Community administration
Access codes
Access codes are how people join your community and how they receive patrol, supervisor, dispatcher, management or civilian access.
Members join a community by redeeming an access code.
The panel sits under DEPARTMENTS on the DEPARTMENTS + CODES tab.
The five access levels
The panel summarises them under "What each access level grants".
Patrol grants unit CAD only.
Supervisor grants unit CAD with supervisor controls, which covers report review and editing or clearing other people's BOLOs.
Dispatcher grants the dispatch console only. A member who needs both views also needs a separate Patrol grant.
Management grants the Community Panel, dispatch and unit access.
Civilian grants the civilian portal only.
Generating one
Expand GENERATE ACCESS CODE, select the access level and department, then press GENERATE.
Patrol, Supervisor and Dispatcher each require a department. Without one the panel returns "Select a department for Patrol, Supervisor, or Dispatcher access."
Management and Civilian can be issued without a department.
The code is shown once
The new code appears in a banner with a COPY button. Copy it before leaving the page - it is not displayed again.
If a code is lost before distribution, delete it and generate a replacement.
Reuse and expiry
A generated code works for everybody it is given to until it is disabled or deleted.
Disabling and deleting
DISABLE stops a code working and leaves it in the list with an amber DISABLED badge.
DELETE removes it after a confirmation.
Neither affects members who already redeemed the code, and neither removes anybody from the community. That is done in the users panel.
Access accumulates
Redeeming a second code adds to what a member already has rather than replacing it.
An existing patrol member who redeems a dispatcher code holds both views. A management code grants management, dispatch and unit access together.
Codes cannot remove access.
Department codes for existing members
Members can redeem a code from inside Patrol CAD, in the unit profile box, to add a department without leaving the CAD. See setting your callsign, department and subdivision.
Owner codes
PlateNet administration receives a single-use owner code when it creates a community without choosing an owner. It starts with OWN, works once, and expires seven days after it is issued. The new owner creates their account with it on the registration page using a username and password; the account is created, joined, and made the community's owner in one step. Owner codes cannot be redeemed through Discord sign-in. Once the account exists, Discord can be linked from MANAGE ACCOUNT. Owner codes are not shown in the community's own access codes table. If a code lapses unused, PlateNet administration picks the owner in the platform panel instead.
To make an existing member the owner later, PlateNet administration picks them in the platform panel. That member must have a username and password; an account created with Discord sets one under MANAGE ACCOUNT first. The previous owner stays a member as a civilian, and the new owner decides what access they get.
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