C•CURE 800/8000 Monitoring Station Guide - Tyco Security Products

Update Digital CertificateUpdate Digital CertificateFrom this selection on the Hardware Status menu, you can:• “Update Host Certificate” on page 3-112• “Update Controller Certificates” on page 3-113• “Update All Certificates (CA, Host, Controllers)” on page 3-114NOTEOne or more of these options are unavailable if the operator does not havethe corresponding Monitoring station privilege (Update host certificate,Update controller certificate, Update All Certificates) set in the Adminclient application.Users can check whether or not updating the controller certificate operation issuccessful by checking the monitoring station activity or journal reply. Forevery ISTAR eX controller, the monitoring station and journal displayprogress messages such as “Download CA and controller certificate tocontroller (name) started” and “Download CA and controller certificate tocontroller (name) finished/failed.”If the controller certificate update is successful, a certificate signing request isdisplayed at the Monitor Station.The user responds to the certificate signing request by selecting CertificateSigning Request from the Hardware Status menu. The Certificate SigningRequest menu option is only available if the node has Certificate Approvalprivileges and the operator has the Approve/Deny certificate requestprivilege. These privileges are also set in the Admin client application.Update Host CertificateSelect the Update Host Certificate option to update the host certificate.If the host certificate database record does not exist, an error message appearsand the operation halts. The error message states “The host certificate has notbeen generated. Please generate the host certificate first.”3–112 C•CURE 800/8000 Monitoring Station User Guide