Scenarios for Advanced Security - Front Panel Security Enabled ION 8000 Series User Guide
Page 66 Chapter 5 - Security
3. Select the user name you want from the available list. Click the Edit button. The
following window appears:
4. Click Time Sync Access from the available settings list. If you want to allow this
user to send time synchronization signals to the meter, ensure the setting reads
Yes. To change the setting, click the Edit button and make the appropriate
changes.
Scenarios for Advanced Security - Front Panel Security Enabled
1. Access through the front panel display
With both Advanced Security and Front Panel Security enabled, you can read the
metering data on the display. To configure/write to the meter, enter the numeric
password. Advanced Security does not add additional security when accessing the
meter through the front panel.
2. Access through software talking ION protocol with
ION Setup and/or ION Enterprise on ANY comm port (serial,
modem, optical and Ethernet)
With Advanced Security enabled and communicating through ION protocol on
any communication port, you must enter a username and password in order to
read or configure/write the meter. Advanced Security blocks access to the device
if you do not know the correct username and password. If you know the username
and password, and the username is assigned the proper access, then you can read
and configure/write (depending on the assigned user-access rights) data within
the meter. Refer to page 61 for details on setting up Advanced Security and how to
assign user access rights.
3. Access Through Modbus on ANY comm port (serial, modem,
optical and Ethernet)
On ION meters, Modbus implementation consists of two parts:
i. Modbus Data