Nextstop - Settings

Owned by Michelle Cabaya (Unlicensed)
May 13, 2022
2 min read

This article reviews how to use the options within the Settings tab. The Settings tab is the third tab at the bottom right of the Nextstop Home/Work screen. The Settings tab displays a variety of options that allow the mobile user to customize how Nextstop looks and behaves.

Any change to settings using the Pull-out Menu is temporary and resets to the default at log out. The pull-out Menu settings are meant to temporarily toggle on or off to make navigation quick and easy for the mobile user. Logging out of the device resets those temporary settings to the default settings. Changes made from the Settings menu located at the bottom right of the screen (with the exception of Persist Stops List Filter, which is always a temporary setting) are saved to X Dispatch and persist even after a logout.

Settings

Sounds

The Sounds section of Settings allows mobile users to set a default voice and hear sample sounds in that voice. There is an option "None" that disables all audio sound during the current login session.

See How to Set a Default Voice in Nextstop for more information.

Stops Workflow

The Stops Workflow section of the Settings menu allows a mobile user to configure how the Stops List is displayed. Customizing these settings is detailed in the following article: Stops Workflow.

Scanning

Nextstop works in conjunction with Bluetooth barcode scanners utilizing the Human Interface Device, HID, technology. 

  • Best practices for using HID scanning is to pair your Bluetooth scanner BEFORE enabling HID scanning in Nextstop. Enabling HID scanning without a Bluetooth scanner already paired results in the keyboard appearing any time the app is expecting input.
  • To pair a Bluetooth scanner to your mobile device, please refer to your mobile device or Bluetooth scanner's instruction manual on how to pair with an Android or iOS device in HID mode.
  • Enabling HID Scanning from the pull-out Menu is a temporary, session only, setting, which is not saved upon logout. Enabling HID scanning from the Settings tab, located at the bottom right of the Home screen, saves that setting to X Dispatch and persists that setting for all future login sessions.

See How to Set Up Scanning in Nextstop for more information.

Alert me if I have not synced in..

If your device is out of cellular range or not connected to Wi-Fi it is unable to sync any data to the server. The Settings menu has a configurable menu that syncs according to a defined time period. If a sync has not occurred within that set time period, a banner is displayed at the top of all screens in the application to notify you that the app has not synced. Once the device has successfully synced, the warning banner disappears. If the warning message is displayed and you are in cellular range you can pull down on any screen to sync.

See How to Set Alert me if I have not synced in for more information.

Persist Stops List Filter

Applying a filter on the Stops List to display On-Demand or Route Stops is a temporary setting and resets each time you navigate away from the Stops List. Users are able to lock a selected Filter Option on the Stops List screen using the Persist Stops List Filter. Using the Persist Stops List Filter locks the selected Filter Option while navigating around the app and persists after the user logs out. Additionally, changing the Filter Option while Persists Stops List Filter is enabled will save/persist the new filter.

See How to Lock a Filter Option on the Stops List Screen Using the Persist Stops List Filter for more information.

Overage Defaults

When scanning overage parcels in Nextstop, you must provide basic details about the parcel by setting Overage Defaults. Once the Overage Defaults are set, they only need resetting again if the details for the next scanned parcel are different and are always reset after logging out.

See How to Set Overage Defaults in Nextstop 2 for more information.

Info

About Nextstop

The About screen displays the current Version of NS running on the device and the Licenses information for all third-party licenses used by Nextstop. The About section in Nextstop is for informational purposes only. See How to View the Current Version of Nextstop 2 and How to View Licenses Utilized by Nextstop 2.

Sync Log

The Sync Log displays all the times that Nextstop synced with X Dispatch since the application was launched. The Sync Log only displays syncs for the current login session and refreshes with each new login.

See How to View the Current Session's Sync Log in Nextstop 2 for more information.