Welcome to SOTI MobiControl 15.6 Help
SOTI MobiControl is an enterprise mobile management solution dedicated to helping you manage and monitor your enterprise devices. Use SOTI MobiControl Help to learn about all of the features available through SOTI MobiControl.
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Setting Up SOTI MobiControl
This section provides instructions for installing, activating, and upgrading SOTI MobiControl instances.
Using the Console
This section provides information about using the SOTI MobiControl console to perform the various management tasks.
Locating Devices
- Locating Devices Indoors
  - Adding a Data Provider
    In order for Indoor Location service to receive device location data, a data provider must first be created. You will need to arrange with your data provider to provide a floor map of your location and to identify your WiFi access points if this has not already been done.
  - Finding Your Way Around the Locations Dashboard
    The Locations dashboard offers a central view to critical information such as the number of devices in a location, their management status and their network connectivity.
  - Finding a Device Location From the Device Dashboard
    Use this procedure to find the indoor location of a single device from the Device dashboard.
  - Viewing an Indoor Location Map
    Use this procedure to open and view an indoor location map
  - Using SOTI Design Studio
    SOTI Design Studio enables you to create custom maps for use with the Indoor Location feature.
- Locating Devices Outdoors
System Health
View vital system stats in a variety of interactive, up-to-date charts and tables.
SOTI MobiControl Administration
This section provides information about how to perform various administrative tasks related to SOTI MobiControl. These tasks include monitoring your SOTI MobiControl system, changing deployment settings, integrating SOTI MobiControl with third-party applications, and performing various modifications that extend SOTI MobiControl beyond its standard configuration.
Using Package Studio
This section provides information about how to use SOTI MobiControl Package Studio to create data packages for devices.
Using Script Commands
Send scripts and execute commands on your devices with SOTI MobiControl. Script commands are supported on Android Plus, Linux, macOS, Windows Desktop Classic, and Windows Mobile/CE devices.
Using SOTI MobiControl Stage
This section provides information about how to use SOTI MobiControl Stage to quickly and easily enroll devices.
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Locating Devices Indoors

Overview

Note: This topic describes how to use the Indoor Location feature. For instructions on using Outdoor Location services, see here.

The Indoor Location feature uses WiFi positioning to show you where your devices are within a specified location and where they have been over a given period. You can also create Signal Policies to execute custom actions based on the location or movement of your device.

Use Indoor Location to:

Visually locate managed and unmanaged devices on an indoor map
View historical travel patterns
Configure indoor geofences and exclusion zones
Set up automatic actions and notifications based on devices entering and leaving indoor zones (Signal Policies)
Create custom indoor maps using SOTI Design Studio

Locations screen showing groups panel, search bar, charts section and Locations table

Prerequisites

Premium Plus or Enterprise Plus License
Cloud Link Agent (CLA), 4.1.0+, installed on a server with network access to the CMX API.
The user setting up the CLA must have SOTI Identity and access to the machine the CLA is installed on
Cisco WiFi network infrastructure running Cisco CMX
SOTI MC 15.6 (Cloud) or higher

Note: Indoor Location is only available for cloud-based implementations.

Before using Indoor Location for the first time, you need to add a data provider.