Setting Up a KIOSK Station in Building Automation Profiles
Setting Up a KIOSK Station in Building Automation Profiles
You have a running Building Automation installation. NOTE: The following procedure applies only to Building Automation EN and Building Automation NA Client Profiles.
You configured a client station to become a KIOSK station.
Using the separate SMC (System Management Console) application, create a project starting from Building Automation template project.
Log on using an administration user account with configuration rights.
Create the KIOSK graphic. You can configure a single graphic, possibly including multiple layers with dynamic cycling effects, or create multiple graphics and include navigational links that allow users a limited interaction with the system. Make sure that the only links users can select on the KIOSK graphics are other KIOSK graphics, and provide links back to a starting (home) page to prevent users from getting lost.
Create a user-defined view (the KIOSK view) with all the graphics you want to display in the KIOSK.
Associate the top node of the KIOSK view with the KIOSK home graphic. This automatically occurs if you drop the top node of the KIOSK view on the KIOSK home graphic.
Create a new KIOSK user group with read-only permissions, and then a new user, and associate the Building Automation Client Profile to the user. It is recommended that you only allow read access to the KIOSK user group.
On the KIOSK client, log off and then log on again with the new user credentials.
Navigate to the top node of the KIOSK view, and then log off. NOTE: To exit from an installed client in KIOSK mode, use Task Manager to stop the Application Framework. Then log on to the system using the administration user to return to the normal client.
The system will remember the last selected view, so the next time the KIOSK user logs on, it will start at the KIOSK home graphic of which the top node of KIOSK view is associated with.
Log on again using an administrator user account with configuration capability.
Navigate to the KIOSK user and associate the KIOSK Client Profile to the KIOSK user.
Save the KIOSK user and log off.
Log on as KIOSK user and test the KIOSK client.
Adjust the configuration as necessary.
If closed mode is required, go to the station configuration and select the Closed mode check box. Make sure to associate the KIOSK Client Profile to the closed-mode user (GMSDefaultUser).
