{"id":95,"date":"2015-06-25T13:31:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T17:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.2.166\/~webapp\/support\/faq\/wordpress\/?p=95"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:55:01","slug":"how-to-configure-user-accounts-in-device-manager-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/95\/how-to-configure-user-accounts-in-device-manager-video\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Configure User Accounts In Device ManageR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Device ManageR does not require user accounts with user names and passwords. However, they are an option if you would like to add security in terms of who can reconfigure the program and who can see what data.<\/p>\n<p>You may view a video demonstration of configuring user accounts below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/spIS4vZK5nY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#types_of_user_accounts\">Types Of User Accounts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#how_to_configure_user_account\">How To Configure A User Account<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#user_account_privileges\">User Account Privileges<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a class=\"wpsal-anchor\" name=\"types_of_user_accounts\" id=\"types_of_user_accounts\"><\/a>Types Of User Accounts<\/h3>\n<p>There are three types of user accounts available in Device ManageR: <em>Administrator<\/em>, <em>Viewer<\/em> and <em>Guest<\/em>. Each has its own level of access to the application.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Administrator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; An Administrator account has full access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; It\u00a0can see all discovered devices and configure all items in <em>Alerts \/ Tasks<\/em> and <em>Settings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Viewer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; A Viewer account has read-only access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; It can see all discovered devices; however, it cannot configure any items in <em>Alerts \/ Tasks<\/em> or <em>Settings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; A Guest account has read-only access to allowed\u00a0devices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; It can see only those devices the Administrator assigns to it and cannot configure any items in <em>Alert \/ Tasks<\/em> or <em>Settings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3><a class=\"wpsal-anchor\" name=\"how_to_configure_user_account\" id=\"how_to_configure_user_account\"><\/a>How To Configure A\u00a0User Account<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#configure_administrator\">Administrator<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#configure_viewer\">Viewer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#configure_guest\">Guest<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a class=\"wpsal-anchor\" name=\"configure_administrator\" id=\"configure_administrator\"><\/a>Administrator<\/h4>\n<p>The first account that you will create is for an Administrator. The Administrator account is always the first to be created and the last to be deleted.<\/p>\n<p>To create an Administrator account:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Open Device ManageR in your web browser. You may open it by entering \u2018localhost:8080\u2019 or \u2018&lt;IP address of Device ManageR\u2019s host system&gt;:8080\u2019 in your browser\u2019s address bar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. Select <strong>Settings<\/strong>\u00a0in the navigation bar to the left.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3. In the <em>Settings<\/em> menu, select <strong>Security <\/strong>to bring up the <em>Configure User Accounts<\/em> dialog box. Note that there are no users currently configured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Admin_Configure_User_Accounts_No_Users.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6380\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Admin_Configure_User_Accounts_No_Users.png\" alt=\"Admin_Configure_User_Accounts_No_Users\" width=\"500\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Admin_Configure_User_Accounts_No_Users.png 592w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Admin_Configure_User_Accounts_No_Users-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">4. In <em>Configure User Accounts<\/em>, select <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2-Config-User-Accts-Add.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2281 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2-Config-User-Accts-Add.png\" alt=\"2 - Config User Accts Add\" width=\"375\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2-Config-User-Accts-Add.png 375w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2-Config-User-Accts-Add-300x74.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">5. When the <em>Add New User<\/em> dialog box appears, leave <strong>Administrator<\/strong> selected under <em>Account Privilege Settings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; <strong>Viewer<\/strong> and <strong>Guest<\/strong> remain grayed out and unavailable until the first Administrator account is created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Account_Privilege_Settings.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2282\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Account_Privilege_Settings.png\" alt=\"Admin_Account_Privilege_Settings\" width=\"380\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Account_Privilege_Settings.png 382w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Account_Privilege_Settings-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">6. Then enter a username and password for the Administrator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Username_And_Password.