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= About NetXMS Mobile Agent for Android =

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# Agent status. In case agent is active, reports the basic info about configuration such as scheduler for new location acquisition and connection to server where to update info collected.

# Last location section reports info about the last location acquired (date/time, source provider, geo coordinates and estimated accuracy.

# Device Serial section reports the device serial number.

* ''Reconnect'': select this item to force a reconnection to the server to send new collected data.

* ''Disconnect & Exit'': select this item to stop the agent and exit from the app.

* ''Settings'': select this item to configure the agent.

* ''Activate agent'': when set makes the agent operational.  

* ''Autostart on boot'': automatically starts the agent on boot (to be effective, agent must be set to be active).

:#''Daily activation off'': stop time for daily activation.

* Parameters: allows selecting the parameters used to connect to the server:

:# ''Server'': address of the server (IP or name).

* ''Override frequency'': when selected overrides the previous frequency values and forces a new connection to the server (thus resetting the timer) every time a new connection is detected. NB if you are in a situation where connection is not stable it is advised to clear this flag to avoid multiple connections that will drain the battery.

* ''Force position update'': when cleared instruct the agent to relay on position updates made from other apps in the system (this means that position can be very old if no other apps are trying to get a new fix). When set, instructs the agent to try to gather a new position.

* ''Frequency (min)'': amount of time, in minutes, that has to elapse before trying to acquire a new position (''Force position update'' set) or before trying to check if someone else updated a position.

Please note that on 2G networks (GPRS/EDGE) data connection is not available while you are busy in a conversation, position acquisition will fail. On 3G networks (UMTS/HSxPA) data connection is available and so the position acquisition. However, if the agent is not able to get a new fix within the time-frame specified, it will try to gather a position from any available provider that has a valid cached position to provide.

''Toast notification'': when set allows the agent to display “toast” notifications to the user (such as pushing data to the server, inform user about the start of the agent, etc.).