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User management

General introduction

User right management plays a major role whenever it comes to the monitoring and control of larger networks. For example, for each subnet in a network setup a specific person or group of persons may be responsible, who should be notified if an alarm is issued by one of the modules representing a part of this subnet.

Basically, Trimble 4D Control Server offers three access levels for users with different privileges to each user: Administrators, operators, and guests. When logging in, users specify their user name and, if required, password. These inputs are compared with the entries in the user-management related tables of the Trimble 4D Control Server database.

Second: While no restrictions exist for them, Trimble 4D Control Server administrators can assign or limit specific rights to operators. Per default all operators have control rights for all running modules. Those rights can be limited to the access level "guest" for specific modules using operator teams and module groups. For performing this task, administrators do the following:

When using the Alarm Manager: When specifying alarm jobs, set module group dependent alarm settings. For example, for the E-mail alarm action, different e-mail recipients can be specified for each module group. On the other hand, the Connect to a TCP/IP server action may be equal for all modules; in this case you would select the default group All, which contains all modules added to the Trimble 4D Control Server system.

Performing the tasks

For specifying logins and operator teams, do one of the following:

The User Management dialog appears.

For creating module groups and assigning the primary and secondary operator teams to them, select the File > System Properties main menu command (or click the System Properties toolbar button), which opens the System Properties dialog. There, edit the Module groups property. Using the System Properties dialog you can also set the timeout for automatic user logout.

Storage of user information in the database

The main Trimble 4D Control Server database contains the following tables, which can be filled in by user edits using the User Management UI controls as well as by the Trimble 4D Control Server framework (login events):

Table name

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UserManagement_Groups

Log time; Name and ID of module groups.

One row for each module group. Derived from settings of the System Properties.

UserManagement_Users

Log Time; ID, name, user data and login information.

One row for each user. Derived from settings of the User Management and from login events. The log time is updated either by last edits or last login of the user.

UserManagement_UsersINGroups

Log Time; Login and group name.

One row for each user in each group. Derived from settings of the User Management / Operator Teams.

See Also

System properties

System Properties dialog

Module Groups dialog

Alarm Manager

In This Chapter

User rights

User Management dialog

New Login dialog

Edit Login dialog

Operator Teams dialog

Select Team Members for Team "<team name>" dialog