3.8.2.6 Project Information - Password

Set a password for editing or transferring a project file.

Edit

Set a password to protect the project or lock part operations.

Enable

Select this check box to display the following dialog box.

Set the password with up to 16 single-byte alphanumeric characters and symbols.

Confirm the password.

  • Super User rights are required to set up the password.

  • When the check box is cleared, the password settings are removed. You also need super user rights for clearing this check box.

  • It is recommended that the password be at least 8 single-byte characters and include one upper-case alphabetic character, one lower-case alphabetic character, one number, and one of the following symbols.
    ` ( ) ~ ! @ # $ % & : ; . , - _ { } * + = | < > ? [ ] ` " / ^

Current User Level

Displays the user level that can run operations without entering a password.

In the [Set Password] dialog box, you can define the user level in the [Startup User] setting. The user level that you define in the [Startup User] setting becomes the user level the next time the project is opened.

Set Password

Click [Set Password] to display the following dialog box.

Enter the Super User password and click [OK]. Define the password for each user level.

Operation Level

Set up or change passwords for each user level.

Set the password with up to 16 single-byte alphanumeric characters and symbols.

Confirm the password.

  • It is recommended that the password be at least 8 single-byte characters and include one upper-case alphabetic character, one lower-case alphabetic character, one number, and one of the following symbols.
    ` ( ) ~ ! @ # $ % & : ; . , - _ { } * + = | < > ? [ ] ` " / ^

Startup User

You can omit password inputs for levels below the selected user level.

  • Move the slider to the user level and a description of that user level will be displayed.

Require password to delete items that have been locked

Select this check box to request a password when deleting a base screen or script set with a password.

Delete All Passwords

In [Lock Password] dialog boxes, there is a setting to [Remember Password]. This button removes all memory of these passwords.

Protect Project (Standard User)

Displays the password dialog box when opening the project.

  • When [Startup User] is not set up, the password you enter here is the password for all users.

  • If the [Startup User] is higher than the [Standard User], the project file opens without requiring a password.

Send/Receive

Set a password to Permit a project transfer.

Send/Receive Project File

Displays a password for sending/receiving as "*****".

Set Password

Click this button and the following dialog box appears.

Set Password

If you click [Set Password] when a password is already defined, the following dialog box appears. Change or remove the password.

Password

You can define a password with up to 24 single-byte characters.

Confirm

Re-enter the password to confirm.

  • If you click [OK] with this field left blank, the password will not be set.