Eaton SPD Series - 5.3.1 Establishing a Secure Connection

Eaton SPD Series for Mounting External to Electrical Distribution Equipment Installation Manual IM01005031E—Rev 09 27
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R – Read access
W - Write access
IP Addr – IP Address configuration
Modbus TO – Modbus timeout value
User/Pass – Username and password setup
PX-SPD enforces complex passwords and session time-out through User Management tab in the web UI.
There are 4 levels of Password Complexity, defined as follows:
• Password complexity level – 0
– It should be at least 6 characters long
– It should not match with user name, full name or existing password
• Password complexity level – 1
– It should be at least 8 characters long
– It should not match with user name, full name or existing password
– It should contain at least 1 alphabetic and 1 numeric character
• Password complexity level – 2
– It should be at least 12 characters long
– It should not match with user name, full name or existing password
– It should contain at least 1 alphabetic, 1 numeric character, 1 special character, and 1 upper case
alphabetic character
• Password complexity level – 3
– It should be at least 16 characters long
– It should not match with user name, full name or existing password
– It should contain at least 2 alphabetic characters, 1 numeric character, 2 special characters, and 1
upper case alphabetic character.
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After initial login, the user will notice that the address bar on the web browser shows that the connection is Not
secure, see example below.
To obtain a secure connection, click on the network tab, then click on download certificate.
Power Xpert SPD User Setup