Events Defined; Figure 10-11 Four Sources Of Events - Honeywell Rapid Eye System Administration Manual

Events Defined

1. Outside world
event, such as
detected motion.
2. Multi-Media unit
event, such as a
power outage.
A Multi-Media alarm
station can receive
alarms from many
sources.
Document 800-07769 Rev A
02/11
Compromising and Locking-Out a Multi SA
The locking out of authorized, legitimate users from the Multi-Media units on your Rapid Eye
system, including the Multi SA, is a worst-case scenario for high-security organizations.
Many steps are needed to do so (obtaining copies of Admin and View software, creating
another database, and having knowledge of your system password). Even access to your
Multi-Media Central database, knowledge of Admin and of the Administrator account's
password could allow a malevolent user to change passwords for the Administrator's
account (and to the system), then update security on units, and locking everyone out.
Circulating passwords only to the users that need them and utilizing access control are your
best assets to combat this type of security breach.
Countermeasures. If ever such a breach occurs, contact technical support for help, as
explained in
For Questions
LocalView
Another type of security breach can occur through LocalView, which can be used to change
a unit's LAN communication settings.
Figure 10-11 Four Sources of Events
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ALARM
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Multi-Media units provide notification of events. Events can be produced from four sources:
Outside World event Rapid Eye Multi-Media's motion detection
125) can trigger alarms. Connecting a unit to sensors for fire, water and so on, can also
produce such events.
Customer-device event Messages from a cash register, card swipe and so on, that can
be sent to a Multi-Media unit. See
Rapid Eye DVR System Administrator Guide
on page 32.
Customer Data and Customer Device
3. Point-of-sales
(POS) event, such
as from an ATM.
4. View Operator
event, such as
unauthorized
use of a site.
(Motion Detection, page
Events, page 155.
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