KFDPro
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Starting the app and the main menu

What you see when the unit starts, how the PIN works, and a tour of the main menu and the connection bar at the bottom of it.

KFDPro opens straight into its app. There is no other launcher on the handset. Wake the unit and the app is there. (With the standalone kit, open KFDPro from your device's app list.)

The first start

  1. Terms of use. Read them to the end, then tap I accept these terms. The button stays inactive until you have scrolled to the end (Scroll to the end to accept.). If you tap I do not accept, the app shows The keyloader is closed; the app is the unit's home screen, so it stays there until you tap Read the terms again and accept.

  2. License check. Each complete unit ships licensed, so you don't see this step unless something is wrong with the license. With the standalone kit it is the normal first stop until you activate. Either way the app shows Licensing required with the reason, the two values that identify the unit (Device id and APK certificate) and a button to Open Licensing. See Licensing.

  3. Notice. Only if the logon banner is switched on: your organization's notice, with a single Continue button.

  4. PIN. Only if a PIN is set: Enter your PIN to continue, then Unlock.

  5. Splash, then the main menu. While the splash shows, the app connects to its security adapter by itself.

Protecting the app with a PIN

No PIN is set when the unit ships. We recommend setting one: with a PIN, nobody can open the app, and so reach the stored keys, without it.

  1. Open Settings › Security › Set a PIN.

  2. Enter 4 to 8 digits on the keypad and tap Next, then enter them again and tap Confirm.

From then on the app asks for the PIN every time it starts. A Log out row appears at the bottom of the main menu: tap it to lock the app when you put the unit down.

After five wrong entries the PIN screen pauses for 30 seconds (Too many attempts. Try again in 30s.). Each further wrong entry doubles the pause, up to 5 minutes. To change or remove the PIN, use Change the PIN or Remove the PIN under Settings › Security; removing it asks for the current PIN first. A logon banner can be shown before the PIN.

Caution

Keep a record of your PIN in line with your organization's policy. If it is forgotten, contact support; we can't read it back from the unit.

Every operation is one tap from the main menu. Scroll the list to see all of it.

RowWhat it does
Manage keysKeys stored on this device
Load keysSend a stored key to a radio
USB keyloadingKeyload a radio over its USB port, with no adapter
Erase keysRemove one key, or all of them
Verify communicationCheck that a radio answers
Share keysSend keys to another keyloader, or receive them
Receive keysAct as a radio for another keyloader
Configure a deviceRSIs, keysets, MNP, and remove keys
Store & forwardReceive jobs from a KMF and deliver them to radios
Radio authenticationProvision radios with authentication keys
Tactical OTARRekey a group of radios over the air
Audit logWhat this keyloader has done
SettingsAdapter and appearance
Log outLock the keyloader. Shown only when a PIN is set

Some rows show a count when there is work waiting, such as 3 jobs received from KMF or the number of radio key pairs still to send to the AuC.

The KFDPro main menu: Manage keys, Load keys, USB keyloading, Erase keys, Verify communication, Share keys and Receive keys, with the connection bar at the bottom.
Main menu Light theme. The connection bar is along the bottom.

The connection bar

The bar at the bottom of the main menu tells you what the unit is connected to.

It saysMeaning
KFDPro adapterThe security adapter is connected and ready for three-wire keyloading.
Connecting…The app is connecting to the adapter. It does this by itself when it starts.
Over USB — radio at …A radio is connected over USB. Operations such as Load keys go to that radio over USB until you disconnect it.
Not connected: No KFD adapter found.The app can't reach its adapter. Tap Connect. If the message stays, see No KFD adapter found.

The button on the right of the bar reads Connect or Reconnect; with a USB radio connected it reads Disconnect.

Entering values

Key values, IDs and numbers are typed on the app's own keypad, which appears at the bottom of the screen with Clear and a backspace key; in the key editor, ▲ ▼ above it move between fields. The handset's standard keyboard never sees key material. Names are typed on the standard keyboard.

Anything that erases keys asks you to confirm by swiping across a bar rather than tapping, so it can't happen by accident.