Setting A Unit To "Central" User Management; Creating A User Account, Using Admin And View - Honeywell rapid eye System Administrator Manual

Setting a Unit to "Central" User Management

1. While using Admin software to update (or create) a site's definition, click Change..., next to Local
User Management is in effect. See figure 9–1. A dialog box appears to confirm setting the site to
central user management. After clicking Yes, the message next to the button will change to
"Central User Management is pending".
2. Use View to run a
3. Click the Security tab.
4. Update Security. The procedure to update security is also shown in
Media Unit, on p. 133.
Result
The next time that you update the site using Admin software, the label next to the Change button
will read "Central User Management is in effect".
The accounts of users authorized to operate the unit are copied to the unit and replace accounts
created locally. Operators with accounts that authorize operation of the unit, can access that unit
either offsite using View, or locally using LocalView.
Notification of a discrepancy between Admin software and LocalView
After a Multi SA has used Admin software to select "Central" user management and View to run a
Maintenance Session, as explained above, the LocalView Administrator can select "Local" user
management. The next time that the Multi SA runs a Maintenance Session, a message indicates
that there is a discrepancy in the User Management settings. The Multi SA has the option of
setting User Management to "Central", or of leaving it to "Local".

Creating a User Account, Using Admin and View

Whether user management is central or local, Admin is used to create accounts for operating units
from a PC running View.
1. Using Admin, click the Users tab.
2. To display the Add User dialog box, do one of the following:
Click
Click Add on the Actions menu.
Use the Ctrl+Ins keys on the keyboard.
3. Type a name in the User Name box. See the example in figure 9–2. If the name is already used in
your system, you will be asked to use another one.
4. Click Save and Close.
Naming Restrictions
For user account names, do not use:
The "[database name]" of the Multi db. A user account with the same name as the Multi central
database causes an error when a copy of the database is made locally.
"Self" or "(self)". Phrase used by some Multi reports.
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Maintenance Session at the site.
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