The settings panel of the Security zone object

The Security zone object is used for the general configuration of Axxon PSIM.

The settings panel of the Security zone object is shown in the figures with tabs. The tables describe the settings.

The Basic settings tab:

№	Parameter	Method of setting the parameter value	Parameter description	Representation	Default value	Value range
1	The Holidays field	You can add the dates by clicking the Add button	List of calendar days which are determined as holidays in Axxon PSIM	List of dates	NA	Date format: DD-MM-YY
2	The Add button	Click the button	Opens the Calendar window to select the date of a new holiday	NA	NA	NA
3	The Delete button	Click the button	Deletes the selected holiday date from the Holidays list	NA	NA	NA
4	The Edit button	Click the button	Opens the Calendar window to change the date of the selected holiday in the list	NA	NA	NA
5	The Ping (s) field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the check period for the computer connection to the server	Sequence of numbers	10	>=1
6	The Default object access level drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the default object access level	List of access levels	Monitoring/ Control/ Configuration	No access; Monitoring; Monitoring/Control; Monitoring/Control/ Configuration
7	The Default user rights drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the default user rights	List of user rights	Full	Full. If you select this value, the created rights for system operation will be unlimited; User rights. These rights are created on the Users tab. For more details, see Registration of operator rights
8	The Debug statistics button	Click the button	Opens the window with the events queue statistics	NA	NA	NA
9	The Synchronization button	Click the button	When you click the button, the system performs synchronization and applies configuration that was created on the computer where you clicked the button	NA	NA	NA
10	The Protocol clear time field	Enter the value in the field using the up and down buttons	Sets the time of the day at which you must start cleaning up the Event Viewer database according to the Events archive length parameter	HH:MM:SS	Current system time at the moment of opening the object settings panel	From 00:00:00 to 23:59:59
11	The Events archive length days field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the number of days to store information about the events registered by Axxon PSIM and recorded into both the Event Viewer and the Incident server. This parameter affects all computers in a distributed system	Days	3	From
12	The Object code field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the number of the access control card, which is automatically displayed in the settings panel of the User object when the object is created in the Object code field	Sequence of numbers	NA	More than 1
13	The Starting configuration drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the macro, which runs automatically when starting Axxon PSIM	Names of the Macro objects registered in the system	NA	Depends on the number of the Macro objects created in the video surveillance system with distributed architecture
14	The Connections in architecture checkbox	Set the checkbox	Sets the computers with which the created Computer object must exchange the data about the system configuration parameters: with all computers in the video surveillance system with the distributed architecture or only with the Computer object on the basis of which the given object is created	Boolean type	Clear	Set—when creating a new computer, the Connection checkboxes in the Architecture tab are set for all computers in the architecture Clear—when creating a new computer, the Connection checkbox in the Architecture tab is set only for the computer from which this new object is created
15	The DNS instead of IP allowed checkbox	Set the checkbox	Sets the address of the server/Remote Administrator’s workstation/Remote Client on the Architecture tab as DNS name, not only IP address	Boolean type	Clear	Set—when you configure the interaction of computers in the distributed system, specify the DNS name of the server/Remote Administrator’s workstation/Remote Client instead of the IP address on the Architecture tab. At the same time, the verification of the specified address is disabled Clear—when you configure the interaction of the computers in the distributed system on the Architecture tab, specify the IP address of the server/Remote Administrator’s workstation/Remote Client
16	The Disable synchronization checkbox	Set the checkbox	Disables event synchronization	Boolean type	Clear	Set—synchronization is enabled. Events are sent right after they occur in accordance with the parameters of the distributed system's computer interaction settings Clear—synchronization is disabled. Events aren't sent
17	The log operation of services checkbox	Set the checkbox	Enables service log operation	Boolean type	Clear	Set—service log operation is enabled Clear—service log operation is disabled
18	The Show documentation by clicking F1 checkbox	Set the checkbox	Enables opening documentation in the pdf format by pressing the F1 button when Axxon PSIM is running. The Administrator's Guide section is opened on the server and the Remote Administrator's workstation; the Operator's Guide section is opened on the Remote Client	Boolean type	Clear	Set—documentation is displayed by pressing the F1 button Clear—the feature of displaying documentation by pressing the F1 button is disabled
19	The Shutdown with administrator password checkbox	Set the checkbox	Enables the shutdown by the administrator password	Boolean type	Clear	Set—the feature of shutdown by the administrator password is enabled Clear—the feature of shutdown by the administrator password is disabled
20	The Administrator’s password button	Click the button	Opens the Set password window for setting or changing the administrator password	NA	NA	NA

The Date and time format tab

№	Parameter	Method of setting the parameter value	Parameter description	Representation	Default value	Value range
1	The Date format drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the format of the date that is displayed in the Incident manager, Operator protocol, and the Video surveillance monitor in the current date field when you work with the archive	Current; dd/MM/yy; MM/dd/yy; yyyy-MM-dd	Current	Current—the date format set in the OS; dd/MM/yy—the day/month/year format; MM/dd/yy—the month/day/year format; yyyy-MM-dd—the year/month/day format
2	The Time format drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the format of the time that is displayed in the Incident manager, Operator protocol, and the Video surveillance monitor in the current date field when you work with the archive	Current; HH:mm:ss; hh:mm:ss tt	Current	Current—the time format set in the OS; HH:mm:ss—24-hour format; hh:mm:ss tt—12-hour format
3	The NTP synchronization checkbox	Set the checkbox	Enables NTP synchronization	Boolean type	Clear	Set—NTP synchronization is enabled Clear—NTP synchronization is disabled
4	The NTP server address field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the address of the NTP server. Note. The field becomes active after you set the NTP synchronization* checkbox*	NA	NA	NA

The RabbitMQ tab

№	Parameter	Method of setting the parameter value	Parameter description	Representation	Default value	Value range
1	The Server field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the RabbitMQ server address	Latin alphabet, numbers, and service characters	localhost	server IP address or name
2	The Port field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the RabbitMQ server port	Integer numbers	NA	0—65535. If the port is 0 or not specified, RabbitMQ won't run
3	The User field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the RabbitMQ server username	Latin alphabet, numbers, and service characters	guest	Depends on the registered RabbitMQ users
4	The Password field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the RabbitMQ server user password	Latin alphabet, numbers, and service characters	guest	Depends on the registered RabbitMQ users
5	The Content-type drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the type of the sent/received content	Available types of content	Empty line	application/json—a message in JSON format is sent plain/text—The Axxon PSIM event is sent in the "TYPE\|ID\|EVENT" format

The Password policy tab

№	Parameter	Method of setting the parameter value	Parameter description	Representation	Default value	Value range
1	The User password policy checkbox	Set the checkbox	Changes the user password settings	Boolean type	Clear	Set—you can change the user password settings Clear—you cannot change the user password settings
The User password policy table* Note. The User password policy table* is active only after you set the User password policy checkbox
2	The Password length field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the password length	Sequence of numbers	8	>0
	The Small letters drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Uses small letters when creating a password	Boolean type	OK	OK—you can use small letters No—you cannot use small letters
	The Capital letters drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Uses capital letters when creating a password	Boolean type	OK	OK—you can use capital letters No—you cannot use capital letters
	The User numbers drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Uses numbers when creating a password	Boolean type	OK	OK—you can use numbers No—you cannot use numbers
	The Characters drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Uses characters when creating a password	Boolean type	OK	OK—you can use characters No—you cannot use characters

*Name of the element isn't displayed in the settings panel of the given object

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Documentation for Axxon PSIM 2.0. Documentation for other versions of PSIM is available too.