Siemens SIMATIC HMI Series System Manual page 57

Preparation for operation
● Task: Access to WinCC
● Role: Configuration engineer, Administrator
● Authorization: Power user rights, Administrator rights
● Procedure:
After installation, set up the administrative settings as administrator or power user.
● Explanation:
Power user rights are the minimum requirements for administrative settings, e.g. the
authorization of file rights or printer driver settings.
To delete a WinCC project completely, you must have power user rights, at a minimum.
Local user rights when operating WinCC
● Task: Operator input in Runtime, configuration
● Role: WinCC user (operator, configuration engineer)
● Authorization:
- Windows group "User"
- User group "SIMATIC HMI"
● Procedure:
Add the user to the "SIMATIC HMI" user group and, at a minimum, to the Windows "User"
user group.
● Explanation:
In order to operate WinCC or for remote access to a WinCC project on the client and server,
the user must be a member of the "SIMATIC HMI" user group.
Access to distributed systems
● Task: Access to distributed systems
● Role: WinCC user (operator, configuration engineer)
● Authorization: Uniform user groups on all computers
● Procedure:
Enter the WinCC users on all computers in the same group.
Assign the same password to all the users.
● Explanation:
For access to distributed systems, the same user groups must be created on clients and
servers.
WinCC: General information and installation
System Manual, 02/2017, A5E40840020-AA
WinCC Release Notes
2.2 Notes on operation
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