User Manual

Chapter 16: User management
136 TruVision NVR 21(S/P) User Manual
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 recorder 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 Permission 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 Information(Log) Management: Locally search and view logs of the
recorder and view system information.
• Local Parameter Settings: Locally configure parameters as well as import/export
configuration files.
• Local Camera Management: Locally add, delete, and edit IP cameras.
• Local Advanced Operation: Access HDD management (including the initialization
and modification of disk properties). Update system firmware as well as manually
trigger and clear the I/O alarm output.
• Local Shutdown/Reboot: Locally shutdown or reboot the recorder.