Hamilton Security
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- Build checklistsChecklists turn recurring controls into verified facts. Building one takes two steps: create the verification lines, then assemble them into a checklist attached to a site and a post.
- Configure events, event families and system eventsThe event catalog is the language of the duty log: every recorded incident points to an event type, organized in families. System events extend the catalog to what devices report…
- Configure general settings and labelsThe settings screens tune the application's behavior — globally and per site — and the label editor rewords the interface in your organization's vocabulary.
- Configure integrations: email and Hamilton APIThe Configuration section connects Hamilton Security to its technical environment: the SMTP server for notifications, the Hamilton API for companion services, the database connections and the background scheduler.
- Configure people movement trackingThe people movements screen (BTR) tracks who enters and leaves the controlled zone. Its reference data — the BTR entries themselves — is maintained in the administration, and the module…
- Configure shift periodsShift periods (vacations) structure the guards' day: morning, day, night — each with its days, time slot, start and end. When configured, agents open their period at shift start and…
- Configure workstations and peripheralsSecurity posts are equipped: badge readers, ID scanners, patrol readers, fingerprint sensors, signature pads. Declaring the workstations and assigning their devices is what makes the hardware buttons appear on the…
- Create instruction sheets and standing ordersInstructions are the orders your agents work by. Hamilton Security manages them in layers: shift-start sheets, permanent instructions (with sharing between sites), instructions associated to events, and temporary instructions with…
- Design custom report templatesEvent reports — accident reports, intervention reports, inspection forms — are built from templates you design: their fields, their types, their layout. Agents then fill them from the duty log,…
- Manage agents, teams and qualificationsAgents are the users of Hamilton Security: guards, supervisors, operators. Their records carry the credentials, team, qualifications and professional card — and, on equipped sites, their fingerprint for fast identification.
- Manage key cabinets, keys and loan authorizationsThe key module mirrors your physical key cabinets: each cabinet, each hook, each key — and who is allowed to borrow what. A faithful setup makes the loan and return…
- Manage resident and visitor recordsHamilton Security shares its people records with the other Hamilton applications: residents (the site's employees) and visitors appear in movements, events and key loans. The administration maintains both, plus their…
- Manage sites, site groups and multi-site modeHamilton Security is organized by site: every event, mission, patrol and agent belongs to one. Site groups let supervisors work across several sites, and the multi-site mode adapts the application…
- Manage user rights groupsRights groups define what each profile of user can see and do — from the field agent to the site administrator. One group, one role: agents, supervisors, key managers, report…
- Plan missions: agenda, types and schedulesMissions are the planned tasks of each post — openings, rounds, escorts. You define the mission catalog and types, then schedule them in the agenda; the application generates the daily…
- Set up locations: places, buildings, sectors, streets and roomsEvery event in the duty log answers "where?". The location reference lists — places, buildings, sectors, streets and rooms — are the vocabulary agents pick from when they record events,…
- Set up patrols: routes, tags and patrollersA patrol is a route of checkpoints (tags) walked with a patrol device (patroller). Setting up patrols means declaring the devices, registering the tags, composing the routes — and using…
- View and manage licensesHamilton Security is licensed per usage. The Licenses screen shows your entitlements and their consumption — check it before onboarding new agents or opening new posts.