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To ensure that only you or authorized personnel have access to your system it is necessary to change the
default password, and establish passwords for your operators. This is important as the same default is
provided on all new software.
To create new password:
1. From the main menu bar select Options>Operators, or from the tool bar, click the Operators
icon.
The Operators screen appears. This screen shows a numbered list. The default operator heads the list
with the default password RISCO.
2. Type your name as the default operator.
3. Change the password to one of your choice. Remember that the password is case sensitive.
4. Click OK and this new password replaces RISCO for future activation of the software.
To add operators to the list and customize their access to the system:
1. From the main menu, select Options>Operators. The Operators dialog box appears. Click on a line in
the list and type the password and operatorʹs name.
2. Click Authorization to define each operatorʹs access to different features and activities. The
Customize User Authorization dialog box appears.
3. Select the relevant checkboxes. In addition to the options that appear you can customize the following
according to View and Modify:
System, Communication, Expanders, Zones
Accessory
Access Control
User Operations
Click the above optionsʹ buttons and their dialog box appears where you can check which parameters
your operators can view and which parameters they can modify. Click OK or Set All if you would
like to apply these settings to all your operators.
4. Click OK. You return to the list of operators. Continue adding and/or customizing operators. When
you have finished click OK.
5.2.4 History Log
The History log displays all the activities carried out by the operators. It is generated by the system.
To access the History log:
From the main menu, select Options>History log. The History Log dialog box appears displaying the
entire history log which includes which operator entered which client screens.
Note: You can view a specified log by typing in the time span, operation type, operators, screens and clients you wish the log to
display. If you do not type any specific criteria, the full list of events will be displayed.