Manual > Client Settings Guide > Login Operation and Client Settings

overview

A new "login function" has been added in Rev13 and later of FA-Server6. When applying a patch for Rev13 or later to a system that is being operated with old server settings from Rev12 or earlier, there are important precautions to take with this upgrade. For details on this matter, please refer to the description in "Important) Precautions when applying patches to old systems from Rev12 or earlier".

The "Login Function" of FA-Client allows you to log in using the following user information. Depending on the user you use to log in, you can enable or disable some functions, such as changing settings.

(Login user of FA-Client)

Username	Group Name	Initial Password	explanation
admin	Administrator	(none)	•This is an administrator user. All operations such as changing settings such as pen information, printing, and saving in CSV are possible.
senior	Advanced Operator	(none)	•senior is a user reserved for future use (currently has the same privileges as admin).
operator	General Operator	(none)	•General operators can perform normal operations such as printing and saving to CSV. •You cannot change settings such as trend pen settings or report point registration.
guest	Viewing User	(none)	•Viewing users can only view the data, and are prohibited from changing settings, printing, saving in CSV format, and other operations.

The default settings for FA-Client are set to automatically log in with the user name "admin" and password "none". The password can be freely changed from the FA-Client settings screen (My Page dialog). If there is no particular need to use functional restrictions according to users, you can use the default settings without worrying about the login function. On the other hand, for example, if you do not want to make setting changes such as trend pen settings available to general operators, you can operate the system by logging in as the "operatpr" user normally, and logging in as the "admin" user to change settings as necessary.

Below we will explain how to log in and provide examples of client settings for each case.

The above login information is already registered in the FA-Client sample application. If the above user information is not registered in FA-Server, you can import the login information from the sample to use the login function as is. For information on how to import the sample, see "Panel-Interface/Login Settings" in the server settings.

You can check the information of the currently logged in user in the "My Page Dialog." To display the My Page dialog, click the following icon displayed in the upper right corner of the FA-Client title bar.

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(My Page Dialog)

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My Page displays the user information of the currently logged in user.

When you click the "Change Password" button on your My Page, the "Change Password" dialog will appear.

(Password change dialog)

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In this dialog, the currently logged in user can change their own password.

If you have set a password for automatic login in the client configuration file, when you change the password as described above, please also edit the contents of the client configuration file.

When you display the settings menu for trends, etc. while logged in as admin, all items will be selectable, as shown below.

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Clicking the "Logout" button on your My Page will log you out.

When you log out, the system will switch to "view mode" and the display will switch to the start screen. In view mode, the system will be in the same state as when you logged in as a view user (guest).

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If you open a setting menu such as a trend graph while in viewing mode, the setting and operation items will be unavailable for selection, as shown below.

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To log in again, click the icon in the top right corner of the screen.

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A login dialog will then pop up.

(Login dialog)

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In this dialog, you can log in by selecting a login user from a combo box.

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Here, as an example, we will try logging in with “operator”.

When you view your My Page, you will see that you are currently logged in as “operator”.

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When you display the trend graph settings menu, only the pen settings will be disabled, as shown below.

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In this way, configuration and printing operations can be enabled or disabled depending on the logged-in user.

In the FA-Client client setting file (FAClient.txt), you can specify the login user and password using "PSLoginUser" and "PSLoginPwd". Configure the settings according to the needs of the system installation site, such as automatically logging in at startup or making the default login user a general operator. For information on how to edit the client setting file, see "Client Settings".

Below are examples of operation methods and configurations.

Example of operation

Setting contents

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Operation with automatic login

overview:

It operates with automatic login.

•Set the following parameters in the client configuration file:

PSLoginUser: User name to automatically log in as

PSLoginPwd - the password above

If you do not want to change the settings from the default settings (user “admin”, password “none”), there is no need to edit the client configuration file.

•If you change the password after starting operation, please also change the password in the client configuration file listed on the left.

Automatic login operation (password required only the first time)

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If a password has been set, the login screen will be displayed when you run FA-Client with only PSLoginUser set. If you check "Save password" on the login screen and log in, you will be automatically logged in from the next time onwards.

•Set the password for the user you want to automatically log in.

•Set the following parameters in the client configuration file:

PSLoginUser: User name to automatically log in as

PSLoginPwd - Do not specify

•The following login screen will be displayed when you start FA-Client for the first time. If you check "Save password" and log in, you will be automatically logged in from the next time onwards.

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•If the password is changed after automatic login, the next automatic login will fail and the login screen above will be displayed. If you then log in with the correct user information, the automatic login will work again from the next time onwards.

Under normal circumstances, operate with "operator"

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This is an operation method when you do not want to expose setting operations such as trend pen settings to normal operators.

Set passwords for admin and senior, and set it up so that operator automatically logs in. When performing configuration tasks, the administrator will log in again as admin, and will log out after changing the settings.

•Set passwords for admin and senior. Setting a password for operator is optional.

•Set the following parameters in the client configuration file:

PSLoginUser　・・operator

PSLoginPwd - operator password

Normally, senior is not used, but to prohibit changes to the settings, a password is also set for senior so that logging in using senior is not possible.

•When you start FA-Client, you will automatically be logged in as operator. When an administrator wants to change settings, they must log in again as admin and change the settings.

•Once you have completed the setup as admin, log out and log back in as operator.

Login operation and client settings

Login operation and client settings