Why Add Tabs?
- Purpose-built recovery beacons. Dedicated audio, visual, and Bluetooth hardware deliver consistent recovery capabilities without depending on the presence or state of endpoint speakers, displays, or Bluetooth adapters.
- Independent communications. Tabs maintain their own secure Wi-Fi connection to FindIT Basecamp, providing an independent communication path for telemetry and FindIT Mode commands even when the attached endpoint is offline or unreachable.
- Local recovery activation. When network connectivity isn't available, technicians can use the FindIT Mobile App to activate FindIT Mode directly over Bluetooth, keeping recovery operations moving.
- The Buddy System. Scout and its paired Tab continuously watch over one another, reporting unexpected removal, reassignment, or separation to FindIT Basecamp.
- Investigate unmanaged attachments. If a Tab is connected to an unmanaged computer (no Scout agent), the Tab can still report attachment events, power state, timing, and radio-observable context back to FindIT Basecamp. Deep endpoint identity data (like hostname and full network profile) requires Scout or an approved host-side helper.
- Recover even when the endpoint can't. Battery-backed operation allows Tabs to continue participating in FindIT recovery workflows even when the attached endpoint loses power.