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Senstar Symphony Server
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to manage devices, security, rules, sites, and settings.
Security
Security settings in Symphony allow you to configure authentication for users, set and change permissions for users and groups quickly, and add watermarks to video.
Security profiles
A security profile is a collection of permissions that you can apply across all users and groups. Security profiles make it easy to switch the permissions for users and groups in the Senstar Symphony Server.
Set the security profile permissions
You can set the security profile permissions for a user or group. When you activate the security profile, the Senstar Symphony Server applies the permissions associated with the security profile to the users and groups.
Device permissions

Introduction
Senstar Symphony is award-winning, intelligent video surveillance software that offers a single, innovative, and open IP video platform for video management, video analytics, system integration, and alarm management.
Senstar Symphony Server
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to manage devices, security, rules, sites, and settings.
- Log in to the server configuration interface
  You can open the server configuration interface in a browser.
- Senstar Symphony Server services
  The Senstar Symphony Server runs the following services.
- Devices
  Symphony supports cameras, digital input/output devices, and access control devices.
- Security
  Security settings in Symphony allow you to configure authentication for users, set and change permissions for users and groups quickly, and add watermarks to video.
  - Users
    Users are individuals with permission to use Symphony.
  - Groups
    Groups are collections of users with similar permissions for the Symphony Server and Symphony Client.
  - Security profiles
    A security profile is a collection of permissions that you can apply across all users and groups. Security profiles make it easy to switch the permissions for users and groups in the Senstar Symphony Server.
    - Add a security profile
      You can copy an existing security profile to add another security profile to the Senstar Symphony Server.
    - Set the security profile permissions
      You can set the security profile permissions for a user or group. When you activate the security profile, the Senstar Symphony Server applies the permissions associated with the security profile to the users and groups.
    - Activate a security profile
      You can activate a security profile to apply all of the permissions that you configure for users and groups under that security profile.
    - Remove a security profile
      You can remove a security profile from the Senstar Symphony Server as long as the security profile is not active. You cannot remove the default security profile.
  - Logins
    The Logins page displays active and historical sessions for the Symphony Server.
  - Active Directory authentication
    The Active Directory Integration security mode uses Active Directory to authenticate users.
  - Security authentication
    The Symphony security authentication mode authenticates usernames and passwords that you create for users in the server configuration interface.
  - Watermarking
    Symphony uses watermarking to detect tampered video and audio. Watermarking works in the Symphony Client, Symphony Player, and Symphony Web Client.
- Rules
  Symphony can generate alarms from rules. Rules include events, action sets, and schedules.
- Licenses
  License settings in Symphony allow you to view and refresh licenses.
- Settings
  Settings in Symphony allow you to configure servers, general settings, email notifications, health monitoring, Enterprise Manager, updates, and backup and restore.
- Analytics
  Senstar Symphony video analytics provide real-time alerts, smart video search, and reporting.
Senstar Symphony Client
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to monitor cameras, manage video, generate reports, and configure alarms.
Senstar Symphony Web Client
The Senstar Symphony Web Client includes functionality to monitor cameras, manage video, generate reports, and configure alarms.
Senstar Symphony Player
The Senstar Symphony Player is an application that can view video files created in the Senstar Symphony Client.
Legal information
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Device permissions

General


Permission	Description
Basic Access	This permissions allows a user to access cameras or other devices.
View Group	This permissions allows a user to view the devices in device groups.
View IO State	This permissions allows a user to view the input/output state of devices.

Configuration


Permission	Description
Add Members	This permission allows a user to add devices to a device group.
Change IO State	This permission allows a user to change the input and output state of a device.
Change Settings	This permission allows a user to change the settings for a device.
Configure Analytics	This permission allows a user to configure analytics for a device.
Delete	This permission allows a user to remove a device from the Senstar Symphony Server.
Delete Group	This permission allows a user to delete a device group.
Edit Device Security	This permission allows a user to modify the authentication settings for devices.
Edit Group Membership	This permission allows a user to modify to which groups a device group belongs.
Edit Group Properties	This permission allows a user to modify the properties for device groups.
Edit Group Security	This permission allows a user to modify the security profiles for device groups.
Edit Membership	This permission allows a user to modify devices are in a device group.
Remove Members	This permission allows a user to remove a device from a device group.

Alarm


Permission	Description
Manage Alarms	This permission allows a user to mark an alarm as an alarm, false alarm, or as real and actionable, and to view and edit alarm details in the Senstar Symphony Client interface.
Trigger Manual Alarm	This permission allows a user to add an alarm to a camera timeline in the Senstar Symphony Client interface.

Audio


Permission	Description
Listen to camera	This permission allows a user to listen to the audio that a camera records using the Senstar Symphony Client interface.
Talk through camera	This permission allows a user to broadcast audio from a camera using the Senstar Symphony Client interface.

LPR


Permission	Description
Edit License Plate	This permission allows a user to edit license plates that cameras detect using the Senstar Symphony Client interface.

PTZ


Permission	Description
Calibrate PTZ Camera	This permission allows a user to calibrate a PTZ camera in the Senstar Symphony Client interface.
Control PTZ	This permission allows a user to pan and tilt a PTZ camera using the Senstar Symphony Client interface.
Control zoom via clients	This permission allows a user to zoom a PTZ camera using the Senstar Symphony Client interface.
PTZ Presets	This permission allows a user to move a PTZ camera to a preset position using the Senstar Symphony Client interface.

Search


Permission	Description
Search Footage	This permission allows a user to search video footage using the Senstar Symphony Client interface.

Video


Permission	Description
Manage Recording	This permission allows a user to manage recordings.
Video Historical Video	This permission allows a user to view historical video.
View Live Video	This permission allows a user to view live video.
View Private Video	This permission allows a user to view video that has been marked as private.
View Restricted Historical Video	This permission allows a user to view video that has been marked as restricted.