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Chapter 16  
User management 
Add a new user 
Only a system administrator can create a user. You can have a maximum of 16 users 
(the administrator as well as operators and guests). 
To add new users: 
1.  From the menu toolbar, click User Management. 
2.  Click Add to enter the Add User window. 
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. 
 
Operator  The Operator account includes reduced menu access to Video 
settings (inaccessible features are not visible). 
Guest  The Guest account includes menu access with no 
programming possibilities (inaccessible features are not 
visible). Can see live view and access playback. 
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.