Manage Users

Manage Users

• Go to Configuration->Security->Manage Users

This menu allows the user to change the user accounts on the camera. By default, the camera only has the admin account which has all rights/authorities. Additional accounts can be created from this screen. Below is a screenshot of the manage users screen:

Explanation

• Add User: This button allows the user to add a new user to the camera.

• Modify: This button allows the user to modify the user account selected in the table.

• Delete: This button allows the user to delete an user account. Note: The admin account cannot be deleted.

• User Name: This column shows existing usernames.

• Group name: This column shows the which user groups the existing user belongs to. Below is an explanation of the fields on the promoted window when the user add/modify the user.

• User Name: This field allows the user to create new accounts.

• Password: This field allows the user to create a password for the new account.

• Confirm password: This field ask the user to fill out the password again to confirm the password of the new account.

• Group Name: This dropdown box allows the user to select the account groups: administrator, operator and viewer. They have the different right like the below:

• Administrator: it’s the camera’s administrator who has the full right or permission to access and operate all functionalities of the camera.

• Operator: the operator can do the functionalities which are authorized by administer but not including creating new account and modifying other account’s password. Operator can modify its own password.

• Viewer: the viewer cannot make any operation, only can view the video in live view, the viewer cannot see all configurations in the camera when he accesses the camera.

• Authority list: the functionalities list which will be authorized by the administrator.