Commands related to the selected entity in the browser are displayed at the bottom of the task workspace in administration tasks.
The following table describes all the contextual commands in alphabetical
order.
Icon | Command | Applies to | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Activate role | All roles | Activates the selected role. | |
Add a cardholder | Access rules and cardholder groups | Creates a cardholder and assign it to the selected entity. | |
Add a credential | Cardholders | Creates a credential and add it to the selected cardholder. | |
Add an entity | All entities | Creates an entity. | |
Assign to new door | Access control units | Creates a door and assign it to the selected access control unit. | |
Audit trails | All entities | Creates an Audit trails task for the selected entity to find out which users made changes on the system. | |
Conflict resolution | Active Directory role | Opens the Active Directory conflict resolution dialog box to resolve conflicts caused by imported entities. | |
Copy configuration tool | All entities | Opens the Copy configuration tool. | |
Creates an access rule | Areas, doors, elevators | Creates an access rule and assign it to the selected entity. | |
Deactivate role | All roles | Deactivates the selected role. | |
Delete | All entities | Deletes the selected entity from the system. Discovered entities can only be deleted when they are inactive. | |
Diagnose | All roles, and some entities | Performs a diagnosis on the selected role or entity. | |
Disable support logs | Access Manager and access control units | Disables support logs if requested by Genetec™ Technical Assistance. | |
Enable support logs | Access Manager and access control units | Enables support logs if requested by Genetec Technical Assistance. | |
Health statistics | Roles and physical devices | Creates a Health statistics task for the selected entity to view the health status and availability of entities. | |
Identify | Video units | Flashes an LED on the selected unit to help find it on a rack. | |
Live video | Cameras | Opens a dialog box showing live video from the selected camera. | |
Maintenance mode | Roles, physical devices, and alarms | Sets a role, device, or alarm in maintenance mode so that its downtime does not affect its availability calculation from the Health Monitor. | |
Move unit | Video and access control units | Opens the Move unit tool, where you can move units from one manager to another. | |
Ping | Video units | Pings the video unit to check if you can communicate with it. This is helpful for troubleshooting purposes. | |
Print badge | Cardholders and credentials | Selects a badge template and print a badge for the selected cardholder or credential. | |
Reboot | Video and access control units | Restarts the selected unit. | |
Reconnect | Video units | Disconnects the selected video unit from the Archiver and then reconnect it to the Archiver. | |
Run macro | Macros | Runs the selected macro. | |
Trigger alarm | Alarms | Triggers the selected alarm so it can be viewed in Security Desk. | |
Unit enrollment tool | Video and access control units | Opens the Unit enrollment tool, where you can find IP units connected to your network. | |
Unit’s web page | Video units | Opens a browser to configure the unit using the web page hosted on the unit. |