Custom button on 6-inch Room Booking System devices – Room Book

Note: This feature is exclusive to 6-inch devices. Click here to learn more.

With the “Custom button” feature, you are able to replace one of the three buttons of the Real-time booking functionality (“Meet now”, “Meet later”, “Timetable”) with a custom button that can be one of the two following options:

QR Code
Webhook

This feature can be set also as a building or device-specific setting. Allowing you to further customize your office experience. To learn more about these levels of settings, click here.

This feature will only work if your 6-inch device has its touch capabilities enabled. If you are unsure how to enable/disable it, click here.

QR Code

You can set one of the buttons to display a custom QR code that will lead your guests to your company’s website or connect them to your office’s Wi-Fi network.

How to set it up
Ideas

How to set up a QR code button

In order to set up the QR code custom button on your 6-inch device, you will have to follow these steps:

Log in to the Room Booking System Web Portal
Navigate to the “Settings” page via the top navigation menu
Select “Device Settings” from the left-hand side menu
Enable the “Custom button” feature
Select “QR Code” as the “Action type”
Select one of the three buttons you wish to replace in the “Replaces button” drop-down menu
Enter the text you wish to be displayed as the button’s title in the “Custom title” field. Keep in mind that the maximum number of characters allowed is 10
The “ID” of the button will be automatically generated for you
Enter the message/URL you wish QR code to contain in the “Message” field
Click “Save” at the bottom of the page

And that’s it! After a few moments, your 6-inch Room Booking System device will update with your new custom button.

Ideas for the QR code button

There are numerous possibilities for this feature, but here are a few ideas we believe might be interesting for you:

Company website link
Connect to the office’s Wi-Fi network

Connect the user to the office’s Wi-Fi network via the QR code

In the “Message” field of the “Custom button” form, enter this text and insert your Wi-Fi’s SSID and password in the dedicated places:

WIFI:S:(insert_your_SSID);

T:WPA;

P:(insert_your_password);;

And click “Save”.

Once your guests will scan the code, they will be prompted to connect to the network.

Webhook

An even more customizable option for the “Custom button” feature is a webhook. With it, the possibilities are limitless.

How to set it up
Ideas

How to set up a webhook as a custom button

In order to set up the webhook as a custom button on your 6-inch device, you will have to follow these steps:

Log in to the Room Booking System Web Portal with your account credentials
Navigate to the “Settings” page via the top navigation menu
Select “Device Settings” from the left-hand side menu
Enable the “Custom button” feature
Select “Webhook” as the “Action type”
Select one of the three buttons you wish to replace in the “Replaces button” drop-down menu
Enter the text you wish to be displayed as the button’s title in the “Custom title” field. Keep in mind that the maximum number of characters allowed is 10
The “ID” of the button will be automatically generated for you
Enter the URL of your webhook in the “Message” field
Select the “Authentication” of your webhook as “Basic” if there is one, otherwise select “None"

If you have selected “Basic”, enter the “Username” and “Password” for it
You are also able to test the webhook before saving it by clicking the “Test URL” button below the form
Once satisfied with the input, click “Save” at the bottom of the page

And that’s it! After a few moments, your 6-inch device will update with your new custom button.

Ideas for a webhook

As stated previously, with webhooks, the possibilities are limitless. But, we do have a few ideas that might be interesting to you:

Send an SMS to a specific person
Request help from your IT department
Request a drink for you and your guest

We recommend checking out IFTTT (https://ifttt.com/) and Zapier as these solutions will allow you to fully utilize the webhook feature and create amazing integrations with your Room Booking System and other apps and devices.