Visitor Pre-Registration
For visitors the office is expecting. Someone books the visit and the visitor receives a QR pass. At the gate the guard scans it and gets a clear answer.
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Announced Visitation is Sentry’s visitor pre-registration. The guard scans the QR pass on the visitor’s phone or printout, and the handset shows whether it is genuine, valid today and still has scans left.
- The office books the visit and sends a QR pass
- Green, red or amber on the guard’s screen
- One scan in, one scan out
- Today’s arrivals listed at the post
How it works
Booked by the office, checked at the gate
Someone in the office books the visitor in and sends them a pass. At the gate the guard points the handset at the code on the visitor’s phone or printout, and it reads by itself.
A clear answer
Green means the pass is genuine, valid today and has scans left. The visitor’s name is shown in large type so the guard can check it against the person at the gate. Red means stop. Amber means the handset did not hear back in time.
Why a pass is refused
The handset refuses a pass that has expired, has used all its scans, was issued for a different site, or was not issued by Sentry. The guard sends the visitor to whoever booked them, and the office can issue a new pass in a moment.
In and out on the same pass
The first scan records the visitor arriving and the second records them leaving. Each pass has a set number of scans, usually one in and one out.
Protects the pass when the network is slow
When the answer is amber, the scan may already have gone through, and a second scan would record the visitor leaving. So the amber screen lists what the site has recorded today, and the guard can see whether the visitor is already on it.
Today’s scans
The handset lists everyone who has come through the site today and when. A guard taking over the post can check it instead of phoning the office.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Sentry Announced Visitation, answered for security operators and site supervisors.
See it on a handset
Book a demo and we will walk through the Announced Visitation module with your own sites and shift patterns.
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The rest of what runs on the handset at the post