Know where a scan happened
Every entry carries its station, so movement through your building is visible.
Scanner stations
Barcode Scanner Stations
Name a scanning point on your map — receiving door, packing bench, front counter — and register exactly which devices are allowed to scan there.
- Stations live on the warehouse map where they physically are
- Every scan records the station, device, user and IP
- Multiple devices per station, so shift changes just work
- Revoke a device instantly without touching anything else
What is a scanner station?
A scanner station is a named scanning point in your operation. Instead of "someone scanned this", your log says "scanned at Receiving Dock, on Maria’s iPhone, at 3:14 pm". That context is what turns a scan history into something you can actually investigate.
Stations are placed on your warehouse map as dots, so they carry location meaning too — a scan at the dock is a receipt, a scan at the counter is a sale. Devices register to a station and the owner approves them.
What you get
Many devices per station
A station is a place, not a phone — register as many devices as the shift needs.
One device, many stations
A phone can hold approvals at several stations and switch between them with a toggle.
Physical barcode guns
Native apps let each attached Bluetooth or USB gun register individually under its host device.
Instant revocation
Remove a device the moment it leaves your business — access ends immediately.
Blocked IP list
Registrations from a blocked address are refused before they are ever created.
Accountability without friction
Staff scan the same way they always would. The difference is that months later you can answer "who scanned this out, from where, on what device?" in about four seconds.
How it works
1
Place a station
Drop a scanner dot on your warehouse map and name it after the real spot.
2
Register devices
Staff request access from their device; you approve it once from the Scanners page.
3
Scan away
Every scan in or out lands in the Activity Log with station, device, user and IP.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need special hardware to use barcode scanning?
No. Any phone camera works through the native apps or the web app. If you scan hundreds of items a day, a $30 Bluetooth scanner is worth it — it behaves like a keyboard, so it works out of the box on a registered device. Most small operations run phones everywhere and one gun at receiving.
Why register devices at all — why not let anyone scan?
Because the log is only useful if it identifies who did something. Registration also stops a former employee’s phone from still adjusting your stock after they leave, and it lets you approve a personal phone for one shift without giving that person full account access.
What happens when someone’s phone dies mid-shift?
Another approved device at the same station keeps working — stations support multiple devices exactly for this. A replacement phone can request access and be approved from your side in a couple of taps.
Can one phone scan at more than one station?
Yes. Approvals are per station and independent, so a device can hold access at receiving and at the counter, then switch with a toggle depending on where the person is standing.
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