This scheme allows companies that require the use of strong passwords
to implement them.
Account Expiry
All Restricted User accounts will expire 180 days after they
are created or renewed. Administrator accounts do not expire.
When an account is due to expire within 14 days, a warning
message such as Warning: Your account will expire on Sat Jun
16 11:59:53 2007will show on the Login
Screen. After an account has expired the user will not
be able to login to the Gateway until renewed by an Administrator
using the Renew User option in Editing User Options.
Add New User
Navigate to Administration-Users to bring up this dialogue,
and click
.
Figure 1 - Add New User
The following parameters must be completed:
Username |
Enter a unique username of your choice to identify
the new user. |
Password |
Enter the login password for
the new user |
Verify Password |
Re-enter the login password for the new user |
Make User Administrator |
If not ticked, the user will be a Restricted User |
The following self-explanatory fields are only applicable
for a Restricted User
... Acknowledge Alarms |
See Alarm Acknowledge
|
... Sign Data |
See Signing Data
|
... Start / Stop Logging |
See Start / Stop Logging
|
... Tasking |
See Tasking
|
... Add / Remove Tx |
See Transmitter Management
|
Restricting LocationsAny user whether
an Administrator or a Restricted User can have access limited
to a sub-set of the Alarm Groups. In this way several systems
can co-exist on the one Gateway, but other users will not be
able to see transmitters from other users' Alarm Groups. To
restrict users from some or all Locations un-tick the appropriate
boxes.
When restricted Alarm Groups are in force, the
List View Page will display a message to indicate that some
Alarm Groups are excluded from display.
(TBC)
Changing PasswordsUsers are able
to change their own password, enabling the system Administrators
to add a new user with a 'temporary' which the user can then
change themselves.
Note that the Gateway will not force
a user to change his/her password on first login.
Click
on 'Username' and select Change My Password from the drop down.

That will bring up the following dialogue.
Enter the current password, followed by the new password,
and then verify the new password, before Clicking

to save and close
or

to close and
exit without saving.
Edit Users
Navigate to Administration-Users to bring up this dialogue
Figure 3 - Edit User

|
Note: You
cannot edit your own preferences as an Administrator
aside from changing the Alarm Gropus that you have access
too. This is to ensure that at least one Administrator
is active on the Gateway at all times. |
By selecting another User from the list on the left hand
pane, you can now edit that user as you see fit.
If the user has expired (password expiry) or has been previously
disabled, clicking the relevant boxes it is possible to
re-enable them.
Do not forget to click

to Save changes, and

to Save and Close.

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Note: Users
cannot be deleted, only disabled. This is becaase the
Gateway keeps a record in the Audit Trail of all users
actions such as creating a Transmitter Task, Signing
Data, or each Alarm Acknowledge for auditing purposes.
If a user were to be deleted these records would also
be deleted. |
User Login Expiry (Date Showing)
Restricted users will expire automatically after 90
days. This upcoming date will be shown when the user is
selected.
After this date the user will need to be
renewed in order to continue using the Gateway.
Administrators
do not expire.
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