory.
For example, you can require every registrant to be assigned a Person Type property and base access to certain resources on that property. Think of Person Type as a category for your users, such as Staff, Maintenance, Administrator, or anything else you might like to define. The Home Location and Person Type properties associated with registrants can be adapted to different needs for different organizational purposes. You can also use the Home Location and Person Type properties to filter information. For example, in a school setting you might use Home Location to denote the grade of a student, and Person Type might be defined as student.
Click Add Home Location or Add Person Type to add new options or choose from the existing ones. Existing options appear as options in the menu.