Unit Field Details

The following information fields can be specified when you create or edit a unit.

Fields Description
Name The name of the unit.
Description A short description of this unit.
Forwarding Expiration Expiration time for an active forwarding, measured in minutes.
Group Name The group to which the unit belongs.
Merge with unit Select the unit with which this unit is to be merged. This option is disabled when adding a new unit and is enabled when editing a unit.
Handheld Type Select either Phone (a handheld device) or Badge (a Vocera badge).
Min Switching Delta The strength difference required between access points before switching from one access point to another.
Polling Frequency The amount of time to wait before re-accessing the Wi-Fi connection (for example, 2 seconds).
Preferred Network The user-specified preferred WiFi network name.
Roaming Signal Strength The roaming signal strength required (for example, -100).
Minimum Usable Signal Strength The minimum WiFi strength required (for example, -80).
Usable Signal Retries The number of times to try to obtain a usable signal (for example, 5).
Polling Delay AP Switch The amount of time to sleep, in seconds, when the access point is changed.
Reset WiFi Reset the WiFi on handheld devices.
Manual Escalation Whether manual escalation is supported for this unit.
Status Indicates whether the unit is active or inactive.