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Devices, sign-in and admin

Ingle knows two kinds of device. Any other device (not a display, and not signed in) only sees the sign-in page: no board, names or photos.

Household displays

Section titled “Household displays”

Household displays, such as the wall iPad, show the board to everyone, and kids use them to claim and complete chores.

  • An adult unlocks admin on a display by tapping ⚙︎, then their picture, and entering their PIN.
  • Admin locks again after 2 idle minutes, or when you tap Lock. Change the time with Lock admin on displays after in Admin › Settings.
  • Five wrong PINs lock that person out for five minutes.
  • A display stays registered until it’s removed.

To make a device a display, tick the box during setup, or sign in on it and go to Admin › Devices › Make this a household display. You’re signed out there, and use your PIN for admin from then on. Remove a display from the same page.

Personal devices

Section titled “Personal devices”

Adults’ phones, laptops and desktops are personal devices. Sign in with your email and password to manage everything from anywhere.

  • You stay signed in until you’ve been inactive for 30 days.
  • Admin › Devices lists every signed-in phone and computer. Sign out ends one, and Sign me out everywhere else ends all but this one.

What’s in admin

Section titled “What’s in admin”
  • People: family members, with an emoji or photo, picture cards, a goal, PINs and sign-ins. See Getting started.
  • Chores: who does it, how often, and what it’s worth. See Adding chores.
  • Completions: approvals, reward claims, missed chores, and reversing mistakes.
  • Rewards: see Rewards.
  • Photos and Calendars for the screensaver and the calendar.
  • Devices: household displays and signed-in phones and computers.
  • Settings:
    • household name and timezone
    • when a new day starts on the board (until then it still shows yesterday, so late-night chores count for the right day)
    • admin auto-lock, the screensaver delay, and when the calendar returns to the chores
    • the lock schedule, idle lock and household unlock code

Every change appears in the activity feed on Admin home, which also shows the version of Ingle that’s running.