Lockdown

Device lockdown replaces the standard device home screen with a customizable home screen that provides access only to authorized applications and websites. You configure lockdown when:

Note: There are two types of lockdown: device control and speed control. Device control applies lockdown settings continually while speed control applies lockdown when the device exceeds the speed specified in the profile configuration. You can choose to configure only device control or use both. However, when speed control is active, it overrides any settings specified in device control.

Device Control

Use this tab to specify options for device lockdown.

Custom Home Screen

Click Add to add a home screen item to the lockdown profile configuration. Home screen items are the authorized apps that will be available when a device is in lockdown mode.

Note: Device Control home screen items and Speed Control home screen items are entirely separate from each other. If you're using both Device Control and Speed Control and you want to use the same home screen items for both, you must enter information for them in both places.

Choose a lockdown template that determines how your home screen items are displayed on the device. You can use a predefined template provided by SOTI MobiControl or create your own template.

Lockdown Navigation Settings


Program Launch Via Keyboard Shortcuts	Select this option to enable programs to be started using the following methods: Pressing a numeric key on the device that corresponds to the program menu item Using a scanner to read a barcode that corresponds to the program menu item
Menu Button	Select this option to show the menu button on the lockdown navigation bar.
Back Button	Select this option to hide the back button on the lockdown navigation bar.

Device Navigation Settings

Select the type of navigation bar you want to be displayed during lockdown.


Custom Navigation Bar	Displays a custom navigation bar during lockdown. Under Navigation Bar Appearance, select which items you want displayed in the custom lockdown navigation bar.
Standard Operating System	Displays the standard operating system navigation bar during lockdown. Select Navigation Bar Icon Input to enable navigation bar icon input (Pocket PC devices only).
Hide Navigation Bar	Hides the navigation bar during lockdown.

Speed Control

Use this tab to specify options for speed lockdown. Speed lockdown is triggered when the device is travelling at or above a set speed, as specified in this section. The speed of the device is calculated by tracking differences in device location (using the device's GPS unit) over time.

Custom Home Screen

Select the Speed Control option and click Add to add a home screen item to the lockdown profile configuration. Home screen items are the authorized apps that will be available when a device is in speed lockdown mode.

Note: Device Control home screen items and Speed Control home screen items are entirely separate from each other. If you're using both Device Control and Speed Control and you want to use the same home screen items for both, you must enter information for them in both places.

Choose a lockdown template that determines how your home screen items are displayed on the device. You can use a predefined template provided by SOTI MobiControl or create your own template.

Under Advanced Speed Control Settings, you can specify the following settings:


Activation Time	Specify the starting time during each day that you want speed control to potentially be active on the device.
Deactivation Time	Specify the ending time during each day when you want speed control to potentially be active on the device.
Speed Control Starts At	Enter the speed at which speed control will be triggered, and the speed measurement unit. Note: When the device travels at or above this speed, speed lockdown will not be applied until the time specified in the Engage Timer field has expired.
Engage Timer	Enter the time (in seconds) during which the device travels at or above the threshold speed before speed lockdown is applied. This delay helps prevent the excessive applying of speed lockdown.
Disengage Timer	Enter the time (in seconds) during which the device travels below the threshold speed before speed lockdown is removed. This delay helps prevent the excessive removal of speed lockdown.
Scripts	You can set scripts to activate when a device enters or exits speed control. To add a new script, click Manage Scripts to open the Manage Scripts dialog box.
Speed Control is Activated	Select the script you want executed on the device when speed lockdown is applied.
Speed Control is Deactivated	Select the script you want executed on the device when speed lockdown is removed.

Device Navigation Settings

Select the type of navigation bar you want to be displayed during lockdown.


Custom Navigation Bar	Displays a custom navigation bar during lockdown. Under Navigation Bar Appearance, select which items you want displayed in the custom lockdown navigation bar.
Standard Operating System	Displays the standard operating system navigation bar during lockdown. Select Navigation Bar Icon Input to enable navigation bar icon input (Pocket PC devices only).
Hide Navigation Bar	Hides the navigation bar during lockdown.

Templates

Templates are HTML files that dictate how the home screen items are displayed on the device when it's in lockdown mode. You can use one of the SOTI MobiControl provided templates or create your own templates.

Manage Templates

To create a new custom template, click Add to open the Lockdown: Custom Templates dialog box.

You can edit, duplicate, or delete your custom templates. You can also upload an HTML template file to SOTI MobiControl. Click Import Template then browse to the HTML file on your computer. Click Import.