Use InTouch-based security

Applying security to your application is optional. By default, an InTouch application is not secured. However, you can restrict which functions an operator is allowed to perform by linking those functions to internal tags. In addition, when you establish security on your application, audit trails can be created that associate alarms and events to the operator logged on to the InTouch HMI.

Set the Security Type to InTouch

1. Open WindowMaker.

2. On the File menu, select Configure, and then select Security.

   The Security configuration screen appears.

3. Select the Security type as InTouch.

   

When you add the Security type as InTouch, the Configure users section is enabled. Security is based on operators authenticating themselves by entering a user name and password to log on to an InTouch application. You must assign user name, password, and access level for each operator.

To configure users

4. Select the Add icon (Alt+A).

   The Create user dialog appears.

   

5. In the User name box, type the name that you want to assign to the operator.

6. In the Password box, type an operator password up to a maximum of 29 characters.

7. In the Confirm password box, re-enter the same password.

8. In the Access level box, type the operator's access level (lowest = 0 to highest = 9999).

After you add a new user name to the security list and restart WindowMaker or WindowViewer, the default user name is automatically reset to None with an access level of 0, which prevents access to the Configure Users command in both WindowMaker and WindowViewer. However, the Administrator account and password remain and can still be used.

After an operator logs on to the application, access to any protected function is granted upon verification of the operator's password and access level against the value specified for the internal security tag linked to the function.

For Standalone applications, only users with Administrator privileges are allowed to open and edit applications in InTouch WindowMaker. If a user without administrator privileges attempts to launch InTouch WindowMaker, an error dialog box appears, informing users that they need administrative privileges to proceed. Users without administrative privileges can launch WindowMaker via IDE for Managed applications.