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15BChapter 16: User management
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To add new users:
1. Click the User Management icon in the menu toolbar to display its screen.
2. Click Add to enter the Add User screen.
3. Enter the new user’s name and password. Both the user name and password
can have up to 16 alphanumeric characters.
4. Select the new user’s access level: Operator or Guest.
5. Enter the user’s MAC address to let the user access the DVR from a remote
computer with this MAC address.
6. Click Apply to save the settings and OK to return to the previous screen.
7. Define the user’s permissions.
Click the Permission button for the new user. In the Permissions pop-up
screen check the required access privileges for local, remote and camera
configuration. See “Customizing a user’s access privileges” below for the
permission descriptions for each group.
Click Apply to save the settings and OK to return to the previous screen.
8. Click Back to return to live view.
Customizing a user’s access privileges
Only an administrator can allocate access privileges to Operator and Guest
users. The access privileges can be customized for each user’s needs. The
administrator’s access privileges cannot be changed.
There are three types of privilege settings: Local Configuration, Remote
Configuration, and Camera Configuration.
Note: Only the administrator can restore factory default settings.
Local configuration settings:
• Local Log Search: Search and view logs of the DVR.
• Local Parameter Settings: Configure parameters. You can also
import/export the configuration from the DVR.
• Local Advanced Operation: Access HDD management (including the
initialization and modification of disk properties). Update system firmware as
well as stop the I/O alarm output.
• Local Shutdown/Reboot: Shutdown or reboot the DVR.