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1 S2 NetBox User Guide Created from S2 NetBox Help Version February 2016 S2 Security Corporation One Speen Street Suite 300 Framingham MA 01701 S2 Support: 508 663-2505 Document # NB-UG-16 S2 Security Corporation 2004-2016. All rights reserved. This Guide is protected by copyright and all rights are reserved by S2 Security Corporation. It may not, in whole or in part, except insofar as herein directed, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without prior written consent of S2 Security Corporation. Third party trademarks, trade names, product names, and logos may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of S2 Security Corporation: S2 NetBox , S2 NetBox Plus, S2 NetBox Extreme, S2 NetBox Enterprise S2 Enterprise Select, S2 Enterprise Ultra, S2 Enterprise Ultra 2 S2 MicroNode , S2 MicroNode Plus S2 Magic Monitor S2 Global S2 NetVR , S2 NetBox VR, S2 NetBox VR Quatro S2 Mobile Security Officer S2 Pronto , S2 Pronto 2, S2 Pronto VR S2 CumulusSM is a service mark of S2 Security Corporation.

2 Iii Table Of Contents Getting Started .. 1 The Home Page .. 1 The Page Bar .. 2 The Navigation Palette .. 2 The Command Palette .. 5 The About Dialog Box .. 6 Changing Your Password .. 7 Valid Password Rules .. 8 Tips for Strong 8 System Setup Checklist .. 9 Using Help .. 10 How do I get to Help? .. 10 Help Conventions .. 10 Navigating and Printing Help .. 10 Video Tutorials .. 11 Monitoring the System .. 13 Monitoring the Activity Log .. 13 Navigating to a Person Record from the Activity Log .. 14 About Activity Log Messages .. 14 Reason Codes .. 15 Filtering Activity Log Entries .. 16 Applying Text Filters .. 17 Applying Category Filters .. 17 Adding Duty Log Messages to the Activity Log .. 18 Monitoring Cameras .. 18 Monitoring NetVR Cameras .. 20 Monitoring Multi-Camera 22 Monitoring NetVR Multi-Camera Views .. 23 Monitoring Floorplans .. 26 Monitoring High Availability (HA) Status .. 27 Using the Monitoring Desktop .. 29 Filtering the Data Shown on a Tab.

3 29 Events 29 Activity Log Tab .. 30 Cameras 30 Camera Views Tab .. 30 Camera Monitor Tab .. 30 S2 Security Corporation S2 NetBox User Guide iv Floorplans Tab .. 31 Threat Level Widget .. 32 Portal Unlock Widget .. 32 Photo ID History Widget .. 32 Cameras Widget .. 32 Granting Passback Grace .. 33 Unlocking Portals and Viewing Their Status .. 33 Switching a Portal to a Locked or Unlocked State .. 36 The Widget Desktop .. 37 Using the Widget Desktop .. 37 Summary of the Available Widgets .. 38 About Widget Properties .. 39 Moving, Sizing, Minimizing, and Closing Widgets .. 40 Changing a Widget's Unique Properties .. 41 Changing a Widget's Scope Properties .. 42 Scope Properties You Might Be Able to Change .. 43 More About Individual Widgets .. 44 Administering the System .. 65 Arming and Disarming Alarm Panels .. 66 Data Operations .. 66 Overview of Data Operations.

4 66 Performing Data Operations Tasks .. 68 Automatic Data Operations .. 69 Data Operations Results .. 70 Managing Evacuations .. 72 Using the Forensic Desktop .. 73 Starting a Forensic Search .. 74 Working with Forensic Cases .. 75 Using the Forensic Desktop Tools .. 75 Searching Recorded Video .. 76 Composing Forensic Cases .. 88 Printing and Exporting Forensic Cases .. 90 Handling Lost Cards .. 91 People Administration .. 92 Adding People to the System .. 92 Finding and Changing Person Records .. 93 Managing Email Distribution Groups .. 114 Creating and Printing Photo ID Badges .. 114 Report Administration .. 122 Table Of Contents v Configuration Reports .. 122 History Reports .. 125 People Reports .. 136 Setting Up Automatic Email Distribution of Custom Reports .. 142 Enabling Copy to Clipboard in the Mozilla Firefox Browser .. 142 Scheduling Actions .. 143 Scheduling Actions Across Time Zones .. 146 Setting Threat Levels .. 147 Utility Administration.

5 149 Backing Up the System Data .. 149 About Archive Files .. 150 Configuring Duty Log 150 Deleting Photo ID Layouts .. 151 Uploading Photo ID Layouts .. 151 System Data for Photo ID Layouts .. 152 Configuring the System .. 155 System Setup Checklist .. 155 Access control .. 157 Setting Up Access Levels .. 158 Specifying Card/Keypad Formats .. 160 Customizing Credential Attributes .. 164 Creating Credential Profiles .. 165 Elevator Access control .. 166 Defining Keypad Commands .. 175 Setting Up Locations .. 176 Person Record Setup .. 177 Portal Setup .. 180 Setting Up Double Card Presentation Mode .. 189 Reader/Keypad Setup .. 192 Configuring Regional Anti-Passback .. 196 Creating a Temporary Credential 198 Access control Utilities .. 198 Alarms .. 204 Alarm Filter Setup .. 205 Alarm Panel Setup .. 207 Creating Alarm Workflow Policies .. 209 Event Setup .. 210 Input Setup .. 217 Configuring DMP Intrusion Panels .. 223 S2 Security Corporation S2 NetBox User Guide vi Output Setup.

