Manage Users

The administrator can add up to 31 users and 6 user groups.

This function requires the administrator permissions.

  1. Enter the Settings > User Management page from the navigation pane.
  2. To add a user group
    1. Click + Add New Group, and input Name, Description, and specify permissions for the group, then click Apply.
    2. (Optional) Click "Copy from...", select an existed group to inherit permissions from, and click "OK".
    3. Click "Apply" after configuration.

        Note

      • Group name should be a unique string of 1 to 32 characters.
      • Description should be a string of 0 to 256 characters.
      • 6 groups are supported. You can add groups with default permissions, such as Admin, User, Viewer, or custom groups with a set of special filters.

    4. To modify a user group

      1. Edit user attributions.

        Admin permissions can not be modified.

        1. Click on an existed user group or click the upper-right "..." and choose "Edit".
        2. In the group page, you can modify the group description and permissions.
        3. Click "Apply" after modification.

      2. Add users for your group.

        1. Click "+ Add", and select users from the list for your group.
          A user can be a member of one group, and access is restricted to the group.
    5. To delete a group
        The 3 default groups can not be deleted, but you can delete the custom group. And the deleted group member will automatically belong to the Viewer group, and can be resigned to another group by Administrator.
      1. Click "..." at the upper-right of a group and choose "Delete".
    6. To add a user

      • Click + Add New User, and input user name, password, and confirm password, then click OK.

          Note

        • User name consists of 1 to 32 characters, but can not begin or end with spaces.
        • Password consists of 1 to 32 characters, including A to Z, a to z, numbers and ~!@#$%^&*_-+=
        • A new user belongs to the Viewer group by default. New groups can be Admin, User, Viewer and 3 more custom groups.
        • The Admin user belongs to the Admin group by default, and can not be deleted. Custom users can be deleted, edited and moved to a specific group.
  3. To modify password in the following 2 ways.

    • Click "..." at the upper-right of a user in the Settings > User Management, and select "Set password". In the prompted window, enter a new password and confirm it.

    • Or you can click the current logged-in account, choose Change Password and set a new password for the current account.

  4. To move a user to a specific group

    • Check one or more users in the "Users" part of Settings > User Management page, and click "Move to" to select an existing group.

  5. To delete a user.
      Delete a user in the following ways.

    • Click "..." at the upper-right of a user in the Settings > User Management, and select "Delete".

    • Check one or more users in the Settings > User Management, then click "Delete".

Default Roles and their Permissions

Table 1 shows the 3 default roles and their operation permissions. Admin users can edit permissions for User and Viewer groups. But the admin user rights can not be modified.

In the following table, ✔ indicates the permission is enabled by default. △ indicates the permission is disabled by default and can be enabled by Admin users. ✖ indicates the permission is forbidden and can not be enabled by anyone.

Table 1. Default roles of user/group and their Permissions
Object Operation Admin User Viewer
Hosted Devices View Devices ✔ ✔ ✔
Operate devices ✔ ✔ △
Approve, delete, and reject devices ✔ ✔ △
Set device security ✔ ✖ ✖
Device Groups View device groups ✔ ✔ ✔
Add, edit, and delete device groups ✔ ✖ ✖
Streaming View input/output ✔ ✔ ✔
Add, edit, and delete input/output ✔ ✔ △
Channels View channels ✔ ✔ ✔
Open/close channels ✔ ✔ △
Add, edit, and delete channels ✔ ✔ △
Manage users Add, edit, and delete users ✔ △ △
Modify all users' password ✔ △ △
Modify current logged-in user's password ✔ ✔ ✔
Manage device firmware View device firmware ✔ ✔ △
Upload and delete ✔ ✔ △
Settings for Control hub View ✔ ✔ △
Modify ✔ △ △