Automatically checking the location of a device in a MacBook or iPad cart

[eean]

Hi,

Has anyone set up a way of automatically checking that a shared iPad or Macbook has been returned to its cart?

 

There are 3 ways I think it could work

 

1. An iBeacon inside the cart and then configure a smart group in JAMF Pro.

E.g. Cart A iPad AND iBeacon Cart A not in range. Then it could send an email if a device falls into that group.

Is there a way of scheduling when that group becomes active, or when those emails get sent? We would only want it to do this check at, say, 4PM?

 

2. Using our CISCO wireless controller

Is there a way of doing something similar using device location tracking on WIFI?

 

1 and 2 wouldn't work well on MacBooks because they may be shut down.

 

3. With RFID tags on the devices

Perhaps there could be an iPad permanently fixed to the top of the trolley and then some way of scanning using RFID tags. There would need to be some sort of RFID sensor in the trolley. Is there an app for that?

[mikeprice]

As a cheap idea you could keep the trolley in a section where there is very little wifi signal and put a seperate access point in it - then somehow check what MAC addresses are connected via that access point

 

OK - not exactly a perfect solution butit could be made to work if you have a low signal store room an old access point

 

maybe