15BChapter 16: User management
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3. Enter the new user’s name and password. Both the user name and password can have up
to 16 alphanumeric characters.
4. Select the new user’s access level: Operator or Guest. Default is Guest.
5. Enter the user’s MAC address to let the user access the recorder from a remote computer
with this MAC address.
6. Click OK to save the settings and return to the previous window.
7. Define the user’s permissions.
Click the Permission button for the new user. In the Permissions pop-up window check
the required access privileges for local, remote and camera configuration. See “Customizing
a user’s access privileges” below for the permission descriptions for each group.
Click Apply to save the settings and OK to return to the previous window.
8. Click Exit to return to live view.
Customize a user’s access privileges
Only an administrator can allocate access privileges to Operator and Guest users. The access
privileges can be customized for each user’s needs. The administrator’s access privileges
cannot be changed.
There are three types of privilege settings: Local Configuration, Remote Configuration, and
Camera Configuration.
Note: Only the administrator can restore factory default settings.
Local configuration settings
By default, only the local information (log) management setting is enabled for both operators
and guests.
• Local Information (Log) Management: Search and view logs of the recorder and view
system information.
• Local Parameter Settings: Configure parameters and import the configuration from the
recorder.
• Local Camera Management: Locally add, delete, and edit IP cameras.
• Local Advanced Operation: Access HDD management (including the initialization and
modification of disk properties). Update system firmware as well as stop the I/O alarm
output.
• Local Shutdown/Reboot: Shutdown or reboot the recorder.