After the connection between the Humly Control Panel and your booking system it is time to configure it. In the basic set up of your HCP you will be able to edit the global settings, edit your default room settings for Humly Room Display and set the structure for your rooms and buildings. You will also learn how to create new users. This guide supports the Humly Control Panel v 1.7.0.0.
This article will go through each the basic setup thoroughly. If you want to change your global settings later you can click "Next" for now and proceed directly to Step 5: Basic Setup Default Room Settings.
Global Settings
After the first sign in, you will have the option to edit the Global settings, in the below table you can find description of each field.
Setting |
Description |
General |
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Organisation name |
The name of your organization. |
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Time server |
Choose which time server you want. NTP Server or HCP. |
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Time server strict mode |
Enable if Time server strict mode is desired. |
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NTP Server IP for FQDN |
The IP address or the FQDN of the NTP server that should be used for time synchronization on HCP and HRD devices. (e.g. 0.pool.ntp.org, time.google.com) |
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"Booking system" Service account |
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EWS URL |
The EWS or Service URL for the booking system. |
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Service URL |
The email address for the service account, which has the impersonation rights. |
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Password |
The password of the service account. |
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Change |
This option will allow HCP admin to change the service account, the password of the service account, the service URL, and P12 key in case of Google BS. |
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Firmware |
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Firmware URL |
The URL that HCP will use to check for the firmware updates. |
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Firmware search location |
This option will determine if HCP will search for the firmware updates locally on the server itself, or will check online using the above URL. You will be able to user "Remote" or "Local". |
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Internet access |
Choose between "Direct" or "Via Proxy". Based on your network settings, you might need to specify proxy server address to allow HCP to reach the internet and firmware download. |
| Default API Token |
This is were you find the accounts API Token. |
Authentication - User |
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Minimum password length |
Choose how many characters is needed for a user password. |
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Authentication Type |
Specify how the users will be authenticated when booking, deleting or updating meetings from HRD devices, the options are either PIN code, or both PIN and RFID. |
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PIN Length |
Set the PIN code length, options from 3 till 9 is available. |
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RFID Enrollment |
Determines the different ways RFID can be enrolled and associated with a user in HCP.
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Invite Authenticated User |
If this option is enabled, when a user book instant meeting from an HRD device using PIN or RFID, the meeting slot is booked in the user mailbox calendars also. |
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User inactivity timeout |
Choose the time for user inactivity. You can set days, hours and minutes. |
Synchronization |
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Meetings on the same day every.. |
Specify the time between sync request sent to the booking systems for the meeting in the same day. |
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Meetings on the next day and onward every.. |
Specify the time between sync request sent to the booking systems for the meeting on the next day and onward every. For example, if 1 hour is selected as the default, when a user books a meeting the next day, it will be synced to HCP after one hour.
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Email Notifications |
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Notify added user |
An email will be sent to an added user. |
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Notify updated user |
An email will be sent to a user when some updates have been done. |
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Notify deleted user |
An email will be sent to a deleted user. |
Email about device status |
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Enable sending emails |
Will allow sending reports about the HRD Devices in case there is unexpected behaviour. |
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Send report on unexpected behaviour after.. |
You can specify when the emails will be sent. |
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Recipient email |
You can specify to which email address the report will be sent to. |
Device registration |
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Timer |
A timer for allowing new devices to be registered to the server. |
Start registration |
The timer will start. |
Authentication - Device |
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Authentication 802.1x |
Enable or disable port based security for HRD devices, for more information, refer to 802.1x setup document. |
| Pairing Key Authentication |
Enable or disable pairing key authentication. |
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Pairing Key |
Additional layer of security, enabling this will allow HCP admin to set a key which will be required to connect any HRD device to this server. |
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Enable strict TLS on the device |
Enable or disable strict Transport Layer Security on the device. |
Logs |
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Log Level |
Four levels are available (Errors, Warning, Info and Debug) based on your need, you can select to get more logs from HCP. |
SNMP Service |
Enabling SNMP will allow integration with SNMP monitoring system, you can set the used port.
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SNMP Port |
Type wanted SNMP Port. |
Custom Equipment |
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Equipment name |
This will allow you to add customized equipment to your room, a set of default equipment is available by default. |
Analytics |
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| Currency | If a fee is wanted for "no shows" you can choose the cost per hour. In this section you select which currency you want the fee to be in. |
Humly Reservations |
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| Enable Room Booking | To enable the Humly Room Booking users will be able to book rooms in Humly Reservations. |
| Enable Desk Booking | To enable the Humly Desk Booking users will be able to book desks in Humly Reservations. |
| Humly Reservations Host | Typ the host name for Humly Reservations. |
Reset HCP Service |
This will reset the setting and structure to clean installation status, all data will be deleted if reset button is used. |
Once you finished the global setting click Next.
Once done with the global settings move on to Step 5: Configure Default Room Settings
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