Remove platform default user account

In this Commissioning Wizard step, you specify platform login credentials (user name and password) to replace the factory-default platform user in this JACE controller.

Figure 7. Initial dialog to replace the factory-default platform user account

Note that the Commissioning Wizard in Niagara 4 prevents commissioning the JACE controller that retains the factory default platform user account. To proceed, you must enter a different user name, along with a “strong” password (this means a minimum of 10 characters including: at least one uppercase character, at least one lowercase character, and at least one digit).

Following your entry in this dialog, another step (if pre-selected) lets you create additional platform admin users, if needed. Each platform user must have a unique user name and use a “strong” password. Up to 20 total users are supported. Note each platform user account has the same (full) platform admin access—users can change their password, and even create additional platform admin accounts.

NOTE: User name and password entries are case sensitive. If you are not changing the controller’s IP address during commissioning, the credentials for your replacement platform user are “remembered” in the current session. This can simplify platform reconnection to the controller after it reboots from commissioning. This is useful in a “migration” scenario. However, if changing the IP address in commissioning, you need to remember/re-enter the new credentials for a platform user in order to reconnect. Always make careful note of any changed platform credentials, and guard them closely—as they provide the highest security level access to any Niagara 4 platform.

Remove platform default user account

Figure 7. Initial dialog to replace the factory-default platform user account

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