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User Settings

Configuring Users

Configuring Users

The screens shown in this guide may differ from the actual product.

  1. On the main screen, select [] > [User]. The user settings screen appears.
    On the main screen, select [{{icon:cog-frame}}] > [User]. The user settings screen appears.
  2. Select the item you want.
Note
  • [User] settings require the [User management] permission.
  • On the user settings screen, select a user and select [Permission group] > [Management] > [User management].

User Environment Settings

Configure permission settings and user settings.

Adding a permission group

Adds a group.

  1. On the main screen, select [] > [Users] > [User Settings].
  2. Select [User List].
  3. Right-click to open the context menu.
    Right-click to open the context menu.
  4. Click [Add Permission Group].
    Click [Add Permission Group].
  5. Enter the [Permission Group Name].
  6. Set [Camera].
    • [PTZ Access Level]: Set the PTZ camera control priority among multiple users.
    ╶Settings from higher-priority users are applied first to the PTZ camera.
    • [PTZ Control]: Set the permission.
    • [PTZ Preset Settings]: Set the management permission.
    • [Microphone Control]: Set the permission.
    • [Speaker Control]: Set the permission.
  7. Configure [Video].
    • [Play Recorded Video]: Set playback permission.
    • [AVI Backup]: Set save permission.
    • [JPG Backup]: Set save permission.
    • [Instant Search]: Set the time limit for instant video search. (1–60 minutes)
    • [Save Live Video]: Set save permission.
    • [Live Video Allowed Period]: Set the period during which live video is allowed.
    • [Live Video Allowed Period] does not apply immediately; it takes effect every hour on the hour.
    • [Search Period Limit]: Set the searchable period for recorded video.
  8. Set [Management].
    • [User management]: Set the management permission.
    • [Device management]: Set the management permission.
    • [Tree management]: Set the management permission.
    • [Client management]: Set the management permission.
    • [Event management]: Set the management permission.
    • [Server management]: Set the management permission.
    • [Privacy masking]: Set the management permission.
    • [Smart monitoring management]: Set the management permission.
  9. Configure [Other].
    • [PTZ Touring Settings]: Set the permission.
    • [System Monitoring]: Set the permission.
    • [Recording Server Failover]: Set the permission.
    • [Manual VFS Recovery]: Set the permission.
    • [Single Connection]: Set concurrent login permission for the user account.
    • [View Secondary Storage Restore Status]: Set the permission.
    • [User Activity]: Set the permission.
    • [Chat]: Set the permission.
    • [Device System Info Access]: Disable display of device information menus.
    • [Display Info Security]: Disable display of IP information menus.
    • [Logout Time When No Events]: Set the automatic logout time.
  10. Configure [Smart Monitoring].
    • [Monitoring]
    ╶[Ignore for monitoring]: Set whether to ignore monitoring for the occurred event. ╶[Remove all devices]: Disables display of menus related to removing all devices on the smart monitoring screen. ╶[Favorite device settings]: Set favorite device assignment on the smart monitoring screen.
    • [Dragnet monitoring]
    ╶[Save nearby devices]: Set the save permission. ╶[Detailed search]: Set the search permission.
    • [Event search]
    ╶[Search]: Set the search permission. ╶[Save monitoring report]: Set the save permission.
    • [Monitoring report search]
    ╶[Search]: Set the search permission. ╶[Remove]: Set the remove permission. ╶[Edit]: Set the edit permission. ╶[Save list]: Set the save permission. ╶[Print list]: Set the print permission.
    • [Other permissions]
    ╶[Edit quick monitoring status]: Set the edit permission. ╶[Edit monitoring status]: Set the edit permission. ╶[Edit MAM information]: Disables display of MAM IP information.
  11. Set [Feature Options].
    • [Add-on]
    ╶[Use fault history registration]: Set the permission. ╶[Remote control feature]: Set the permission. ╶[E-Map]: Set the permission. ╶[Parking monitoring server]: Set the permission. ╶[Access control]: Set the permission. ╶[IP public address system]: Set the permission. ╶[Smart monitoring]: Set the permission. ╶[Intelligent search]: Set the permission. ╶[Maintenance management]: Set the permission. ╶[Disable LPR]: Set the permission.
    • [External system (Web API) integration]
    ╶[Device information transfer]: Set the feature to transfer device information to an external system.
  12. Click [Apply].
  13. Restart the program to finish applying the settings.
Note
  • Click [Group Schedule]. Set the group's login schedule.
  • When [Group Schedule] is set, the user account login schedule does not apply.

