Pärast jalavõru kinnitamist ja koduvalveseadme ühendamist elektrivõrku seadistab kriminaalhooldusametnik maksimaalse liikumisraadiuse vastuvõtuseadme ja jalavõru vahel, kontrollides koos kriminaalhooldusalusega tema elukoha kaugemate kohtade vahemaa sobivust määratud raadiusega.
Electronic monitoring (EM) is a tool that has been used increasingly in Europe (e.g. United Kingdom, Sweden) and in North America (e.g. many U.S. states) to monitor the movement of offenders. It is used by a number of provincial correctional systems in Canada to monitor offenders released on bail and offenders who are on probation (i.e. a court disposition that allows an offender to remain in the community under specific conditions set by the court). While there are different technologies in use, offenders typically wear an ankle bracelet with a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or radio frequency (RF) that reports its position to a monitoring network.