Argus Mobile

July 6, 2022

• On the Move tab, object IDs are shown exactly once in the object description. • On the Multi Move and Search tabs, object IDs are shown in the object list even on narrow devices. • On the Multi Move tab, results are displayed in descending date order. • On the Settings tab, info button explanations are improved. • On the Server screen or in a scanned QR codes, you can include the "tips=off" parameter in the server URL to disable the tips that are normally displayed during the initial app setup steps.

February 11, 2022

--- Notes features --- New features let you set the Notes field in the database when setting locations for objects or boxes. • Settings tab: Three settings control the notes features: - You can choose the default text that should be place in the Notes field. - You can choose whether and how the default text can be overridden from the Move and Multi Move tabs. - You can choose whether new notes you enter are added to a list for convenient reuse. - QR codes used to set server information can include parameters to make these settings. • Move tab and Multi Move tab: Depending on the settings you select, a notes text box or a notes icon can be displayed. - With a notes text box you can enter notes directly, reset them to the default, or tap the label to bring up a list of notes. - With a notes icon you can tap to bring up a list of notes, or tap-and-hold to display the current notes. • Notes list: A pop-up screen lets you enter notes, choose from a list of notes, or edit the list. - Depending on the settings you select, the notes list can be populated automatically with the notes you use, or can be populated manually with an "Add to List" button. - The list always begins with the default notes choices. - The rest of the list can be sorted or left with the most recently used notes listed first. - The list can be edited by reordering or deleting notes. - Duplicates are automatically removed from the list. --- Sorting features --- • Multi Move tab and Search tab: You can sort objects and boxes: - by Object ID or Box ID - by description (object's synopsis or box's content) - by the date the object or box was moved to the current location, with the most recent dates first --- Other features --- On multiple screens: • When text boxes are empty, they show hints about the expected values. Accessibility: • Support for the iOS "Smart Invert Colors" feature

July 10, 2020

Box-tracking features, for Argus installations that track box locations: • Move tab: You can scan or type box barcodes or type Box IDs to look up information about a box, crate, shipping pallet, or other container. • Move tab: When you retrieve a box, the Box ID and other box information are displayed. • Move tab: When you retrieve an object that has a value in the Box field, the Box ID is displayed on the Locations line. You can click it to display information about the box. • Multi Move tab: When you retrieve the items at a given location, the results can contain objects, boxes, or both. • Search tab: You can search for boxes by Box ID and/or words from the box Content field. When you retrieve a box, the Box ID and other box information are displayed. • Settings tab: You can enable or disable the box-tracking features, depending on whether or not your Argus installation is used to track box locations. • Details screen: When you tap the information icon for a box on the Move or Multi Move or Search tab, details for the box are displayed. • Details screen: When box details are displayed, you can tap the Move button to go to the Move tab and retrieve the box. • Details screen: For Argus 4.3.6.2 and later, the administrator can configure the set of box fields to be displayed, including their order and labels. Otherwise, a default set of box fields is displayed. Other improvements: • Device support: The iPhone SE 2nd generation is supported. • Accessibility: The iOS "Smart Invert Colors" feature is supported. • Move tab and Multi Move tab: You can type a Location ID to look up a location that is in use. • Move tab and Multi Move tab: You can type staff initials to set the Done By field. • Move tab, Multi Move tab, and Search tab: There are improved hints in the text box placeholder messages. • Move tab and Details screen: The image displayed for an object is always the first public image in the Object record. • Multi Move tab: You can scan or enter a staff barcode, or type staff initials, to set the Done By field. • Multi Move tab: If you use the swap arrows and the Current Location field becomes blank, the list of current items is cleared. • Search tab: The Clear button clears both text boxes and the search results. • Search tab: A message is displayed if a search times out. • Settings tab: The preference settings are alphabetized. • Settings tab: If your settings aren't the defaults, you'll need to set them again when updating from version 1.n to version 2.n. • Details screen: The display now scrolls to just past the bottom of the field list. • Details screen: Text sizes have been adjusted. • Server screen: The administrator can include parameters in the Argus Server QR code to set the default preference settings, for example to enable box-tracking for users by default. Users can still override these settings. • Server screen: Tips for new users are presented when server settings are entered manually, not just when a QR code is scanned. • Server screen: If the Login button is displayed, tapping Done after filling in the Database ID will take you to the Login screen. • Server screen: If you change server information, data on the Move tab is cleared. • Server screen: There is more room for the keyboard on smaller screens. • Bug fixes.

