Check Out from a Self-Serve Station
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:21 pm
Here's what I need: I need a check in kiosk that cannot be closed/minimized (without entering a password) that our volunteers/individuals can check in AND check out from.
Why? Because of our network and how we share files, in order to access powerchurch you're on a network that can also access confidential financial files that are saved outside of powerchurch. It took us ages to get get the computer to even find PowerChurch and work consistently across the network. I don't know much about networks but I don't think it's an option for us to set up PowerChurch on a network that can be just for the kiosk and still let our staff access powerchurch from their different computers and get to the confidential files mentioned above.
At first I thought we'd just use the self-check in station feature for this. We are using the auto-maximize and "always on top" features. But you cannot check kids out in the self-serve mode. I can even understand that for security purposes, but it's not helpful for my problem.
So then I thought, I'll make a user that can access a manned station, but maybe there is a setting so that user cannot close/minimize the check in box. But there isn't. It could be an option in the user set up for check in I would think...
In essence a church service could look like this: one of our staff starts the check in Kiosk, our volunteers can check people in and out but not use the computer for anything else, and then our staff can close the computer out when services are over.
Is there a way we could use a scanner for this? We haven't purchased it yet but if it would solve this problem I'd give it a shot. My suspicion is the scanner won't work without being attached to a manned station, though. What can I do to solve this problem?
Thanks for reading and hopefully we can solve this!
Tori Webb, Administrator New Day Community Church
Why? Because of our network and how we share files, in order to access powerchurch you're on a network that can also access confidential financial files that are saved outside of powerchurch. It took us ages to get get the computer to even find PowerChurch and work consistently across the network. I don't know much about networks but I don't think it's an option for us to set up PowerChurch on a network that can be just for the kiosk and still let our staff access powerchurch from their different computers and get to the confidential files mentioned above.
At first I thought we'd just use the self-check in station feature for this. We are using the auto-maximize and "always on top" features. But you cannot check kids out in the self-serve mode. I can even understand that for security purposes, but it's not helpful for my problem.
So then I thought, I'll make a user that can access a manned station, but maybe there is a setting so that user cannot close/minimize the check in box. But there isn't. It could be an option in the user set up for check in I would think...
In essence a church service could look like this: one of our staff starts the check in Kiosk, our volunteers can check people in and out but not use the computer for anything else, and then our staff can close the computer out when services are over.
Is there a way we could use a scanner for this? We haven't purchased it yet but if it would solve this problem I'd give it a shot. My suspicion is the scanner won't work without being attached to a manned station, though. What can I do to solve this problem?
Thanks for reading and hopefully we can solve this!
Tori Webb, Administrator New Day Community Church