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With the Users screen you can setup and disable individual user accounts. The User screen displays all of the users currently added to your project. These users can logon to a local or remote Interact Xpress machine with a correct username and password. When a user is online, there is an icon that is displayed in the title box indicating online status.

From the Users screen you can: • Add or Edit Users

• Disable a User

• Delete a User

Interact Xpress sets up a default user administrator. You cannot delete or disable this account. The only option you can edit on the Admin account is the default password.

Add or Edit Users

From the Users screen, you can:

The Users dialog box is displayed as shown below, allowing you to add or edit a user account.

Add users to your project Click on the Add User... link in the

top, left corner of the Users screen.

Edit any of the displayed users Click on the Edit... link in the table

The following table describes the options available from the Users screen.

Property Description

Name Enter a name for the new user up to 32 characters. The user name can begin

with a number, letter, or an underscore. The user name field can not be empty. If it is left blank, the last user name added is used.

The default name is User1, with the number incrementing for each new user.

User Level Select a user level from the drop down list: administrator, engineer, supervisor,

technician, operator, or guest.

Locale Select a project language for this user. The next time this user logs in and

enters runtime, the project language will switch to match the selected language.

The default setting is English (United States).

Password Enter an initial password for the new user up to 32 characters, including

spaces. You can opt to leave this field blank therefore not requiring a password. Passwords are case sensitive.

Click OK to accept the changes and return to the Users screen. Click Reset to reset the values to the default settings and return to the Users screen. Click Cancel to return to the Users screen without saving.

Disable a User

Confirm Password Re-enter the password exactly as entered in the Password field. Passwords are

case sensitive.

If the Password field and the Confirm Password field do not match, while exiting the Users screen a message is displayed stating that "The entered password and password confirmation do not match."

Change at Next Logon

Select this option if you want the new user to change the password at the next login.

Startup Program When the user logs on, select where you want this user to go: the Shell

environment or directly into Runtime mode. The default is Runtime.

If the User Level is set to a level that does not allow Shell Access, the Interact Xpress Shell option is grayed out and Runtime is automatically selected.

Allow Local Access If this option is checked, the user can access Interact Xpress on a local

machine. This is the default setting.

If this option is unchecked and the user attempts to log on at the local machine, they are not allowed access to Xpress and the system stays on the Logon page.

The user privileges are set according to the User Level specified. Allow Remote

Access If the user needs to access a remote machine, select the runtime access allowed for this user: no access, view only access, or viewing and controlling access.

The default option is None, no access to Runtime remotely.

If View Only is selected, the user can log on and only view live data and navigate through panels.

If View & Control mode is selected, the user can log on and use the Runtime mode as if they are on a local machine.

the Users screen. Click Cancel to return to the Users screen without disabling the user.

If a user is in Runtime mode and is disabled, they are logged out

immediately from the Runtime session and will not be able to log back in. If the user is in the Shell and is diabled, they are logged out on the next action (such as clicking on a link or submitting information), Interact Xpress can not immediately boot the user off without any action. If the user is not online at all and is disabled, they will not be able to logon. To re-enable a user, click on the Enable link while logged on an account that has Admin privileges. The user information text is no longer grayed out on the Users screen. Go to top

Delete a User

You can delete a user permanently from Interact Xpress. From the Users screen, find the user you want to delete and select the Delete link. A confirmation dialog is displayed, "Are you sure you want to permanently delete user, User1?".

Click OK to delete this user and return to the User screen. The user information is then permanently removed from the Users screen. Click Cancel to return to the Users screen without deleting the user.

Note: If you delete a User from Interact Xpress, all user information is

permanently removed from the project. You will have to Add User if you need to add that user back into the project.

You cannot delete the default Admin user account.