How to set up your Kiosk on an Android Tablet
We are excited that you are giving the Kiosk a go and we look forward to getting your feedback. Below you will find a step by step guide on how to set this up. We will provide you with a property specific web address for your device. If you don’t have one and would like to try the Kiosk contact us on 0800 667433 or help@onside.co.nz.
This is a great way to capture your visitors details if they don’t have the app on their phone. This can also be used to gather attendees details at fieldays and seminars.
To set up you will need
- A device to run the Kiosk on we recommend a Samsung Galaxy Tab. This is a reasonably priced tablet that we know the Kiosk works well on. It will also work on any desktop, tablet or iPad, If you do choose to use one of these other devices we may not be able to offer the same set up support and the user experience may not be the same.
- Have a power source for the device to be plugged into.
- Internet connection for the tablet.
- Signs or notices directing visitors to go to the shed/office/house to sign in.
- Your property unique URL.
When you have all of these things you will need to set up your device. To see how to set up an iPad scroll down
Set up your Samsung Tablet
There are a few steps but it should only take you 5 minutes to set up.
Check out the video below to which will step you through getting set up.
Step 1: Turn the web page into an app
- Open Chrome web browser and enter your unique web address into the address bar.
- Wait for your page to load. Is this your property? If not let us know.
- If it is, click on the 3 dots to the right of the address bar, then click on “Add to home screen”.
- This will ask you to name your app, e.g Fellmyes Farm Kiosk.
- Close the window.
- You should now see our logo with what you have titled your kiosk on the home screen. If you click to open it, it will open without the address bars around it so that people will not be able to navigate away from it.
Step 2: Configure your Android device so that is stays awake for longer (Optional)
- Click on settings
- Select Display
- Select Screen timeout
- Choose the longest period you can.
Step 3: Pin the Kiosk so it is the only thing that shows.
- Open your tablet Settings
- In the search bar look for “Pin Windows”
- Switch this to On
- You can also turn on “Use screen lock type to unpin”, This means no one will be able to unpin the page unless they know the devices pass code
- Close out of this window
- Click on and open the icon we set up in step one.
- Click on the 'recent' tab, this is the button to the left of your home button.
- The app you want to pin should show there with a pin down the bottom right, click on the pin
- Click “Start”
- Now every time someone opens the device it will open to your Kiosk page
Perfect that’s it all set up you are now good to go for people checking in and out of your property with the Kiosk. Give it a try yourself to see how easy it is.