Adding (or editing) a threat level group
A threat level group anticipates what to do in a specific type of emergency. For example, by invoking a threat level group
when a child is reported lost, all doors may be automatically locked. You configure the activation method for the various
levels: hardware inputs that may trigger various levels, hardware outputs that may be triggered at various levels, and access
rights that are modified when the threat level changes. Specific activation cards (badges) may be associated with a threat
level group to activate predetermined threat levels.
Prerequisites: You are working in the Supervisor station. The access rights and badge(s) to assign to parent and child threat
level groups already exist in the system.
- From the main menu, click .The Threat Level Groups view opens.
- To create a new group, click the Add button (
).Threat level groups may be related to one another as parent is to child. Child threat level groups inherit the attributes configured for the parent. - Do one of the following:
- To create a parent threat level group, give the group a
Display Name, but leaveParentblank. - To create a child group, give it a
Display Nameand identify itsParent.
The Add New Threat Level Group view opens.The illustration shows the view when adding a new threat level group, and when editing an existing threat level group.
- To create a parent threat level group, give the group a
- If you are editing multiple parent and child threat level groups, clicking the Show Top Level button (
) filters the table to display only parent threat level groups. - To remove this filter, click the Filter button (
)The Filter window opens.
- To see all threat level groups, clear the
Pathproperty. - To assign access rights to a parent or child group, click the Access Rights tab; to discover unassigned rights, click the Assign Mode button (
); select the right in the Unassigned pane and click the Assign button (). - To assign one or more badges, which staff can use to activate the group, click the Activation Badges tab; discover the badges in the system; select one or more badges and click the Assign button ().
- To configure the system to pass threat level group information to one or more remote stations, click the Remote Stations tab; discover the remote station(s) to receive the threat level group information; and assign the remote station(s) to the
threat level group.If a remote controller has an access right that is already assigned to the threat level group, the system notifies the remote controller of the threat level change.
- To confirm the configuration, click Save and review the Summary tab.