3. Adding a Mobile Access Point Type

3. Adding a Mobile Access Point Type

Select Access Points menu and then the Access Point Types tab, and then press the + Add access point type button. Set the following options:

  • Name. We recommend setting this to “Mobile Access”.
  • Platform. This must be set to “Mobile” for NoahFace Go.
  • Screen type. Set this to either:
    • Clock In/Out.
    • Task Tracking.
    • Job Tracking.
  • Screen details. You can further configure your screen type such as configuring the list of task types or job types. For more information see: https://www.noahface.com/mobile-screen-configuration
  • Screen timeout. This controls the minumum time between events, and adjusting it can help avoid accidental “pocket clocking”. The value is rounded down to the nearest 15 second interval, so we recommend setting it to 15 secs, 30 secs, 45 secs, etc. Setting it to less than 15 secs will disable timeouts.
  • Time. This can be either “Automatic” or “Manual”, and controls how the event times are captured.
  • Location. This controls whether the GPS location of events is captured, and can be either:
    • None. GPS locations are not captured.
    • Optional . GPS locations are captured if possible. If it is not possible to capture the GPS location (eg: because the employee’s phone is not GPS capable or the employee has not granted location permissions) they will still be permitted to record events.
    • Required . GPS locations are captured. If it is not possible to capture the GPS location (eg: because the employee’s phone is not GPS capable or the employee has not granted location permissions) they will NOT be permitted to record events.
    • Mapped . GPS locations are captured and are mapped onto sites. If it is not possible to capture the GPS location, they will NOT be permitted to record events. If an employee is not at a known work site, then they will still be permitted to record events.
    • Fenced . GPS locations are captured and are mapped onto sites. If it is not possible to capture the GPS location, they will NOT be permitted to record events. If an employee is not at a known work site, then they will NOT be permitted to record events (they will see the message “You are too far from a site.”).

NB: If you have Location set to “Mapped”, you can optionally specify a default mapping using the “unmapped” option in your Screen details .

NB: Generally organisations only have a single mobile access point type. However, if you have different groups of users that have different needs (eg: different screen types), then you can setup multiple mobile access point types.