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Configuring with the WBM
7.3 The menu items of the WBM
User profiles
The "User profiles" area contains a list of all existing user profiles. Up to a maximum of 32
user profiles can be created. To edit a user profile, select the required user name in the list.
The selected user name is highlighted in color.
Click the "Add new users" button to create a new user. Click the "Delete" button to delete a
selected user profile.
User properties
In the "User" text box, enter the name of the newly created user profile. You require the user
name and the password to log in to the WBM. The user name cannot be edited later.
In the "Name" input box, you can enter the name of the person or the name of the group that
works with the user profile. In the "Description" input box, you can enter further information
about the user profile.
Password
Enter the password of the user profile in the "Password" and "Repeat password" input
boxes. You require the user name and the password to log in to the WBM. User passwords
can be changed by the users themselves or an administrator. The strength of your password
is indicated by color and text.
If you lose your administrator password, you must reset the communication module to the
factory settings as described in the section "Restoring the factory settings manually
(Page 173)".
Roles
In the "Roles" area, you can assign roles to the user profile. Click the relevant check box to
assign the required roles to the user profile. The "Administrator" role has all read/write rights
● Users
Restricted user profile with read/write rights. As "User", you cannot create new user
profiles or edit other user profiles. In addition to this, as the "user", you cannot write to the
reader in the "Run" reader status.
● Administrator
User profile with all read/write rights
● OPC UA
Restricted user profile with OPC UA rights. As an "OPC UA" user, you can only log onto
the OPC UA connection. This role has no rights whatsoever in the WBM and it cannot be
used to log on to the WBM.
Click the "Save" button to save the changes and to create the new user profile.
Note
Restrictions when transferring the configuration
Note that you as "User" can only transfer changes when the device status of the
communication module is "Idle". As an "administrator", you can also transfer changes even
when the device status is "Run".
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