Setting threat levels in Web Client - Security Center 5.12

Security Center Web Client Quick Start Guide 5.12

Product
Security Center
Content type
Guides > User guides
Version
5.12
Language
English
Last updated
2024-07-12

If a dangerous situation occurs while you are monitoring your system using Security Center Web Client (such as a fire or shooting), you can respond by using threat levels to changing the state of specific areas or of the entire Security Center system.

Before you begin

  • An administrator must configure threat levels, otherwise they will not display in Web Client.
  • An administrator must assign you the appropriate privileges.
  • The Threat level feature must be enabled in your system to access this task in the Web Client.

Procedure

To open threat levels in Web Client:

  1. Log on to Web Client.
  2. Click Threat level.
    The current system threat level and area threat levels are displayed.

To set a threat level on the entire system:

  1. Select a threat level from the System threat level list.
  2. Click Continue to confirm the change.

To set a threat level on an area:

  1. In Area threat level, click , select one or more areas from the list, and click Add.
  2. Select a threat level for each area you added and click Apply.
  3. Click Continue to confirm the change.
    • If you configure the system threat level or an area threat level to anything other than None, the Threat levels indicator changes to Active.
    • If you change the system or area threat level, the threat level button is displayed and the background of the screen matches the system threat level color.

To clear the threat level for the entire system:

  1. Select None from the System threat level list.
  2. Click Continue to confirm the change.

To clear the threat level for a specific area:

  1. Select None from the Area threat level list, then click Apply.
  2. Click Continue to confirm the change.

Example

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