Kiosk mode
A shared tablet for one area, where staff run checklists with their PIN.
Kiosk mode turns a tablet into a shared screen for one area, such as the bar or the kitchen. It shows that area's checklists and nothing else. Each person starts a checklist with their own 4-digit PIN, so every tick is in their name.
Kiosk mode comes with Tasks and checklists, which every venue has. A Venue Manager pairs the tablet; anyone with a PIN can use it.
Pair a tablet
Venue Managers only. You need the tablet and a computer or phone signed in to HospoTek.
Make a code
On your own device, open Settings › Devices and press Pair a device. Give the tablet a Name, such as "Public bar iPad", choose the Area it serves, and press Pair a device.
If you see Add an area first instead, your venue has no areas yet. Press it to add one under Areas and times.
Open the kiosk on the tablet
HospoTek shows an Address and a 6-digit Code. On the tablet, open the address in the web browser. Press Copy to copy the address if that's easier.
Enter the code
On the tablet's Pair this device screen, type the code under Code from Settings and press Pair this device.
The code works once and lasts 10 minutes. If it runs out, make another one from Settings › Devices.
To keep the tablet on the kiosk screen, lock it to the browser: use Guided Access on an iPad, or screen pinning on Android.
Set your PIN
Everyone sets their own PIN in Account, under Kiosk PIN. It's four digits. See Your account.
If someone forgets their PIN, a Venue Manager can open their page in Team, open the ⋯ menu and choose Reset kiosk PIN. HospoTek shows the new PIN once, to read out. See Team.
Run a checklist on the tablet
The tablet's header shows the area, the venue and the time. The list shows what's due now. Anything due later sits under Later today. A checklist left over from yesterday says "from yesterday".
Start
Press Start on the checklist, or Continue if someone has already begun it.
Say who you are
Under Who's doing this?, press your name. The names are the people on shift in this area. If nobody has started a shift here yet, everyone at the venue is listed.
Enter your PIN
Type your PIN. The checklist opens in your name. If you weren't on shift yet, entering your PIN starts your shift in this area.
Fill it in and submit
Tick off the items as you would on your phone. Your ticks save as you go. When you submit within five minutes of entering your PIN, you aren't asked for it again. After that, submitting asks for your PIN once more.
If the checklist belongs to someone else, or your shift is in another area, the tablet says so and doesn't open it.
Walking away
The tablet signs you out when nobody touches it for 90 seconds. In the last 10 seconds it asks Still there? with a countdown. Tap anywhere to stay. It also signs you out when the screen wakes from sleep.
Nothing is lost. Your ticks are saved, and your PIN opens the checklist where you left it.
Read chat on the tablet
If the venue uses chat, the tablet has two tabs: Now and Chat. Chat shows the area's channel, or the Everyone channel if the area doesn't have one. It's read-only: nobody can send messages from the tablet.
Wrong PINs
Five wrong PINs for one person locks their PIN for 10 minutes.
Twenty wrong PINs on one tablet within 10 minutes unpairs it: "Too many wrong PINs on this tablet. Ask a Venue Manager to pair it again." Pair it again from Settings › Devices.
Unpair a tablet
Venue Managers only. Open Settings › Devices and press Unpair beside the tablet. The tablet goes back to the Pair this device screen.
The list shows each tablet's Name, Area and when it was Last used. A tablet that hasn't entered its code yet says "Waiting for its code".