Static QR codes

Pieter-Jan Dries · · 2 min

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A static QR code is a permanent code you print and hang where visitors arrive, so they sign in on their own phone instead of a shared tablet. Static QR codes do not expire, which is what makes them worth printing: the same sheet on the wall at the back entrance keeps working.

Create a static QR code

  1. Open the Vizito backoffice and select “Account settings” > “General” in the left menu.

  2. Under “Location settings”, find the “Static QR codes” row and click “Edit”.

    general edit static qr

  3. Click “Add QR code” at the bottom of the “Static QR code configuration” window.

    add static qr

  4. Type a “Description”. It is the name the code is listed under, so name it after the door it will hang on. The “Entry point” and “Print to” dropdowns on the same form are optional and can be set later.

    name qr code

  5. Click “Save”. Your new code appears in the “Static QR code configuration” list.

Download the code for printing

  1. Click “Edit” next to your code in the “Static QR code configuration” list.

    edit qr

  2. Click “Download QR code” under the code in the “QR code” window.

    the QR code window with the Download QR code button

Your browser saves a print-ready PNG image named after the code’s “Description”, with any character a file name cannot contain replaced by “_” (a code without a description downloads as qrcode.png).

The “Link” field in the “QR code” window shows the sign-in link the code opens. Click the copy button next to it to copy that link, for example to paste it into an email or a message. “Link copied to clipboard” confirms it.

the copy button next to the Link field

If you may only view static QR codes, the window has no “Save” button, but you can still copy the link and download the code.

What else you can set on a code

The “QR code” window holds three settings besides the description. All three can be left empty.

  • “Entry point” records which entrance a visitor signed in at, so a sign-in through this code is logged against the door it hangs on. See Entry points.
  • “Print to” selects the device that prints the visitor badge. See Badges.
  • “Visit types” limits the code to the visit types you select, so a code at the loading bay can offer fewer choices than the one at reception.

“QR code sign in”, the toggle just above “Static QR codes” in “Location settings”, is a different feature. It lets a registered visitor scan the personal QR code from their invitation at the kiosk. See QR-code signin.