UBIK Client Basics

Prerequisites

Options

There are two types of settings in UBIK client: Global Settings and User Specific Settings.

The Global Settings include the following

Name	Purpose
AuthServerName	The name of the server to connect to for user authentication
AuthPortNumber	The port number to use when connecting to the authentication server (optional)
UBIKAuthContentService	The name of the UBIK authentication service

The User Specific Settings include the following

Name	Purpose
UBIKContextName	The UBIK CONTEXT name
UBIKApplicationName	The UBIK APPLICATION name
UBIKContentService	The name of the UBIK content service
Protocol	The protocol to use for data communication over the Internet (e.g.: HTTPS)
ServerName	The name of the server to connect to for fetching content
PortNumber	The port number to use when connecting to the content server (optional)
PriorityThreshold	Any property with a priority number greater than this integer setting value is regarded as a high priority property and is highlighted when being displayed
UpdateExpirySeconds	The number of seconds one has to wait before the same update will be considered necessary. If an update of certain content has just ended successfully and is requested again within the amount of time configured in this setting, the client simply dismisses the new request. However, this setting does not affect Forced Updates in Manual Synchronization Mode.
SyncMode	The possible values are Automatic, Manual Commit and Offline. For more details, please refer to Sync Mode.
ShowSystemProperties	If set to true, all properties will be displayed; otherwise, only the ones that are marked as visible.

Additionally, the demo application and its unique user specific settings are listed as follows

Name	Purpose
PrepareMode	This is set to true/false when users switch the client to offline/online mode in the start menu. However, editing this setting directly might not trigger the expected behavior
NumberPropertyEditor	Whether to use the normal keyboard or the UBIK Number Pickers for editing numeric properties
CurrentAltitude	The (mock) altitude in meters to use in Augmented Reality activities
ContentDistanceFilterThreshold	The threshold in meters up to which billboards are displayed in Augmented Reality activities
PositioningMode	The different positioning modes of the Location Manager can be selected with this setting.

Demo Login

Username: Demo
Password: 1234

Working with UBIK^®

Login

Users need to login in order to access confidential data. This can be done in the Login Dialog.

Menu

Menu	Menu item	Purpose
Activity wheel	-	Shows if the client is currently downloading content from the server
Sync mode	-	Opens the sync manager (in manual sync mode)
Home	Start menu	Opens the start screen
Home	Settings	Opens the settings dialog
Home	Information	Shows information about the software version and the device

Content Browser

Allows to navigate through the entire data model in a hierarchical manner, as it is published by the server.

Properties

Teach In

Editor used to set geo locations for a specific property. The user can enter the location manually or, if available, can use the location provided by the positioning service. In case the positioning service doesn't deliver any location the user has only the possibility to enter the location manually.

Documents

Redlining

See the section redlining in the Documents article.

POI View

Brings up the Augmented Reality view and displays Points of Interest (POI's) related to the current location of the mobile device.

Map View

Opens the Map view and displays Points of Interest (POI's) related to the current location of the mobile device.

Online/Offline mode

Switches between online and offline mode.

ID Marker

Used to scan id markers; if an object for the scanned id marker exists, a pop-up dialog will be shown. If a dialog is shown and the object has a geo location, the dialog will contain two icons: one for navigating into the content browser and the other to get directions to the location. If no geo location is set, only the navigate to content browser button will be visible.

QR Code

Provides a fast and convenient way for users to find objects that are identifiable through optical codes.

Markerless

Opens the Augmented Reality view based on dynamic AR content.

ID Marker 3D

Used to scan id markers and display the object(s) in Augmented Reality view based on dynamic AR content.

Support Button

The Support Button starts the Communication Application "Skype" and is available in the Action Bar.