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User accounts are stored separately from operator accounts in Axxon PSIM. The same Some user rights may can be assigned to several operators. But the operator may be assigned only single rights, and at the same time, several user rights can be assigned to one operator.

To assign

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rights and a password to the operator for authorization in Axxon PSIM, do the following:

1. Go to the Users tab in the System settings dialog box  window (1).
2. Select an object, corresponding to the rights account that has to In the objects tree located under the User rights button (2), select the object of the same name corresponding to the rights account that must be assigned to the operator, in the .
3. In the Department objects tree
under the User permissions button
4. (
2).Call
5. 3), open the context menu by right
clicking upon the selected User permissions object (3).
6. -clicking the selected user.
   
7. Select the Add to rights "User rights" command in the menu (4).
   
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   As a result, the Authorization tab is displayed from the right side.
   Image AddedIn the Login field (1), the login that is assigned to the operator is displayed.
9. To change the authorization parameters, do the following:
   1. Click the Authorization parameters button (2).
      As a result, the Login and password window opens.
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   2. In the New login field, specify the login that is assigned to the operator for identification in Axxon PSIM.
   3. In the New password
10. The Add user dialog box is displayed.
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11. In the Department drop-down list, select the department the user belongs to (1). If the department is selected, then accounts of users belonging to the department will be displayed in the User drop-down list. If the department is not selected, then accounts of all users registered in the system will be displayed in the User drop-down list.
12. Select the account name registered for operator in the User list (2).
13. In the Login field, specify the login that will be assigned to the operator for authorization in Axxon PSIM (3).
In the Password
14. 1. field, specify the password that
will be
15. 1. is assigned to the operator for authorization in Axxon PSIM
(4)
16. 1. .
    2. In the Confirmation field, repeat the operator password.
    3. Click OK.
       

       Info
       title Note
       Without a password,

the operator will not be granted

17. 1. access rights

.Repeat the password in the Confirmation field (4)

18. 1. aren't assigned to the operator.

19. Configure the rules of password change by the user:
    
    1. Set the Change password on first access checkbox (5) to ask the user to change the password on
the
20. 1. their first login to the system
(5)
21. 1. .
    2. Set the Change password every __ months checkbox (6) to ask the user to change the password periodically
(6)
22. 1. . After
setting
23. 1. you set the checkbox, the
text
24. 1. field becomes editable. Enter the request period
(in months) of request to change the password in this field
25. 1. of password change in months.
    2. Set the
Change password on user request checkbox to allow the user changing the
26. 1. Allow password change by user checkbox (7) if you want to allow the user to change its password at any
start
27. 1. system
(7)
28. 1. startup.
       
If the Windows account is to be used for user authorization in Axxon PSIM, then set the Windows authorization checkbox and select the name of account in the User list (8)

29. 1. Info
       title Note
       The event of changing the password by the user is displayed in the event viewer.

       Info
       title Note
       When

this way of authorization is selected, no other data is to be specified in the login and password fields when Axxon PSIM is started and shut down. To start Axxon PSIM when password is requested, click the Register button. To shutdown Axxon PSIM, click the Log off button.

30. 1. you change the user login and/or password, the system breaks all external connections that the old connections used to connect to.

31. If you want to confirm the

If

32. user login to the system

shall be confirmed

33. by another user, select

the user which has to do the confirmation

34. it from the Supervisor drop-down list (

9

35. 8).

    Info
    title Note
    The user-supervisor

has to

36. must be added to rights.

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    title Attention!

All

37. If the system uses the authorization type by the four-eyes rule (that is, with the supervisor confirmation), all system users, including supervisors

have to

38. , must log in to the system by login and password instead of the Windows user account (see steps 4-6).

39. If you want to use the Windows OS account
in case of the authorization type by four-eyes rule (i.e. with the supervisor confirmation) is in use in the system (see 7-10 steps).
40. for the user authorization in Axxon PSIM, set the Windows authorization checkbox (3) and select the name of the user account from the User list (4).
    

    Info
    title Note
    When you select this way of authorization, you mustn't enter any data in the login and password query panel when starting or shutting down Axxon PSIM. To start Axxon PSIM when a password is requested, click the Registration button. To shut down Axxon PSIM, click the Shutdown button.

41. Click the Apply button (9
Click the OK button (10
42. ).
    The object of the same name as the user account registered for the operator
will be
43. is displayed in the child branch of the User
permissions
44. rights object.

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46. If the operator wants to assign additional rights, repeat steps 1–9.
    

    Info
    title Note
    Operator authorization parameters remain the same when you assign them the subsequent rights. If you change them in some rights, they are automatically changed in others.

Assigning rights and a password This completes the process of assigning the rights and passwords to the operator for authorization in Axxon PSIM is complete.