Scan

You are standing at a pump and you want that pump’s job. Typing an asset number on a handset with gloves on is the worst way to get it.

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Two ways in

• The camera, where the handset’s browser can decode a barcode.
• Typing, which always works.

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The typing path is not a fallback

Barcode decoding in the browser is not available everywhere — it depends on the handset and the browser. Shipping only the camera would mean a screen that does nothing on some phones; shipping only typing would mean a scanner that never scans. You get both, and the camera is offered where it exists.

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The search is local

Scanning searches the assets and jobs already on the device. That is the whole point — a scanner that needs a network is a scanner that fails in the plant room where the label is.

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What you can find

• Assets, by asset number or barcode.
• Work orders, by number.

Finding an asset shows what is open on it, so scanning a machine while standing at it answers “is somebody already on this”.

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If nothing is found

Either the label does not match anything on this handset, or the record has not synced yet. Check the Sync tab — a job assigned to you five minutes ago will not be on the device until it has had signal.

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Labelling

Asset numbers are yours. Whatever you print on the label — barcode or plain text — needs to match the asset number in the register for scanning to find it.