6 224 Video .. 226 Creating Camera Definitions .. 227 Creating Camera Groups .. 229 Setting the Camera Menu Order .. 229 Creating Camera Preset Positions .. 230 Setting Up Camera Tours .. 231 Setting Up Camera Types .. 232 Setting Up Multi-Camera Views .. 233 NetVR Appliances .. 234 NVRs/DVRs .. 237 Magic Monitors .. 250 Creating Evacuation Plans .. 251 Floorplans .. 252 Composing Floorplans .. 252 Creating Floorplan 254 Uploading Floorplan Background Images .. 255 Network Resources .. 255 Setting Up an LDAP Server .. 256 Domain Name Server Settings .. 257 Setting Up Remote Logging .. 257 Setting Up an Email Server for the Controller .. 259 FTP Backup Settings .. 259 Setting Up the Network Storage Location .. 261 Setting Up the Network Time Server .. 262 Site Settings .. 263 Creating Custom Menus .. 264 Mercury Panel Setup .. 265 Network Controller Setup .. 278 Network Node Setup .. 293 Partition Setup .. 300 ASSA ABLOY Remote Lockset Setup.

7 306 Reports .. 323 Activating a Software License File .. 324 Creating Rules to Change System Behavior .. 325 Creating User Roles .. 326 NetVR Appliances .. 331 System Maintenance .. 334 Backing Up the System Data .. 335 Table Of Contents vii About Archive Files .. 336 Restoring the System 336 Managing System Health .. 337 Managing Storage .. 338 Updating the System Software .. 343 System Maintenance Utilities .. 344 Threat Levels .. 347 Adding, Changing, and Deleting Threat Levels .. 347 Setting the Threat Levels Menu Order .. 348 Threat Level Settings .. 349 Setting Up the Threat Level Escalator App .. 350 Setting Up Threat Level Groups .. 352 Using Threat Levels to Change System Behavior .. 353 Effects of Applying a Threat Level Group: Example .. 356 Time .. 357 Creating Holidays .. 357 Setting the Network Controller Time .. 358 About Time Specs .. 359 Creating Time Specs .. 361 Creating Time Spec Groups .. 363 Widget Desktops .. 363 Composing Widget Desktop Layouts.

8 364 Grouping Widget Desktop Layouts .. 366 Summary of the Available Widgets .. 366 Widget Properties You Can Configure .. 367 Configuring a Widget's Common Properties .. 368 Configuring a Widget's Unique 369 Configuring a Widget's Scope Properties .. 370 Summary of the Widget Scope Properties .. 372 More On Configuring Specific Widgets .. 374 How Groups are Used in the System .. 390 Index .. 395 1 Getting Started This section provides information on the following topics. The Home Page Accessing the default Home page to view system activity, issues that might require attention, and video. The Page Bar Accessing top-level controls that are used to open the navigation palette and the command palette. The Navigation Palette Accessing pages you have permission to view based on your user role. The Command Palette Accessing a Logout link and controls for performing common tasks and access control functions. Changing Your Password Changing the password you use to log into the security management system.

9 System Setup Checklist View the steps required to set up the system. Using Help Accessing, navigating and printing context-sensitive help. The Home Page The Home page is the first page you see after logging in. To return to the Home page from anywhere in the application, click this button in the page bar: On the default Home page you can: Use the Activity Log widget to view recent activity related to system events. Use the Auto-Monitor widget to view issues that might require attention. This widget d isplays notifications of all currently active events of the following types: Unacknowledged Events, Node Communication Loss, Door Forced Open, and Door Held Open. It also displays all Access Denied events that have occurred within the last hour. Pointing to a notification displays an informational tooltip showing more detail about each event. Use the Video Stream widget to monitor a camera view. The first camera in your system's camera menu order will appear by default in this widget.

10 If there are no camera definitions in the system, the Video Stream widget will not appear on the Home page. If your system includes a NetVR integration use the Configure Viewer drop down list in the upper right corner of the Video Stream widget to select a camera matrix and camera to view. S2 Security Corporation S2 NetBox User Guide 2 NOTE: To set a different page as your Home page, go to that page and select Set as Home from the command palette. You will still be able to view the default Home page by selecting Monitor : Monitoring Home Page. See also: Monitoring the Activity Log Using the Monitoring Desktop Filtering Activity Log Entries Using the Widget Desktop The Auto-Monitor Widget Using the Forensic Desktop The Page Bar The page bar appears at the top of the application window. It includes: Top-level controls. These are used to open the navigation palette on the left side of the screen.