Adding a Color Border to Event Photos (Credential Watch)

The Credential Watch feature enables you to display event photos with a colored border in order to provide additional information regarding the status of the badge holder.

For example, if a guard uses Event Photos to view photos of the people accessing a door, a colored border can visually signify if the user is a contractor, visitor, etc.

The default credential watch levels are:

·         Low: a yellow border around the photo.

·         Medium: an orange border around the photo.

·         High: a red border around the photo.

You can modify these definitions, or create custom watch levels. For example, if the badge holder has been employed less than one year, an ORANGE border may appear around the photo. If the badge holder is a contractor, a RED border may appear around the photo.

To configure Credential Watch, do the following:

Step 1   Enable the Credential Watch Levels menu:

a.  Choose System Configuration from the Admin menu.

b. Choose the Miscellaneous tab.

c.  Select the Enable credential watch levels check box.

d. Click Save.

e.  Log out and log back in to the ICPAM application to activate the changes (select Logout from the Options menu).

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Step 2            Add credential watch access privileges for user profiles:

a.  Select Profiles from the Users menu.

b. Click Add, or select an existing profile and click Edit.

c.  Click the Module tab.

d. Click the Quick Launch module in the left window. 

e.  Select the options in the panel to the right.

f.  Click Save and Close.

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Tip           For more information, see System Configuration Settings .

Step 3            (Optional) Assign the profile to the user login, if necessary:

a.  Select Login from the Users menu.

b. Click Add, or select an existing user and click Edit.

c.  Select Profiles.

d. Select the profile that includes the required access privileges.

e.  Click Save and Close.

Step 4            (Optional) Create or edit the credential watch definitions to specify the photo border color and description.

a. Select Credential Watch Levels from the Admin module.

b. Click Add, or select an existing level and click Edit.

c. Enter the Name of the level. For example: New Employee.

d. Enter the order number of the level to define the hierarchy of the levels. For example, enter 0 to display the new level at the top of the list. This can also define the relative importance or severity of the levels.

e.  Click Choose to select a border color for the photos when using Event Photos.

f.  Click Save and Close.

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Step 5            Add the credential watch level to a badge configuration:

a.  Select Badges from the Admin module.

b. Click Add, or select an existing badge and click Edit.

c.  Select the General tab.

d. Select the watch level from the drop-down list. For example, New Employee.

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Step 6            Open the Event Photos module: select Event Photos from the Events & Alarms menu, in the Monitoring submenu.

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Step 7            Present the badge to the door card reader to display the associated badge photo in Event Photos. In this example, a dark blue border is displayed and the watch level is “New Employee”.

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Note      The screen appears blank (without fields or data) until a photo event is available for display.

 

See also:

Viewing Events Using Personnel Photos

Viewing Events

Viewing Event Photos