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RPS
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Installation Guide
Bosch Security Systems, Inc.
5.3
Setting Security Levels by Panel Type for Networked Users
If your company is using a database on a networked drive and you want to allow users to be
able to set security levels for control panels, you must copy the control panel definition files
to each workstation on the network. This preserves the security settings you have set for each
control panel type on the individual workstations on the network.
Use the following steps to transfer your security settings to other PCs on the network:
1.
From RPS, set the security levels for each control panel type on any one PC on the
network. Only users with an authority level of 15 can perform this operation.
Refer to the RPS General Help in RPS for more information on setting security levels in
RPS.
2.
Use Windows Explorer to copy the appropriate control panel definition files (peg defs) to
each PC on the network after you set the security level for each field in each panel type.
To do this, open the RPS directory on the PC where you are currently working. Find the
folder labeled
PegDefs
.
3.
Use Windows Explorer to copy the PegDefs folder to each of the RPS directories on all
workstations running RPS. Use the drag-and-drop feature in Windows to move the
PegDefs folder to each PC on the network. Click and hold the PegDefs folder with the
right mouse button and drag the folder to the RPS directory on the target workstation
PC. Release the right mouse button. A small dialog opens and asks if you want to
Move
,
Copy
,
Create a Shortcut
to the folder or
Cancel
4.
After Windows finishes the copy process, the workstation has the same security settings
as the original PC. Repeat Step 3 for each workstation on the network.
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NOTICE!
If these files are not copied to each workstation, users on other workstations can change data
for control panel types that you restricted.
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NOTICE!
Setting the security levels for a control panel type sets the levels for all accounts for that
control panel type (new and existing).
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NOTICE!
Ensure that you select
Copy
. Selecting
Move
moves the entire PegDefs folder from the
current PC to the workstation PC. Click
Yes
if the
File Already Exists - Do you want to
overwrite?
message appears.
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NOTICE!
Moving the PegDefs folder prevents RPS from working on the current PC. If you accidentally
move the PegDefs folder, return it to the RPS directory on the PC, and then recopy it to the
workstation.
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NOTICE!
If you change the control panel security setting in the future, you must copy the new PegDefs
files to each workstation again.
