Secure Setup Guidelines
16
Setting Authority Levels for Supervisory Staff
Authority levels limit which reader programming menus the user can use. Users who need
access through the door but who shouldn’t be able to change the reader’s settings should
have an authority level of 0 (zero). This is appropriate for most users. When you add a
new user, the reader automatically assigns an authority level of 0 (zero). You only need to
set authority levels for users who also need to be able to change the reader’s setup.
Authority
Level
Door
Access
Access to Reader Menus
Service
Setup
Management Enrollment
Security
Level 0
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
See page 33 for more on what each menu in the reader contains.
When you initially add users (including yourself and other supervisory staff), all users
have an authority level of 0 (zero). When all users have equal authority levels, the reader
lets every user access all of the reader menus. (This is needed so you can get to the
menus during setup.) This means that initially any user that you enroll could change any
setting in the reader if that user figures out how to get to the reader menus.
More critically, if an unauthorized user enters the Security menu, he can then erase all
users from the reader’s memory, enable unauthorized access, and change authority
levels.
As soon as you set a higher authority level for any user, the reader limits access for all
users with lower passwords. To prevent unauthorized users from making inappropriate
changes, set the authority levels for your supervisory staff BEFORE adding other users.
Because of the issues explained above, we recommend adding users and changing
authority levels in this order:
1. Add your system administrators; see page 21.
These users will oversee the security system, control all settings in the reader, and
monitor activity.
We strongly recommend having at least two system administrators. This way, if one
administrator is unavailable, someone is still able to make changes if needed.
2. Change the authority level for your system administrators to 5. (See page 17.)
3. Add other users.
4. Change the authority level for other users if needed.
What Authority
Levels Are For
What Each
Authority
Level Lets You
Access
Why Setting
Authority
Levels Is
Critical
Entering
Users in the
Appropriate
Order
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