Deleting a permission group

Deletes the group.

  1. On the main screen, select [] > [Users] > [User Settings].
  2. Select the item you want.
  3. Right-click to open the context menu.
    Right-click to open the context menu.
  4. Click [Delete].
    Click [Delete].
  5. Click [OK] > [OK] > [Apply].
Note
  • Click [Copy Permission Group]. Copies a group with the same permissions.
  • Groups with registered users cannot be deleted.
  • The [Administrators] and [Uncategorized] groups cannot be deleted or copied.

Add User

Add a user account.

  1. On the main screen, select [] > [Users] > [User Settings].
  2. Select the item you want.
  3. Right-click to open the context menu.
    Right-click to open the context menu.
  4. Click [Add User].
    Click [Add User].
  5. Enter the information.
    • [User ID]: Enter the ID.
    • [Password] / [Confirm password]: Enter the password.
    • [Organization] / [Department]: Enter the organization and department names.
    • [User name]: Enter the name.
    • [User type]: Set the user account type.
    • [Login schedule]: Set the login schedule for the user account.
    • [Authentication question] / [Authentication answer]: Enter the authentication question and answer.
    • [Additional login user information]: Set additional information required for login.
  6. Click [Apply].
Note
  • [Password] must include uppercase and lowercase English letters, numbers, and special characters. (9 to 16 characters)
  • Click [Allowed IP list] > [Add]. Adds accessible IP addresses to the list.
  • Reusing a deleted user account ID is not allowed.

Configure User Environment

Set the environment settings for a user account.

  1. On the main screen, select [] > [Users] > [User Settings].
  2. Select a user account.
    Select a user account.
  3. Click [Preferences].
    Click [Preferences].
  4. Set [Screen Settings].
    • [Tree position]: Set the tree position to the left or right.
    • [Settings window start mode]: On the main screen, select [] to open the settings screen in a new window or a new tab.
  5. Set [Font Settings].
    • [Live window font settings]: Set the font color, font, and font size to display on the live video screen.
    • [Event pop-up window font settings]: Set the font color, font, and font size to display in the event pop-up window.
  6. Set [Event].
    • [Event window border thickness settings]: Set the line color, line thickness, and more to display the event pop-up window.
    • [Event pop-up settings]: Set [Create overlapping by event rule], [Create single per channel], and more.
  7. Configure [Video].
    • [Show video information from the start]: Display video information on the video.
    ╶[Video information display settings]: Set the information display items to show on the video.
  8. Set [Tree].
    • [Show tree item thumbnails]: Display thumbnails in the tree.
    • [Tree hierarchy limit]: Set the tree display depth.
    • [Show description in tree]: Display descriptions in the tree.
    • [Search type]: In the device tree quick search window, when searching by device name, show only search results or move to the searched device.
  9. Set [Switch Interval].
    • [Auto tab switch time (3–120)]: On the main screen, select [] to set the time for automatically switching live video tabs. (3 to 120 seconds)
    • [Auto page switch time (3–120)]: On the main screen, select [] to set the time for automatically switching screen pages. (3 to 120 seconds)
  10. Configure [PTZ].
    • [Enable PTZ Guidelines]: Display PTZ guidelines on the live video screen.
    • [Show PTZ Control Panel Initially]: Display the PTZ camera control mini window on the live video screen.
  11. Configure [Other].
    • [Use process check]: Set whether to check key processes when the program starts.
    • [Camera device fault notification]: Display camera device fault notifications on the main screen status bar.
    • [Shortcut settings]: Set shortcuts.
  12. Configure [LPR].
    • [Show LPR Recognition Failure]: When LPR recognition fails, display it on the LPR video.
    • [LPR Additional Info Display Settings]: Set information display items and show them on the LPR video.
  13. Configure [Smart Monitoring].
    • [Alarm sound file]: Set the event alarm sound.
    • [Event notification (event notification delay (sec))]: When an event occurs, a green border is displayed on the video.
    • [Monitoring status]: Check the list.
    ╶Only administrator accounts can add or delete items. ╶For details, see "Adding a monitoring status item" on page 158.
    • [Quick monitoring status]: Set [Quick monitoring status] items to display on the event video.
    ╶For details, see "Setting quick monitoring status" on page 55.
  14. Click [Apply].
  15. Restart the program to finish applying the settings.
Note
Supported features may vary depending on your license and device specifications.

