System Password; Road Map To Setting The System Password - Honeywell Rapid Eye Administrator's Manual

Security for a Multi-Media System

System Password

Road Map to Setting the System Password

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Note The next time that you use the Admin or View applications, the same SQL
logon and password are used automatically, without the SQL Connection
window appearing.
Use a system password for units that use a dial-up connection or are on a public network.
A system password may be unnecessary on a private network, depending on the security
protocols in your organization. Consult your security personnel.
Keeping Unauthorized Users Out
A system password blocks access to all (or optionally, some) of your sites from
unauthorized users, external to your organization, who may have found out the dial-up
number or IP address of a site, and who have access to the Admin and View applications.
Authorized Operators do not have to remember the system password to use a Multi-Media
unit. Only the Multi System Administrator needs to keep a record of it, in case a unit is
added or removed from your Multi system.
Setting (or changing) the system password requires three procedures:
• Use Admin to set a system password in the Multi Central database.
• Use View to run a Maintenance Session
Security on the Security tab. This copies the system password to the unit (see
Figure 10-2). Repeat this for each unit.
• The password is copied to the local database of View operators as they log on, when
they are connected to the Multi Central database. On systems in session 24/7, or for
operators who run View on standalone PCs, the Multi SA should communicate that a
system password has been added, so that the View operators can refresh their local
databases. See Refreshing a Local Database
on a Multi-Media unit and click Update
on page 277.