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2283\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Username_And_Password.png\" alt=\"Admin_Username_And_Password\" width=\"350\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Username_And_Password.png 385w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Username_And_Password-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">7. Finally, select <strong>Add User<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3-Add-New-User-Acct-Administrator.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2284\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3-Add-New-User-Acct-Administrator.png\" alt=\"3 - Add New User Acct - Administrator\" width=\"350\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3-Add-New-User-Acct-Administrator.png 396w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/3-Add-New-User-Acct-Administrator-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">8. This brings you back to the <em>Security<\/em> screen, where a dialog box will pop up to prompt you for your user credentials:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; Enter the username &amp; password you just created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; Then select\u00a0<strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4-Authentication-Required-Administrator.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2285\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4-Authentication-Required-Administrator.png\" alt=\"4 - Authentication Required - Administrator\" width=\"450\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4-Authentication-Required-Administrator.png 689w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/4-Authentication-Required-Administrator-300x79.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">9. Now you are logged in as an Administrator.<\/p>\n<h4><a class=\"wpsal-anchor\" name=\"configure_viewer\" id=\"configure_viewer\"><\/a>Viewer<\/h4>\n<p>To create a Viewer account:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Log in to Device ManageR as an Administrator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. Then repeat the steps above, choosing <strong>Viewer<\/strong> under <em>Account Privilege Settings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Viewer_Add_New_User_Account_Add_User_Button.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2261\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Viewer_Add_New_User_Account_Add_User_Button.png\" alt=\"Viewer_Add_New_User_Account_Add_User_Button\" width=\"350\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To log in as a Viewer, close your browser, re-open it, and then re-open Device ManageR in order to bring up the log-in screen. Enter the Viewer&#8217;s username and password to log in as the Viewer.<\/p>\n<h4><a class=\"wpsal-anchor\" name=\"configure_guest\" id=\"configure_guest\"><\/a>Guest<\/h4>\n<p>To create a Guest\u00a0account:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Log in to Device ManageR as an Administrator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. Then repeat the steps above, choosing <strong>Guest<\/strong>\u00a0under Account Privilege Settings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3. Once you choose <strong>Guest<\/strong>, you&#8217;ll also need to choose the devices the Guest has access to. Click on a device to move it from <em>Available Devices<\/em> to the Guest&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Allowed Devices<\/em> list. In the example below, the Guest is being granted\u00a0access only to the Room Alert 32E in the data center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Guest_Add_User_Button.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2273\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Guest_Add_User_Button.png\" alt=\"Guest_Add_User_Button\" width=\"350\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To log in as the Guest, close your browser, re-open it, and then re-open Device ManageR in order to bring up the log-in screen. Enter the Guest&#8217;s username and password to log in as the Guest.<\/p>\n<h3><a class=\"wpsal-anchor\" name=\"user_account_privileges\" id=\"user_account_privileges\"><\/a>User Account Privileges<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#administrator_privileges\">Administrator<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#viewer_privileges\">Viewer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#guest_privileges\">Guest<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a class=\"wpsal-anchor\" name=\"administrator_privileges\" id=\"administrator_privileges\"><\/a>Administrator<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. An Administrator can see all devices discovered on the network. In the example below, all 14 discovered devices appear under <em>Device Status<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_And_Viewer_Discovered_Devices.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2264\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_And_Viewer_Discovered_Devices.png\" alt=\"Admin_And_Viewer_Discovered_Devices\" width=\"350\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. An Administrator can configure widgets in its personalized\u00a0<em>Dashboard View<\/em> for all discovered devices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_And_Viewer_Widget_Dropdown_List.