Notifications

IMAGE: Settings → Client → Notifications page with the Time Notifications and Reservation Notifications tables

In this section you set up the guest notifications in Gizmo Client:

• time notifications;

• reservation notifications.

Time notification

Time Notification — notifications that are shown or spoken to the guest before their paid time runs out.

For each notification you set:

• Message — the text of the message the guest sees. To show the remaining time, use the {0} variable — it is replaced with the number of minutes, for example: "You have {0} minutes left!". If the field is empty, the default notification is used.

• Minutes Before Notification — how many minutes before the time runs out the notification is shown.

• Minimize Windows — when on, all open windows on the host are minimized when the notification is shown.

• Notification Type — how the user is notified: visual, audio, or visual and audio.

To add a new notification, click

Reservation notification

Reservation Notification — notifications that Gizmo Client shows to a guest who is already sitting at the PC: a reservation by another guest who booked this host will start soon.

This setting is separate from Client Reservation Alert Time in the reservation policy — that one sets the general alert shown on the screen of the reserved PC.

For each notification you set:

• Reservation Notification Message — the text of the reservation notification (you can use the time variable). If the field is empty, the default notification is used.

• Minutes Before Notification — how many minutes before the reservation starts the notification is shown.

• Minimize Windows — when on, all open windows on the host are minimized when the notification is shown.

• Notification Type — how the user is notified: visual, audio, or visual and audio.

To add a new notification, click

If a notification is not visible or not audible

• Audio notifications are spoken by the Windows speech synthesizer (Text-to-Speech). The client PC must have a voice installed for the language you need: Windows Settings → Time & Language → Speech. Not all languages support speech.

• The notification does not appear during a game. In Windows 10 and 11, Focus Assist (Do Not Disturb) hides notifications while a full-screen game is running. Turn it off for games or add Gizmo to the list of priority apps.

• The notification disappears too quickly. How long notifications stay on screen is set in Windows Settings → Accessibility. You can change it on all PCs at once with a task — see Useful task scripts.