DEVICE ADMINISTRATION
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rCell 100 MTR-EV3 User Guide
Chapter 13 – Device Administration
User Accounts
Use this feature to add user accounts or change the password.
The system offers three roles or user types: administrator, engineer, and monitor. Administrators have full rights
and permissions including change settings on the device. Engineers have read/write privileges and some access to
controls on the device. Monitors have read-only access. Note: the system automatically checks for a strong
password and tells you how to improve it.
Username requirements include:
Must be unique.
Is case-sensitive (for example, admin and ADMIN are treated as two different usernames).
Acceptable characters: uppercase alphabetic, lowercase alphabetic, numeric, and non-alphanumeric
(symbols like #).
A hyphen (-) should not be used as the first character.
Password requirements include:
User account is disabled if password is not set up.
Must be eight characters in length.
Contains three or more different types of characters such as: uppercase alphabetic, lowercase alphabetic,
numeric, and non-alphanumeric (symbols like #).
Administrator details:
Able to delete any local users. (Engineer and Monitor cannot delete any users.)
Able to modify any other user details, except username.
Can not modify another administrator user account if it is the only enabled local administrator user on the
device.
Able to modify own account details except Role, Username, and Enabled values.
Able to disable and enable any local users except their own account. Also, not able to disable local user
account if this is only local administrator.
Able to change own password and other user passwords.
Engineer and Monitor details:
Able to view and modify own user account details except Role, Username, and Enabled values.
Access to only their own user account.
Not able to delete users.
Able to change own password.
To add new users:
1. Go to Administration > User Accounts.
2. Click Add New User.
3. Under User Details, enter the following fields: