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Stations

Manage stations, real-time KPI metrics, tags, and the agents behind them.

A station is a recording unit inside an agent and is paired to one camera. Each station has its own recordings and storage.

Station overview & KPI strip

At the top of the Stations page, the real-time KPI strip summarizes floor availability:

  • Total Stations — every station configured in the organization.
  • Active Recording — stations actively capturing video.
  • Standby / Idle — stations connected and online, but not currently capturing footage.
  • Offline / Disconnected — stations that have not sent a recent heartbeat.

Stations Management

Station statuses

StatusMeaning
IdleOnline and ready, but not recording.
RecordingActively recording and detecting barcodes.
DisconnectedNo recent heartbeat from the device.
UnknownStatus has not been reported yet.

The desktop app sends a heartbeat while it runs. A station is considered online while its last heartbeat is recent (within about 5 minutes).

Manage stations in the dashboard

Open Stations to see every station in the active organization.

  1. Use the search box to find a station by name.
  2. Filter by status (Idle, Recording, Disconnected) or by one or more tags.
  3. Turn on Live Refresh to keep the list current automatically.
  4. Open the edit drawer to rename a station and manage its tags. Add a tag by typing it and pressing Enter.
  5. Select Export CSV to download the current list.
  6. Select Delete to remove a station. This cannot be undone.

Deleting is permanent

Deleting a station removes it from the dashboard. Confirm the prompt Are you sure you want to delete station "{name}"? This action cannot be undone. before proceeding.

Tags

Tags are free-form labels you can attach to stations to group them — by site, warehouse, lane, or region. Tags are used by the analytics suite to break down performance.

Agents vs. stations

  • Agents are entities in the organization, paired to a computer through the desktop app. One agent can host multiple stations.
  • Stations are recording units inside an agent. Each has one camera today; multiple cameras per station is planned. A station has a name, tags, status, and recordings.

An agent that has been revoked can no longer serve its stations until it is approved again. See Connect a device.

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