What Happens If You Forget Your Password Or Enter The Wrong Password; Enabling The Password; Changing A Password; Removing Password Protection - Eaton easyE4 series Manual

7. System settings
7.14 Security – password protection

7.14.1.1 What happens if you forget your password or enter the wrong password?

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Enabling the password:

Place the cursor anywhere inside the password.
Press the OK button.
The password submenu will be displayed.
CHANGE PW
ACTIVATE PW✓
Figure 228: Pass-
word submenu
Select the ACTIVATE PW menu option.
Confirm the password with the OK pushbutton.
The password will be enabled in order to → Section "Defining password-protected
areas", page 476.

Changing a password

Press the OK button on the easyE4 to open the main menu.
Go to SYSTEM OPTIONS\SECURITY\PASSWORD.
If a password has been assigned, the submenu for the password will be displayed.
Select the CHANGE PW menu option.
Enter the password.
The submenu for changing the password will be displayed.
NEW PASSWORD:
PASSWORD: 0 X X X X X
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Figure 229: Sub-
menu for changing
the password
To assign a new password, follow the same steps outlined in → Section "Assigning a
password", page 477

Removing password protection

To disable password protection, assign a password of <000000> .
When you enter the wrong password, there will be a short period during which you will
be locked out. You can try and enter the password again once this period elapses.
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