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# The KIOSK admin panel

Everything an ordinary employee should not be able to do while clocking in lives in the admin panel: connecting readers, assigning cards and fingerprints, and deactivating the device. The panel is protected so nobody accidentally reconfigures a terminal standing by the entrance.

# Opening the panel

1. Tap the padlock icon in the top right of the KIOSK home screen.
2. Enter the location manager's PIN.

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The panel shows the device location, the state of the connected readers, the entry point for employee credentials, the language, and the app version together with the device name.

| Important: The panel opens with a **manager** PIN, not an employee one — an ordinary kiosk PIN will not work here.

# Readers

The **"Accessories"** section lists the fingerprint reader and the card reader with their connection state. **"Disconnect"** releases a device, for example before moving it to another terminal.

You connect a new reader from the home screen or from the same panel.

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# Employee credentials

**"Assign a card or fingerprint"** leads to credential management — useful when someone loses a card or joins the team. The operation needs a separate authorisation.

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You authorise with the location manager's PIN or their QR code. The session is time-limited — once it expires, KIOSK returns to the idle screen.

After authorising, you pick an employee from the list.

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The next steps are covered in [Assigning contactless cards](https://help.proplanum.com/en/article/assigning-contactless-cards-103nago/) and [Enrolling a fingerprint](https://help.proplanum.com/en/article/enrolling-a-fingerprint-azprqd/).

||| Caution: Every credential operation is written to the event log together with the person who authorised it.

# Deactivating the device

**"Deactivate device"** sits at the bottom of the panel. Use it when a tablet changes location or goes out of service — after deactivation the device stops accepting clock-ins and has to be activated again, as described in [Setting up and activating KIOSK](https://help.proplanum.com/en/article/setting-up-and-activating-kiosk-3vq0iz/).