Assign Protect device permissions to users

Last modified: Friday February 21, 2025.

By default, Administrators can arm and disarm all alarm zones and Operators cannot arm or disarm any zones. However, you can give some users the ability to arm and disarm zones.

Step 1: Add device permissions to a role

To allow a user to arm and disarm zones, first create or edit a role with the required permissions.

1. Choose Tools > Users.
2. Open Roles.
3. Select the Device permissions tab.
4. To create a new role, click Add and enter a name.
5. To edit a role, select it.
6. In the INTRUSION panel:
   1. Add the Alarm zones or Alarms tool if required.
   2. Select the required permissions.
7. Click Done.

For more information, see Create and edit Roles.

Step 2: Assign device roles to user groups

To control which users have access to Protect device permissions, assign the device role from step 1 to a user group.

If you added permissions to an existing role in step 1, any existing user group with that role immediately gains those permissions.

1. Choose Tools > Users.
2. Open User groups.
   1. To create a new user group, click Add user group and enter a name.
   2. To edit an existing group, click on its name.
3. In Device & Zone permissions, select the required role from + Add more permissions.
4. Click Done.

For more information on assigning roles and device permissions to user groups, see Create User groups.

Step 3: Assign users to user groups

Assign the required users to the user groups with the Protect device permissions role. For more information, see Add users to Alta Video.

Limiting or removing Protect device permissions

You can remove or limit Protect device permissions in a similar way. In step 1.6b, add or remove the required permissions. In step 2.3, add or remove roles from the required user groups.

To limit which alarm zones the device permissions apply to, see Control user access to alarm zones.