1. Open Sentinel and Configure Client Settings

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Last updated: Nov 20, 2017 by Marvin Chen (Unlicensed)
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Logging into Sentinel



Changing Domain Group for Sentinel Login

You can change the domain group used to verify sentinel login credential through the following process:

  1. Start up your Sentinel application. If you are using custom domain groups or users and are not a domain administrator, on first startup you will see an error for creating Administrator and User Domain Groups.

  2. Stop the Sentinel application

  3. With your Sentinel application closed, look for the Sentinel local settings file: "Witness.Sentinel.Settings.xml". This should have been created in your Sentinel installation folder (default would be C:\Program Files(x86)\Navtech Radar\Witness Suite\

    1. If in doubt, right click on your Sentinel shortcut → "Open file location" to locate this folder.

  4. Add "WitnessAdminGroupName",  with name of the domain group you wish to use for your admins.

  5. Add "WitnessSupervisorGroupName",  with name of the domain group you wish to use for your supervisors. Admin users must also be a member of the supervisor group.

  6. Add "WitnessUserGroupName",  with name of the domain group you wish to use for your operators. Admins and supervisors must also be a member of the user group

  7. Change "CreateDefaultUsers" to false if you also wish to use custom domain users. This will stop the system from attempting to create Witness users.

  8. Note that custom domain groups and custom domain users will need to be configured manually by your domain administrators before you can use the Sentinel application.

Repeat this process for each Sentinel Client installation. Do not copy the entire settings file as each client must have a different SentinelGuid to function correctly.



Sentinel Configuration Example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <SentinelSettings PiccadillyAddress="localhost" ModuleName="Navtech Sentinel" UseAutoDiscovery="False"> <LogonRequired>False</LogonRequired> <AutoDiscovery>False</AutoDiscovery> <IntegratedSecurity>True</IntegratedSecurity> <LastLoggedInUserName>WitnessAdmin</LastLoggedInUserName> <SentinelGuid>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</SentinelGuid> <ImageServer> <Enabled>False</Enabled> <Port>8090</Port> <FramePeriodMs>250</FramePeriodMs> </ImageServer> <WitnessAdminGroupName>Witness Admin Group</WitnessAdminGroupName> <WitnessSupervisorGroupName>Witness Supervisor Group</WitnessSupervisorGroupName> <WitnessUserGroupName>Witness User Group</WitnessUserGroupName> <CreateDefaultUsers>True</CreateDefaultUsers> <VideoViewerPositions /> <GroupName>Witness</GroupName> <PiccadillySearchTimeout>8</PiccadillySearchTimeout> </SentinelSettings>



If you are using custom domain account but have launched Sentinel on a domain administrator account before changing the settings, you may need to delete the automatically created default groups / users





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