Setting Info Display Security

Disables display of IP-related menus.

  1. On the main screen, select [] > [Users] > [User Settings].
  2. Select a user account.
  3. Click [Permission Group] > [Other] > [Display Info Security].
    Click [Permission Group] > [Other] > [Display Info Security].
  4. Click [Apply].
  5. Restart the program to finish applying the settings.
Note
  • When [Information display security] is enabled, IP information is shown as special characters (*) on the login and logout windows.
  • When [Information display security] is enabled, [], [], and [IP] are disabled.

Setting shortcuts

Set shortcuts.

  1. On the main screen, select [] > [Users] > [User Settings].
  2. Select a user account.
  3. Click [Preferences].
    Click [Preferences].
  4. Click [Other] > [Shortcut Settings] > [Settings].
    Click [Other] > [Shortcut Settings] > [Settings].
  5. Select the item you want.
  6. Click [Apply].
Note
Click [Reset]. Resets the settings.

Setting quick monitoring status

Set [Quick Monitoring Status] items to display them on the event video.

  1. On the main screen, select [] > [Users] > [User Settings].
  2. Select a user account.
  3. Click [Preferences] > [Smart Monitoring] > [Monitoring Status].
    Click [Preferences] > [Smart Monitoring] > [Monitoring Status].
  4. Select the item you want.
  5. Click [Apply].
Note
  • Manage [Monitoring Status] items.
  • Only administrator accounts can add or delete items.
  • For details, see "Adding Monitoring Status Items" on page 158.

Reactivate Deleted Account

Reactivate a deleted account.
[Reactivate Deleted Account] settings are available only to administrator accounts.

  1. On the main screen, select [] > [Users] > [User Settings].
  2. Click [Reactivate Deleted Account].
    Click [Reactivate Deleted Account].
  3. Enter the [Reactivation Reason].
  4. Click [Reactivate Account] > [OK].
  5. Click [Apply].
Note
On the main screen, select [] > [User activity]. View the reason for account reactivation.

User Group Settings

Configure user groups.
[User Group Settings] is available only to administrator accounts.

Add User Group

Adds a group.

  1. On the main screen, select [] > [Users] > [User Group Settings].
  2. Select the item you want.
  3. Right-click to open the context menu.
    Right-click to open the context menu.
  4. Click [Add Group].
    Click [Add Group].
  5. Enter the group name.
    Enter the group name.
  6. Drag to the right while holding the mouse button.
  7. Click [OK].

Delete User Group

Deletes the group.

  1. On the main screen, select [] > [Users] > [User Group Settings].
  2. Select the item you want.
  3. Right-click to open the context menu.
    Right-click to open the context menu.
  4. Click [Delete].
    Click [Delete].
  5. Click [OK].