Q3 What's New 2024
The leaves are falling and VISIT is also renewing itself. Autumn brings many exciting and brand new features.
Quick Facts
- Web interface now available in French, Spanish and Chinese
- Digital visitor's pass after self-registration
- License plate not recognized correctly? No problem, simply reposition and select/confirm
- VISIT Logistics - additional configuration options: multiple entry and final exit
- Start visit via ID number (API)
You can read the detailed description here:
VISIT Plus
VISIT web interface now also available in French, Spanish and Chinese
VISIT is conquering the world: Thanks to numerous international projects, VISIT is becoming increasingly diverse. We have now translated our web interface into these languages so that our French, Spanish and Chinese-speaking customers can easily find their way around VISIT in their native language.
Digital visitor's pass
If you would like to print fewer visitor passes, this new feature could be of interest to you:
A visitor registers on site via self-registration. In VISIT, you can now set a configurable e-mail including a QR code to be sent to the visitor after self-registration at a terminal. This digital QR code can then be used to make bookings at VISIT terminals, which means that a printed visitor ticket is no longer necessary.
Further development of license plate recognition: Select the correct license plate or have it read again
Good news for all customers who use a license plate recognition system: Even if the license plate is covered with dirt or snow, this will no longer cause any problems in the workflow in future thanks to a further development in VISIT. The new option of having to confirm your own license plate number directly at the start of registration at the kiosk ensures that the license plate number has been correctly recognized. This allows the visitor to confirm their license plate or alternatively have the option of cleaning it or repositioning the vehicle in front of the camera so that the license plate can be recognized correctly.
License plate as part of the application
The option of confirming the license plate number within the workflow can also be used in combination with the entry point of an individual field, for example. For example, a supplier can log in to the kiosk using a delivery number and directly confirm the license plate number recognized by the license plate recognition system.
VISIT Logistics
If you regularly have trucks on your company premises, you will know how important it is to ensure that all vehicles present on the premises run smoothly.
Automatic termination of access authorization
In order to prevent a truck from re-entering after the scheduled deliveries have been completed, exit barriers (exit terminals) can now be configured so that they automatically terminate the access authorization with the exit.
Multiple entry including final exit
If a truck has to drive through several barriers for delivery or collection - for example, because it has to leave the delivery area after each transport order - it must be allowed to enter and exit several times. The final exit at a special exit barrier then revokes access authorization, which can prevent the truck from remaining on the company premises.
VISIT Connect
Start visit via ID number
SmartAccess can now also be carried out via two additional endpoints of the API using the badge number or the visitor in the associated visit. For example, you can now start a visit using the visitor's badge number via the VISIT API.
Please note the changes in the system requirements and discontinuations:
Online check-in will be discontinued with version 16.0.0. You can then look forward to an update to V16.0.0 or higher to the new Online Check-in, which can be configured in many more ways. You will receive more information on this in the next newsletter.
With VISIT version 16.0.0, SQL Server 2014 will also be removed from the list of supported database servers.
Further innovations:
VISIT Connect
The API has been extended. The following values can now also be queried with the GraphQL endpoint: Entry time, Entry, Exit time, Exit, Visit subject, Visit type. It is also possible to filter by visit type.
VISIT Logistics
The actual sequence of logistics processes differs greatly from customer to customer and from order to order.
There are transport orders that must be acknowledged in any case because, for example, safety-relevant information must be clarified before departure.
Other processes, such as the disposal of scrap metal or escort vehicles for heavy goods transports, should be able to complete their order without separate acknowledgement.
For this purpose, we have now created the option of configuring in VISIT which visit type must be acknowledged at which location and which does not require an acknowledgement in order to be completed.