When to use Device Hunt
- Device missing from its expected location — A nurse flags that a vital signs monitor isn’t in Room 314. Tech opens Find Device, enters the asset tag, and sees it was last confirmed in the equipment staging room two floors down.
- Helpdesk ticket for an unknown location — A ticket comes in for a device and the tech has no idea which room it lives in. Find Device surfaces the last known location so they don’t have to walk the building blind.
- Tracking shared or borrowed equipment — An infusion pump rotates between floors based on patient census. Tech uses Find Device to track down which floor it’s currently on rather than searching manually.
- Pre-audit spot check — Admin wants to verify high-value equipment is physically where the records say before an auditor asks. Find Device confirms specific asset tags without doing a full floor walk.
- After a vendor service call — A third-party vendor moved equipment during a maintenance visit. Tech uses Find Device to compare the vendor’s account against what Forager last recorded.
How to start a Device Hunt
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Find the asset in the app
From the Forager home screen, tap Find Device. The asset list opens — search by tag, name, or last known location. Tap the asset you want to locate to open the hunt screen.
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Review the last known location
The app shows a card with the asset’s last confirmed location and how recently it was confirmed. If the location was confirmed recently, the device is likely still there.If a floor plan is available for that floor, the app displays it with an orange pin marking the last known room. Use pinch-to-zoom and two-finger pan to navigate the floor plan, or double-tap to zoom in — tap the reset button in the top-right corner to return to the full-floor view.
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Navigate to the room
Head toward the indicated room. As you move through the building, the app detects which room you’re currently in and shows a green “You are here” pin on the floor plan.When both pins are visible on the same floor plan, you can see exactly how far you are from the target.
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Confirm when found
When the app detects you are in the same room as the asset’s last known location, it shows a “You’re in the right room!” prompt. Scan the asset’s barcode to confirm it is physically present. Tap Mark as Found.This records a confirmation and closes the hunt.
When the floor plan shows different floors
If you are on a different floor than the asset, the floor plan shows your current floor and the asset’s floor separately. Navigate to the correct floor first, then the app will show both pins once you’re on the same floor.When no floor plan is available
If the floor has no floor plan uploaded, Device Hunt still works — the app shows the room name as text and updates your current room as a text label. Contact your admin to upload a floor plan for improved navigation.How your position is tracked
The green “You are here” pin does not use GPS. Instead, it uses the same RF fingerprint system that powers presence confirmation. Every 7 seconds the app reads the live Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals around you and sends them to Forager’s location engine. The engine compares that signal pattern against every surveyed room in your building and identifies the closest match — the room whose fingerprint looks most like what the radios are seeing right now. That matched room determines where the green pin appears on the floor plan. When you walk into a new room, the next 7-second cycle picks up the new signal environment and moves the pin accordingly. Proximity is room-resolution, not step-resolution. The pin jumps from room to room as you move — it does not glide smoothly between them. “Getting closer” means the app has classified you into a room nearer to the target on the floor plan. The green pin only appears when you are on the same floor as the asset. Floor detection uses your device’s barometric pressure sensor. If you are on a different floor, the pin is hidden until you reach the correct floor. Accuracy depends on survey quality. A room with more survey captures has a tighter fingerprint and is recognized more reliably as you approach it. If the green pin seems to lag or jump to the wrong room, the area may need a re-survey.Survey Mode
How to survey rooms and improve location accuracy.
If the device is not in the indicated room
If you reach the room and the device is not there, it may have been moved since the last confirmation. Check nearby rooms and scan the barcode when found. The new location will be recorded.Device Hunt shows the last confirmed location, not a live GPS position. A device that was moved after its last scan will show the old location. More frequent scanning by the team reduces the chance of stale location data.