As a user of the ARCHIBUS mobile apps, you may need to get started by downloading the ARCHIBUS Mobile Client and the ARCHIBUS mobile business apps to your device and registering your device.
This topic has the following sections:
Alternately you can install the file directly
If your account permits, you can use the mobile apps in your Safari or Google Chrome Web browser -- from a mobile device, laptop, or desktop. If you use the apps in a Safari or Google Chrome Web browser, you do not need to install the ARCHIBUS Mobile Client on your mobile device.
Typically, your system administrator will send you an email with a link to the ARCHIBUS server for mobile. This URL will be similar to:
http://yourservername:8080/archibus/schema/ab-products/common/mobile/src/AppLauncher/index.html
Click on this URL to load it in your Web browser, and bookmark it for later access.
Note: If you are running the mobile apps in a Web browser and using a tablet, you may wish to take advantage of ARCHIBUS home pages. See Using the Web Central Home Pages on a Tablet.
Note: Without the Mobile Client, you are not able to use some features of the hardware, such as the camera.
Note: You cannot have multiple users access the ARCHIBUS mobile apps from the same web browser. See Shared Mobile Devices and Multiple Devices per User.
Note: When using a web browser, you may be able to sign in as guest. See Step 5 in the below procedure.
To get started, you must register the mobile device. ARCHIBUS supports users sharing devices and users working with multiple devices. You can register a single device at a time.
http:\\archibusserver:8080
.Note: Step 2 is required only the first time that you register the mobile device. In subsequent logons, you will not be prompted for the URL. Instead, you will enter your user name and password, as described in Step 4.
Note: Depending on your network settings, your mobile device might resolve server names differently than desktops and laptops. You may need to use the IP address rather than the machine name to connect to your server. For instance, you might need to specify a URL in the form "http:\\10.1.76.23:8080\archibus" rather than in the form "http:\\archibusserver:8080\archibus". You can find the IP address of a machine by typing "ipconfig" at a command prompt on that machine or by pinging the machine name, e.g. by typing "ping archibusserver" at a command prompt on a networked computer.
Note: Some system administrators enable the GUEST - MOBILE account for kiosk-style use on a Web browser. If your site has enabled this account and you are working on a Web browser, you can sign in by selecting the "Sign in as Guest" button and leaving User Name and Password blank. The guest account typically has limited access to features. Note that the guest login is only available in browser mode.
If you are not sharing devices or using multiple devices, you only need to register your mobile device once. Thereafter, to access the menu of ARCHIBUS mobile business apps, just start the ARCHIBUS Mobile Client. (For instance on the iPhone or iPad, tap the ARCHIBUS icon on your Home Screen to start the Mobile Client.)
The first time you load the ARCHIBUS Mobile Client, prior to you registering your device, the Mobile Client downloads the ARCHIBUS mobile apps so that they are always available, even when you aren't connected to ARCHIBUS Web Central.
The Mobile Client connects you to ARCHIBUS Web Central when you use one of the actions to sync your device. When it connects, it does so in one of two ways:
When you log out (described below), the device data is not removed.
The Clear Data action removes the user database file and other user-specific application files from the device. Before logging out, execute the Clear Data action if you are sharing the device and you will no longer be using the device.
You should also clear data if run you will be connecting to a different project on the same Web Central server.
To clear data:
Note: If your site allows multiple users to use the same device, note that the Clear Data action does NOT remove data for other users that have registered the device.
If you share your device with others at your site or if you use multiple devices, you should log out of the ARCHIBUS mobile apps when you are through. Logging out unregisters the device.
For example, your site might have a set of mobile devices that are shared between craftspersons working on multiple shits. When workers finish their shift, they log out of their device so that the device can be used by the next worker. For information, see Shared Mobile Devices and Multiple Mobile Devices per User and Track Mobile Device Registration.
To log out:
To change languages, change the default language of your mobile device. For instance, on the iPad, use Settings / General / International / Language to select a different language. The ARCHIBUS Mobile Client and apps will use this new language the next time you start them.
Use the Preferences command to review and set preferences. To access this command:
When working with mobile apps, you may find that the system automatically completes some information based on your user profile. You may want to review the values for your profile.
These options control how the system saves client application messages so that you can view them when troubleshooting a problem. For information, see Mobile Logging (System Management Help).
Knowing the version number of your ARCHIBUS mobile apps is handy if you need to troubleshoot or work with ARCHIBUS Technical Support.
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