Patrolity for Staff user guide
Installation
Open Google Play
Look for Patrolity for Staff, and install it
Location service
Open Settings
Go to location
On some phones, location may be grouped under privacy
Turn on location service
Set location mode
Choose high accuracy (GPS only also works)
Configuration
Open Patrolity for Staff, go to menu, choose configuration
Enter the given area ID
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Enter the given area password
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Enter the staff name (or name of patrol team, if phone is shared)
Purely for reference
Enter phone number of this phone (where Patrolity for Staff is installed)
Select the type of properties to be patrolled (patrols of landed properties use GPS, while patrols of apartments and warehouses use Bluetooth Low Energy)
Optional advanced settings
Go to menu, choose advanced settings
Tell my location
So that colleagues and managers know my precise location during patrols, that is, after the start button is pressed, but before pressing the stop button
Alert
Alert colleagues who are looking at the colleague location map at security post, when I am patrolling
Adjust strength of phone shaking that triggers an alert (shake the phone 4 times or more consecutively; screen may have to be turned on, but can be either locked or unlocked; successful trigger of alert is indicated by flashing of camera 2 times or more)
Tracking and emergencies
Colleague locations
Choose colleague locations in the menu
Colleague location map (markers are updated about once every 2 seconds; to know the precise locations of colleagues who are on patrol)
Marker on colleague location map turns red and the phone plays the notification sound, if the colleague on patrol shakes phone to trigger an alert.
Both phones should have reasonably-accurate clocks, preferably using network-provided date and time.
Resident emergencies
A resident pressed the security hotline call button in Patrolity app, so the security hotline phone running staff app rings, and shows a notification
Tapping on the notification leads to map showing registered location of resident who pressed the security hotline call button in Patrolity app
Operations
Login
To indicate start of shift, optional
Sync
Make the app download checkpoint information now, otherwise there is an automated daily download
Patrol
Press start button when a patrol starts
Each orange ball represents a checkpoint
A purple/magenta ball means the resident asked for more attention to the property (typically because the resident is outstation or overseas)
My current location
Checkpoints already patrolled (blue dots show they are nearby)
When a checkpoint is patrolled, its color fades, and the phone plays the notification sound
Press stop button when the patrol ends