February 19, 2020

Scanning improvements: • The camera view has been enlarged. It is full-height on an iPad and full-screen on an iPhone or iPod touch. • Crosshairs let you center the barcode in the camera view. • The camera view adjusts dynamically if you rotate the device while scanning. • In addition to Code 39 barcodes, Code 128 barcodes, and QR codes, you can now scan Code 39 Mod 43 barcodes, which are Code 39 barcodes with a checksum character. • Barcodes are recognized more quickly. A slight delay is built-in so you can pan across a barcode on the way to the barcode you want to scan. • The iOS prompt for permission to access the camera does not appear until the first time you tap a Scan button. • Barcodes that were previously recognized off-center are now recognized in the center of the camera view. • You can now scan staff ID barcodes. • The device orientation is now correctly identified when the first scan is in landscape orientation. • The camera view is automatically dismissed if you leave the app. Other improvements: • New instructions guide you through the initial app setup. • Dark Mode is supported. • If you are unable to log in, Argus Mobile checks for the likely causes and displays specific messages in each case. For example, it can recognize when there is an incorrect Login ID/Password, an incorrect server address, an incorrect Database ID, or an incorrect server configuration. • On the Server screen, the Database id is now called Database ID to match the administrator's Databases Options screen. • Spaces are no longer allowed in the text fields on the Server screen. • On the Move tab, the Return to Last Permanent Location button is no longer enabled before you set the Done By value.

January 16, 2020

• Argus Mobile now supports installations where the Database id is not part of the portal URL path. • On the Server screen, you provide your Argus OAuth Token URL and your Argus Database id rather than your Argus server URL. These values can be provided by scanning a QR code with the syntax https://SERVER/PATH/_oauth/token?databaseid=NAME. • You can tap the tab button to switch between the OAuth Token URL and Database id fields. • If you use the wrong URL syntax, the message "URL is not in the expected format." is displayed. • There is no longer a Test button to test the server URL. • The Logout button displays your User ID. • Search results are cleared when you log out. • The Object details screen is cleared when you log out.

December 22, 2019

• New app icon. • New App Store screenshots. • New setting to confirm the staff name each time you leave the app and return, for use when a mobile device is shared. • On the Move tab, long-press the thumbnail image to copy the image to the clipboard. • On the object details screen, long-press the image to copy it to the clipboard. • Logging out clears the primary Move and Multi Move data. • If you scan a URL barcode on the Move or Multi Move tab, the web page will open in your default web browser. • You can scan a barcode while logged out, to see the barcode value without further processing. • You can omit the https:// portion of the Server URL. • Improved message wording. • Screen layout improvements. • App size optimizations. • Bug fixes.

December 14, 2019

• New app icon. • New App Store screenshots. • Logging out clears the primary Move and Multi Move data. • New setting to confirm the staff name each time you leave the app and return. • If you scan a URL barcode on the Move or Multi Move tab, the web page will open in your default web browser. • You can scan a barcode while logged out, just to see the barcode value. • You can omit the https:// portion of the Server URL. • Improved message wording. • App size optimizations. • Bug fixes.

November 9, 2019

• The Argus server must use SSL. They Server URL must use https. • The Server URL field on the Settings > Server screen defaults to https if you scan a QR code with only the domain name and path, or if you type only the domain name and path. • Bug fixes.

September 25, 2019