Badger

a badge printing server for conventions

Overview

This software is meant to be run on a print server, connected to at least one badge printer in order to run check-in for a convention. It has no dependncy on the internet after install time, so it can be run in a off-line environment.

Features

It supports

• Multiple Events
• User Permissioning
  • Locked - no access
  • Admin User - All privs for all events, create events, create/manage users
  • Event User - Create/Edit Attendees for a event, check in attendees, create/edit/clear notes (granted per-event)
  • Event Admin - Import data, modify badge layout, view audit log for an event (granted per-event)
• Custom attendee fields per event
• Custom importers
• Custom badge layout
  • Text positioning
  • Text Sizing
  • Automatic shrink text to fit
  • Font support
  • Style support
• Import attendee data from CSV via CLI tool
• Per-attendee check-in notes
• Add attendees at the door
• Provides a Simple search interface for checking in attendees
• Search/filter/sortable lists for attendees, users, events
• Audit trail of all activity
• User mananement via GUI
• Printer management via GUI - Round Robin Printing on all active printers, clear queues

TODO

• Import attendees via website
• Image support for badges
• delete attendees
• delete events
• support imported ids?
• documentation

Glossary

Event : A convention, conference, etc

User : A login to Badger, for event/user/attendee administration

Attendee : A record for a person attending an Event. Attendee records belong to a single event, even if they represent a person registered for more than one.

Importer : A set of rules for importing Attendee data into a Event

Admin Guide

Admins have access to all events, and all functions and can manage users

Printer setup

• Add printer to computer
• Make sure printer has the correct ribbon type selected. (B/W or Color)
• adjust for landscape if needed (Set env variable BADGER_LANDSCAPE=true)
• set printer name in env variable BADGER_PRINTER

Instalation

# git clone https://github.com/dkapell/badger.git badger
# cd badger && npm install
# sudo -u postgres psql -f doc/create_database.sql
# psql -U badger badger -f doc/tables.sql
# pm2 start badger.pm2.json
# pm2 save

Users

Importers

Event

Event Admin Guide

Event Admins

Event

Attendee

User Guide

Checking in a Attendee