PDS HomeSecurity™ Orb

Scripted land and area security for Second Life® since 2004.

Homes and Skyboxes

Installing a PDS HomeSecurity™ Orb to proctect your place is as simple as rez'ing, clicking and clicking SETUP. Answer 4 basic questions then Turn it on. Thats it!

The HS Orb is pre-configured with sensible default settings that will not cause any problems with your neighbours. There are an additional settings you can customise to get things just right. You can get help from the online documentation or by Instant Message.

For more information see More Details below.

Public Spaces

The PDS HomeSecurity™ Orb can be used as a simpler way to manage public spaces. It can also allow others to become Operators, to help manage public spaces, without giving extra Estate or Group permissions.

Commands are available to allow any Operator to:

Land Ban (for X hours or permanently) any person by name or key.
Eject any person by name or key.
Teleport home any person by name or key.
To learn more about these click Help on the HS Orb's menu then Commands on the web page.
You can have up to 40 Operators or a whole group as authorised Operators.

The Orb can be configured to have:

Avatar Script Limits: Monitor avatar attached scripts and warn and/or teleport home anyone exceeding your thresholds. Lag management.
Display Name Fraud Protection: Anyone with a similar Display Name to an Operator is logged and optionally reported to the Operator. Anyone with the same Display Name as an Operator but not a valid Operator is removed from the area.
Multiple Orbs can network together to share names and on/off state. Other settings can be individually tailored to their area.

Estates and Rentals

By default the PDS HomeSecurity™ Orb does not interfere with neighbouring parcels and its only requirement is that it be owned by the lands owner. This may include deeding the Orb. Once this requirement is met you can authorised someone to use it to control access. No need for extra group or estate permissions.

Estate Owners

The default settings of the HS Orb can be adjusted to your requirements. Then these settings can be transfered to other Orbs. This is done via a Settings notecard. Estate owners can easily /8reset the Orb when a renter leaves to get these default settings back.

Renters

Renters will need to have permission to deed the HS Orb to the lands group. Once done the renter will have the options to control land access on their parcel. This includes: Land Banning, Teleporting Home & Ejecting. These can be done on an individual incident basis or continuously to the same trouble makers and unauthorised visitors.

Large Land Parcels

Four PDS HomeSecurity™ Orbs can cover a whole region. They can network together to act as one, sharing names and on/off state. Other settings can be set individually on each for maximum customisation.

More Details

The PDS HomeSecurity™ Orb is designed to be simple to use for simple situations but also adjustable and expandable to the most complex situations. Most people will not have to use all these Advanced options but they are available on all PDS HS Orbs.

Display Name Fraud Protection: Anyone with a similar Display Name to an Operator is logged and optionally reported to the Operator. Anyone with the same Display Name as an Operator but not a valid Operator is removed from the area.
Avatar Script Limits: Optionally warn/remove people who have excessive amounts of scripts attached
Blacklist or whitelist: up to 300 people
Guests and Friends: Your whitelist includes 2 types. You can disallow Guests and allow them again later
Neighbours Safe: The Orb can see land borders and therefore avoid hassling neighbours
Other Land Safe: Your other land parcels can be ignored by the Orb
Customise Range: Change the horizontal and up and down ranges
Access Management: Land ban, Teleport Home, Eject anyone by full name, user name or key immediately
Group Safe: Use group membership to control land access
40 Operators: can operate your Orb
Group Operation: Allow a group to operate your Orb
Sleep when no Operators are in range, or sleep when an Operator is seen, or off
Warning messages: Give X seconds warning messages before removing someone or no warnings
Custom messages: Customise various messages to your situation
Operator Notifications: Receive optional notifications when someone visits or is removed
Logging: Logs all commands processed and visitors seen
Invisible: Make the Orb invisible
Push is available but is not useful past about 10m. Push power configurable
Efficient: Each script compiled with Mono or LSL2, which ever is more efficient
Web info: View your land's & Orb's status via the web
Help: web based documentation or IM Psyke Phaeton
Blog: for updates & fixes
Free updates and fixes
Established & respected: 4.75 out of 5.00 stars, 900+ votes

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