Assemble your own check-in station
How to build and configure your check-in stations for check-in and badge printing
Check-in Stations (Badge Printing)
How to assemble and configure your check-in stations for check-in and badge printing
Please note that:
- Check-in stations require an Alf.io server instance to download attendees’ data and to upload successful scans
- It’s not advisable to check-in using check-in stations and our mobile app at the same time. Since the stations can work offline, successful check-ins could be sent to the Alf.io server with a slight delay, whereas the mobile app expects them to be immediately available.
Hardware needed
In order to print badges, you’ll need the following hardware:
- One or more check-in stations tutorial
- A supported Label Printer, see details
- An USB QR-Code (2D) scanner, set to emulate an US Keyboard Layout, and to add a Newline Feed after the scanned content. This is often the factory settings for these devices
If you plan to deploy more than one station, you’ll need a local network connection, either wired or wireless.
The stations can work without internet connection after downloading the ticket details, but they need to communicate with each other to validate a scan and guarantee that the same ticket can’t be scanned on different stations at the same time.
Last modified 04.12.2019: add first check-in and badge printing tutorial (e10621d7)