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GearTRACE

EQUIPMENT REGISTER

Or type an ID

Point at the ID number or QR code…

Zoom camera (hold 15–25cm away, zoom in — don't move closer) 1.0×

Photograph the item (up to 6)

Capture different angles, both sides, any markings, the gate/stitching. Photos are used for AI identification and stay as the visual-inspection record.

📷 Take a photo

Make a printer file

Patches a real printer master — only the letters and the counter start change. Layout, fonts and spacing stay exactly as built on the printer.

Layout

Letters (1–3, A–Z or 0–9) Start number (0–65535)

Getting it onto the printer

Files app → Downloads → long-press the .zip → Uncompress (new-format files are folders; Safari can only download zips)
Printer: cartridge in, power on, Settings → USB
Connect the phone by cable. Lightning needs a Lightning-to-USB3 Camera Adapter with power passthrough — cheap USB2 adapters fail on power draw
Copy into USER → user → record — NOT the top level. Files left in the USB root reset their counter on every power-cycle
Delete any "._" file that appears beside it after pasting. iOS writes these automatically and they must not be left on the printer
Disconnect, power-cycle the printer, then File → [layout] → Open

Registered equipment

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Print ID labels

Press Connect (above), then tap Settings > USB on the printer itself
Enter your prefix & start number below and tap Load labels
Press Release (above) — this drops the printer out of USB mode
Long-press the printer button, wait for the beep, then wait ~90s for its screen. Print your batch
Come back here, enter the last ID you printed, and register them (bulk or one at a time)

The printer's screen and USB mode are firmware — the app can't press those for you.

Prefix & start number

Troubleshooting

Register without printing

Already-marked gear, or a code you typed yourself.

ID code

Equipment details

Equipment type Manufacturer / model Reinspection interval (days)

What is it used for?

Add to this item's history

Entry type What is it being used for? (working history) Notes Set status ✨ Add AI inspection note from a photo

Account

Label printer bridge

Printer bridge URL (HTTPS Cloudflare Tunnel address) Bridge token

Runs on your Raspberry Pi (zkbridge). The Pi keeps the ID sequence; GearTrace reads the next ID from it. A quick-tunnel URL changes whenever the tunnel or Pi restarts — paste the new one here. The token is sent with every request as X-Bridge-Token. These settings are stored for your whole company — set them once here and every phone that signs in picks them up automatically.

How it works

Scanning marked items, the register and logs use the shared company database. AI identification runs on the server with the owner's key — no key needed on your phone. Location is captured from this phone's GPS (allow when asked) and stored as the item's last known location.