Privilege Profile

You can grant users the right to access Surveillance Station objects (e.g. cameras, I/O module, door, speakers, e-maps, layouts) and perform specific tasks by creating privilege profiles. Log in to Surveillance Station as a user belonging to the administrators group to manage privilege profiles.

The User > Privilege Profile tab shows a list of privilege profiles, and you can edit a selected profile to see more details.

Default Privilege Profiles

Privilege Types

Object and Advanced Privileges

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To create a new privilege profile:

  1. Open User.
  2. Under the Privilege Profile tab, click the Add button to create a new privilege profile.
  3. Under Information, enter a name for this privilege profile, and then select a privilege type from the Type drop-down menu.
  4. You can customize privileges for each Surveillance Station object: Server (CMS host only), Camera, I/O module, Access controller, E-map, Speaker, Layout, and Advanced.
  5. Click Finish to apply your settings.

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To edit a privilege profile:

  1. Go to User > Privilege Profile, and then select the profile you want to edit.
  2. Make changes to the settings.
  3. Click Save to apply your changes

To delete a privilege profile:

  1. Go to User > Privilege Profile, and then select the profile you want to delete.
  2. Click on the Delete button and then click Yes.

To apply privilege profiles to DSM users:

  1. Go to User > List, and then select the user(s) to whom you want to apply a privilege profile. You can use the Ctrl or Shift keys for multiple selections.
  2. Right-click on the chosen user(s) and select Edit Privilege, or simply click Privilege on the bar above to select the privilege profile to apply to the user in the Edit Privilege page. 

To apply privilege profiles to DSM groups:

  1. Go to User > Group, and then select the group(s) to whom you want to apply a privilege profile. You can use the Ctrl or Shift keys for multiple selections.
  2. Right-click on the chosen group(s) and select Edit Privilege, or simply click Privilege on the bar above to select the privilege profile to apply to the group in the Edit Privilege page.

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