Admin Panel Overview
The Admin Panel is the central control centre for the NISC Mustering System. From here, authorised administrators can manage every aspect of the system: the people it tracks, the physical spaces it monitors, the BLE hardware it communicates with, and the system-level settings that govern its behaviour.
Who Can Access the Admin Panel
The Admin Panel is restricted to accounts that hold the Admin role. Attempting to navigate to /admin with a Safety Officer, Operator, or Viewer account will redirect you to the login page.
Note: If you need access and do not have it, contact your system administrator to have your role updated. See Admin: Roles and Permissions for details on what each role can do.
How to Open the Admin Panel
- Log in to the NISC Mustering System.
- In the main navigation, click Admin (or navigate directly to
/admin). - The Admin Panel loads and defaults to the People tab.
Note: The page header reads "System Administration — Manage people, places, devices, and system configuration". If you see a loading spinner, the panel is fetching initial data from the server; this typically takes a few seconds.
Tab Structure
The Admin Panel is organised into five top-level tabs. Each tab contains sub-tabs for the related management areas.
| Tab | What You Manage |
|---|---|
| People | Personnel records and departments |
| Roles | Role definitions and the permission matrix |
| Places | Buildings, floors, zone types, and campus locations |
| Devices | Beacons, BLE settings, signal diagnostics, path loss calibration, Aruba profiles, and gateways |
| System | Alert configuration, integrations, user accounts, and audit log |
Click any tab label to switch to that section. The active tab is highlighted in the NISC red colour.
People Tab — Sub-tabs
| Sub-tab | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Personnel | Employee and staff records linked to BLE beacons |
| Departments | Organisational units with manager assignments |
Places Tab — Sub-tabs
| Sub-tab | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Buildings | Physical buildings with address, coordinates, and timezone |
| Zone Types | Named categories (e.g. Stairwell, Assembly Point) with colour coding |
| Locations | Campus-level address records (backed by the buildings data model) |
Devices Tab — Sub-tabs
| Sub-tab | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Beacons | Registered BLE transmitters, their types, and personnel assignments |
| BLE Settings | Scan intervals, RSSI thresholds, positioning algorithm parameters |
| Signal Monitor | Real-time per-device signal diagnostics |
| Path Loss Calibration | Compute and apply accurate path loss exponents for each floor |
| Aruba Profile Inspector | Inspect Aruba AP gateway placement and BLE configuration |
| Gateways | BLE receiver/gateway CRUD: register, edit, assign to floor, delete |
System Tab — Sub-tabs
| Sub-tab | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Settings | Alert toggles and audit retention |
| Integrations | Emergency services notification providers |
| Users | Login accounts (email, role, password, active/locked status) |
| Audit Log | Filterable log of all admin actions |
Deep-Linking to a Tab
You can share a direct link to any tab by appending ?tab=<name> to the admin URL. Recognised values are:
?tab= value | Opens |
|---|---|
people | People tab |
roles | Roles tab |
places | Places tab |
devices | Devices tab |
system | System tab |
users | System tab (Users sub-tab) |
personnel | People tab (Personnel sub-tab) |
gateways | Devices tab (Gateways sub-tab) |
settings | System tab (Settings sub-tab) |
integrations | System tab (Integrations sub-tab) |
audit | System tab (Audit Log sub-tab) |
Example: https://your-domain.com/admin?tab=devices opens directly on the Devices tab.
Mobile Admin View
On smaller screens (phones and tablets), the Admin Panel switches to a mobile-optimised layout:
- The five top-level tabs are replaced by a horizontally scrollable tab strip.
- Sub-tabs within each section also use a touch-friendly horizontal strip.
- All CRUD dialogs are full-screen on mobile for easier form entry.
The mobile layout uses the same underlying data and the same permissions as the desktop view.
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[Screenshot: Admin Panel showing the five top-level tabs with "People" active]
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