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Operator Workstation Technical Bulletin
Capability
(Cont.)
Description
Purpose
Configured
Nonconfigured
Offline
Password
Protection
Allows definition of different
levels of system access for
various users as defined by their
password.
See the Non-configured
Workstation Security section.
Limits exposure
to errors or
tampering by
unqualified
users.
Yes
Yes
NCSETUP for
Windows
Operating System
Software
Allows you to set up, modify, and
configure NCMs for the Metasys
Network.
Configures NCM
for use on
Metasys
Network.
Yes
Yes
GPL
Enables operator to program
Metasys software functions by
positioning and joining graphic
symbols.
Simplifies custom
programming
No
No
DDL
Enables operator to define PC
groups, systems, and objects
using lines of text.
Provides a quick
method for
defining large
blocks of new
system/objects.
Yes
Yes
Archive
Allows archiving of trend,
totalization, follow-up, and status
reports.
Provides a
method of storing
data.
Yes
No
Non-configured Workstation Security
Carefully consider your security needs when a person with a
non-configured workstation has access to an N1 network. A
non-configured direct or dial-up connection allows any person who
has knowledge of the Metasys N1 network’s name and default Level 1
password to view and edit the password database. This may lead to a
security risk.
Non-configured workstations do not have a PC name in the NET.ddl
file. See the following NET.ddl file example and note that the NET
Keyword string (located in the third line) contains no PC name, thus
preventing PC identification on a network.
@NET
PORT "LPT1", 3
NET "XYZ-BLDG", "XYZ-BLDG NETWORK",
NCDIAL "T", "123-4567"
The default password, METASYS, is created when the NET.ddl file is
compiled. If a workstation has never been connected to an
N1 network, only the default password exists.