General User Properties

The General Users Properties are used to configure each user with the principle user characteristics concerning their password and access level.

To edit the Users General properties, select the User resource from the Project Explorer window and use the Movicon "Properties Window" that appears.

For further details on the General properties common to Users and User Groups, please refer the paragraph on  "General Properties common to Users and User Groups".

 

 

Name

This is used to enter the user's name (User ID).  The name will be the first information requested when the password command is executed at Runtime. Alphanumeric and case sensitive characters,  which discriminate between upper/lowercase keys, can be inserted in this field.

The user name must be unique and mandatory.

 

Four characters is the minimum length, imposed by Movicon for default, for the User's Name.  We suggest that you do not use less characters  for normatives and security reasons.

 

When you create a new project with the "Create Users from Windows Users -> Server Name" option enabled, Movicon will insert the users belonging to the Operating System's domain. These Users will automatically be inserted in the relative "Administrators", "Users" and "Guests" groups if the "Create Default User Groups"  option has also been enabled. Otherwise, they will be inserted in one group only for default.

 

Description

This is used to enter a descriptive text for the user profile.

When the "Enable CFR21-Part 11 Electronic Signture" property is enabled in the "Users and User Groups" resource, the description of the user is used by the system  to identify the active user by recording their description in the appropriate Data Base tables, such as the  Trace or Data Logger for example, according to the Electronic Signature requirements.

 

The description is mandatory and must be unique.

 

Password

This property is used to to enter a user password. Alphanumeric and case sensitive characters, upper/lowercase key discrimination can be inserted in this field.

Password declaration is mandatory.

 

The minimum length imposed by Movicon for default for the User's name is six characters. It is advised not to use less than six characters for normatives and security reasons.

 

Numeric Password

This property allows you to enter a numeric Password which will be used as an alternative to the alphanumeric one.

 

User Level

This property is used to set a Password level to assign to the User. This property is set at "Get Group Level (-1)"  for default, which means that the User will automatically acquire the Level from the Group they belong to.  However, the user can be selected a custom level, independently of the Group they belong to.

Movicon provides up to 1024 password levels.  The first 1022 levels are low levels for for users, level 1023 or "Administrators" level is used to authorize commands in the operating system and level 1024 or "Developer" level is the highest and is used to authorize access to the project being developed.

Level declaration is obligatory.

 

Access Area

This property is used to define the Access Level mask to assign to the User.  When a user is created, this property will automatically be set to the same value of the one set in the "Default Access Level" of the Group that the user belongs to.

The Group's predefined Access Level will be inherited by the user of that group when both the following conditions are true:

 

 

For further information on "Access Levels", please see the topic on  "User Levels and Access Levels".

 

Disabled

This property is used to disable the User and they will not be managed at runtime.

 

Locked

This property locks the User out.  A 'Locked' user cannot be substituted with a runtime user who has the same name. Therefore, any runtime user with the same name will not be managed. For further information, please refer to the section on "Runtime Users".

 

Must Change Password

When this property is enabled, the newly created user will be asked to change their password after logging on for the first time. This will allow the user to change the password, inserted by the programmer, with one of their choosing.

 

Cannot Change Password

This property is only active when the "Expiring Password (Days)" property of the same user and the group they belong to is set to zero to impede the renewal of the user's password at runtime if the  "Change password after Login" checkbox has been checked.

If the user's "Expiring Password (Days)" property is set to zero, the one set in the Group which the user belongs will be considered instead.

 

For users set with "Administrator Level (1023)" with their "Expiring Password (Days)" property set at zero, the "Change Password after Login" property will always result enabled even when the "Expiring Password (Days)" property of the group they belong to is set with a value other than zero.

 

 

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