# Set up tablets > Turn a tablet into a station's floor screen, install the floor app, change or revoke a tablet, and take it out of floor mode. Source: https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/tablets/ (updated 2026-10-14) Each station can have one tablet: the floor screen where its operators tap their name, enter their PIN, and start, stop, and complete the jobs waiting there. Any tablet or computer with a current web browser works, and there's nothing to download from an app store. Admins and managers set up and manage tablets. Go to **Settings → Tablets**. ## Before you start - Add your [stations](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/stations/). A tablet is set up for one station. - Add your [operators](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/users/#add-an-operator) with PINs, so there are names to tap on the tablet. - Connect the tablet to the internet (Wi-Fi is fine). *Screenshot: The Tablets page for a new shop, with no tablets yet and the Set up this device as a floor tablet button* ## Set up a tablet for a station You do this on the tablet itself, so that tablet becomes the station's floor screen. 1. On the tablet, open your shop's address (like `yourshop.floorlinehq.com`) and sign in with your email and password. 2. Go to **Settings → Tablets**. 3. Choose **Set up this device as a floor tablet**. 4. Pick the **Station**. Only stations that don't have a tablet yet are offered. 5. Check the **Tablet name**. FloorLine suggests one from the station (like "Saw tablet"); any name that says where it is works. 6. Choose **Start floor mode**. *Screenshot: The Set up this device as a floor tablet form, with Station, Tablet name, and Start floor mode* The tablet signs you out and switches to the floor screen for that station: the shop name, the tablet's name, and the station at the top, and a list of names to tap. You're signed out so the tablet is never left signed in as you. *Screenshot: The floor screen's name grid on a new shop, with one operator to tap* The tablet stays set up until someone takes it out of floor mode or revokes it. Browsers keep the setting for up to 400 days, and clearing the browser's data for the site removes it; either way, set the tablet up again the same way. ### How sign-in works on the tablet - The name grid lists every active operator with a PIN, plus admins and managers who [set their own PIN](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/users/#set-your-own-tablet-pin-admins-and-managers). On Mid and up, a station can be [limited to selected operators](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/stations/#choose-who-can-sign-in-at-a-station). - An operator taps their name and enters their PIN. The tablet goes back to the names after they choose **Done**, after a minute without use, or after 30 seconds without use on the PIN pad. - Five wrong PINs in a row lock that person out for 15 minutes. An admin can [unlock them](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/users/#unlock-a-locked-pin) sooner. For what operators do once signed in, see [Use the tablet](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/floor/tablet/). ## Rules - **One tablet per station.** A station's tablet comes with its slot on your plan, so tablets don't count toward plan limits. - Each tablet needs its own name. - If every station already has a tablet, the page says "Every station has a tablet." Add a station, or revoke a tablet to replace it. ## Check your tablets The Tablets page lists every tablet with its station, who set it up, and when it was last used. The top shows how many stations have a tablet. *Screenshot: The Tablets page with one tablet registered, showing its station, who set it up, and when it was last used* ## Move a tablet to another station 1. Go to **Settings → Tablets** (from any computer). 2. On the tablet's row, choose **Change station**. 3. Pick the station in **Station for** and the tablet's name. Only stations without a tablet are offered. 4. Choose **Save station**. If a tablet's station was archived, its row shows **Needs a station** and the tablet says "This tablet isn't paired with a station. A manager can pick one on the Tablets page." Choose **Pick a station** on its row. ## Revoke a tablet Revoke a tablet that's lost, broken, or being replaced. It's cut off at once, and anyone signed in on it is signed out. 1. Go to **Settings → Tablets**. 2. On the tablet's row, choose **Revoke**. 3. Confirm with **Revoke** and the tablet's name (or **Keep** to back out). The tablet stays in the list marked **Revoked**, and its station is free for a new tablet. You can revoke a tablet even while the shop is read-only. ## Take a tablet out of floor mode To use the tablet for something else, take it out of floor mode on the tablet itself. 1. On the name grid, choose **Exit floor mode** at the top. 2. A manager or admin of your shop enters their **Email** and **Password**. 3. Choose **Exit floor mode**. *Screenshot: The Exit floor mode form on the tablet, asking for a manager's or admin's email and password* The tablet goes to the sign-in page and is no longer registered. To use it on the floor again, set it up again. ## Install the floor app Installing puts FloorLine on the tablet's home screen. It then opens straight to the floor screen, full screen, without the browser's address bar. - **Chrome, Edge, and Android tablets:** on the name grid, choose **Install app** at the top, then confirm in the browser's dialog. - **iPad and iPhone (Safari):** choose **Install app** on the name grid for the steps, or do it directly: tap **Share** in Safari's toolbar, choose **Add to Home Screen**, then **Add**. Open FloorLine from the home screen. **Install app** doesn't appear once the app is installed, or in a browser that can't install it. ## Keep the tablet on FloorLine To stop people leaving the floor screen for other apps, lock the tablet to it with the tablet's own settings: - **iPad:** turn on **Guided Access** in **Settings → Accessibility**, open FloorLine, and start Guided Access (on most iPads, triple-click the top or Home button). - **Android:** turn on screen pinning (some devices call it app pinning) in the tablet's security settings, open FloorLine, and pin it from the recent apps screen. The exact steps depend on the tablet's model and system version; check its manufacturer's help if the names differ. ## Allow the camera for scanning Operators can scan the barcodes on [travelers](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/floor/work-orders/) with the tablet's back camera. The first time someone chooses **Scan**, the browser asks to use the camera: allow it. If it was blocked, the scanner says "The camera is blocked. Allow it in the browser's settings, or type the number." Operators can always type the work order number instead. ## When the connection drops Signing in needs the connection, because the PIN is checked by FloorLine. Once someone is signed in, they can keep starting, stopping, and completing steps while the tablet is offline. The tablet saves what they do and sends it when the connection is back, and the screen says what's waiting to send. See [Use the tablet](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/floor/tablet/). **Tip:** On the [demo shop](https://demo.floorlinehq.com), the Tablets page offers **Try a station's tablet** instead of setup: pick a station and the browser becomes its floor screen, where anyone signs in with a tap, no PIN. Choose **Leave the tablet** to go back. *Screenshot: The Tablets page on the demo shop, with a button for each station's tablet* ## Related - [Use the tablet](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/floor/tablet/) - [Set up stations](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/stations/) - [Add and manage users](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/users/) - [Troubleshooting](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/help/troubleshooting/)