Configure the mobile app gateway settings
Configure the Mobile App gateway settings to deliver alerts to and receive alerts from the mobile device.
- In the navigation bar, click
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- In the Devices section, click Mobile App.
The Mobile App gateway configuration screen opens with the default settings that are listed in the following table.Note: You should use the default values to set up and configure the BlackBerry AtHoc mobile app.
Setting
Description
Notification Delivery Server Settings
Notification Delivery Server Address
https://mobile.athoc.comUsername
Must be between 3 and 100 characters long.
Password
Must be between 3 and 100 characters long.
Debug Trace
Avoid performance degradation by enabling debug tracing for the mobile delivery gateway only while actively debugging the mobile notifications for the mobile app.
Options: Yes | No
Default: No
Features
Alerts
Selected. Available for all users.
Collaboration
Selected. Available for all users and operators.
Map
Not selected. Available for all users.
Alert Publishing
Selected. Available for operators only.
Advanced Features
Selected. When selected, advanced features display. Select a distribution list to give access to advanced features to a group of users. Options include:- Emergencies
- Check In/Check Out
- Reports
- Tracking: When this option is selected, the Tracking Interval option displays. Select a tracking interval.
- My Profile Page: When this option is selected, the "Show Preferred language selection to support bilingual alerts" option displays.
For more information about advanced features, see Role-based permissions for the mobile app.
Settings
Photo Quality
Options: Low | High
Default: Low
Video Quality
Options: Low | High
Default: Low
Emergency Contact Number
Designate the emergency contact telephone number. If no phone number is entered in the field, the mobile app will not have an emergency contact number button.
Support Email Address
Enter an email address that administration log and feedback from the mobile app can be sent to.
Enable Mobile Analytics
Collects mobile app usage analytics. No personal, private, or sensitive information is collected.
Options: Yes | No
Default: No
Enable Personal Alert Button
Enables sending an emergency using a paired personal alert button. Emergencies must be enabled in Advanced Features.
Options: Yes | No
Default: Yes
Enable Jail-Break/Root Detection
Enables the mobile app to check if the device OS security has been compromised.
Options: Yes | No
Default: No
Send Location with Response
Sends user location information with alert or event responses.
Options: Yes | No
Default: Yes
User Choice
Enables each mobile user to choose whether to send location information with alert or event responses.
Options: Yes | No
Default: Yes
This option is visible only when "Yes" is selected for Send Location with Response.
Enable Debug Log
Enables debug tracing on the mobile app. Enable this option to allow a detailed log to be written on the mobile app.
Options: Yes | No
Default: No
- Click Copy Default Settings.
- In the Notification Delivery Server Address field, enter the NDS address you received from your system administrator. By default, the URL points to
mobile.athoc.com. - Add the user name and password provided by BlackBerry AtHoc.
- In the Features section, select the options that will be available to users when they are using their mobile device:
- Alerts: Users can receive alerts.
- Collaboration: Enables the Collaboration feature for all users and operators.
- Alert Publishing: Operators can publish alerts.
- Advanced Features: Advanced features are available to a selected group of users. When you select this option, advanced features are displayed. Each mobile feature in the Advanced Features section includes its own menu to select a distribution list. To learn about the advanced features, see Role-based permissions for the mobile app.
- In the Settings section, select the photo and video quality.
- In the Emergency Contact Number field, enter the phone number of the operations center to which emergencies are sent from mobile devices.
- In the Support Email Address field, enter an email address where logs are sent for error debugging.
- In the Enable Mobile Analytics section, select whether to enable the mobile app to collect usage analytics.
- In the Enable Personal Alert Button section, select whether to enable users to send an emergency duress message using a paired personal alert button.
- In the Enable Jail-Break/Root Detection section, select whether to enable the mobile app to check if the device OS security has been compromised.
- In the Send Location with Response section, select whether to send location information with alert or event responses. When No is selected, location information is prevented from being returned with alert or event responses even if mobile location services are active on the mobile device.
- In the User Choice section, select whether to enable mobile users to choose to send location information with alert or event responses. This option is only available when Yes is selected in the Send Location with Response section.
- In the Enable Debug Log section, select whether to enable debug tracing on the mobile app.
- Click Save.