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Starting a shift

Guards use Petra Platform Guard on a phone kept at the gate. The phone belongs to the estate, not the guard: it is set up once by the estate office, and each guard signs in on it with their phone number and PIN at the start of a shift.

Setting up a gate phone

Section titled “Setting up a gate phone”
  1. In the admin web app, an admin opens Guards → Enroll a device and gets a one-time device code.
  2. On the phone, open Petra Platform Guard, type the device code, give the phone a name (“Main gate phone”), and tap Set up.

Signing in

Section titled “Signing in”
  1. Enter your phone number and PIN, and tap Sign in.
  2. Choose the gate and lane you are working. You can change lane later from My shift.
  3. If the guard before you left a handover note, it shows above the keypad. Read it and tap Got it.
Setting up the gate phone with a device code
Signing in with phone number and PIN
The keypad, ready for a visitor's code

Ending a shift

Section titled “Ending a shift”

Open the menu, then My shift → End shift. Leave a handover note for whoever comes on next at this gate — who is still expected, what to watch for — and confirm. The next guard sees it when they start; the estate office sees every shift and its note.

My shift: gate, lane and when the shift began
Ending the shift with a handover note