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2265\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_And_Viewer_Widget_Dropdown_List.png\" alt=\"Admin_And_Viewer_Widget_Dropdown_List\" width=\"350\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3. An Administrator can also configure all items in the <em>Alerts \/ Tasks<\/em> screen. Notice that the <em>Add<\/em>, <em>Edit<\/em>, <em>Copy<\/em> and <em>Delete<\/em> buttons are available for each item in <em>Alerts \/ Tasks<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/9-Alerts-Tasks-Admin-View.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2338\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/9-Alerts-Tasks-Admin-View.png\" alt=\"9 - Alerts-Tasks - Admin View\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/9-Alerts-Tasks-Admin-View.png 721w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/9-Alerts-Tasks-Admin-View-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">4. An Administrator has full access to the <em>Settings<\/em> screen and is able to configure all items, including creating Viewer, Guest and other Administrator accounts for other users under <em>Security<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Settings.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2286\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Settings.png\" alt=\"Admin_Settings\" width=\"400\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Settings.png 592w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_Settings-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a class=\"wpsal-anchor\" name=\"viewer_privileges\" id=\"viewer_privileges\"><\/a>Viewer<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Like an Administrator, a Viewer can see all of the discovered devices on the network. In the example below, all 14 discovered devices appear under <em>Device Status<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_And_Viewer_Discovered_Devices.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2264\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_And_Viewer_Discovered_Devices.png\" alt=\"Admin_And_Viewer_Discovered_Devices\" width=\"350\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. Like an Administrator, a Viewer can configure\u00a0widgets in its personalized <em>Dashboard View<\/em> for all discovered devices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_And_Viewer_Widget_Dropdown_List.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2265\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admin_And_Viewer_Widget_Dropdown_List.png\" alt=\"Admin_And_Viewer_Widget_Dropdown_List\" width=\"350\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3. However, since a Viewer has read-only access, it cannot reconfigure the items in <em>Alerts \/ Tasks<\/em>. Notice that the <em>Add<\/em>, <em>Edit<\/em>, <em>Copy<\/em> and <em>Delete<\/em> buttons do not appear under the items in the Viewer\u2019s <em>Alerts \/ Tasks<\/em> screen, preventing a Viewer from changing any settings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-683\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Viewer_Alerts_And_Tasks_No_Edit_Buttons.png\" alt=\"Viewer_Alerts_And_Tasks_No_Edit_Buttons\" width=\"450\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">4. A Viewer also cannot configure <em>Settings<\/em>, which is completely inaccessible to this type of account. Notice that the <em>Settings<\/em> button is absent from the Viewer\u2019s navigation bar, as shown below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Viewer_And_Guest_View_Of_Nav_Bar.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2266\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Viewer_And_Guest_View_Of_Nav_Bar.png\" alt=\"Viewer_And_Guest_View_Of_Nav_Bar\" width=\"200\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a class=\"wpsal-anchor\" name=\"guest_privileges\" id=\"guest_privileges\"><\/a>Guest<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. A Guest can only see those devices assigned to it. In the example below, although there are actually 14 discovered devices, this Guest account can display only 1, the Room Alert 32E from its <em>Allowed Devices<\/em> list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Guest_Discovered_Devices.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2276\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Guest_Discovered_Devices.png\" alt=\"Guest_Discovered_Devices\" width=\"350\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. While a Guest can configure\u00a0widgets in its own personalized <em>Dashboard View<\/em>, it has access only to the device(s) assigned to it. In this Guest&#8217;s view, only the allowed Room Alert 32E appears in the widget\u2019s dropdown list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Guest_Widget_Dropdown_Menu.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2277\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Guest_Widget_Dropdown_Menu.png\" alt=\"Guest_Widget_Dropdown_Menu\" width=\"350\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3. Under <em>Alerts \/ Tasks<\/em>, a Guest cannot reconfigure any items and can see only allowed devices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; Notice that the <em>Add<\/em>, <em>Edit<\/em>, <em>Copy<\/em> and <em>Delete<\/em> are absent from the Guest <em>Alerts \/ Tasks<\/em> screen, preventing a Guest from changing any settings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; Also, although there are actually 4 Alerts set up, this Guest can only see the Alert for the assigned Room Alert 32E, as shown below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Guest_View_Of_Alerts_And_Tasks.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2333\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Guest_View_Of_Alerts_And_Tasks.png\" alt=\"Guest_View_Of_Alerts_And_Tasks\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">4. A Guest cannot configure <em>Settings<\/em>, which is completely inaccessible to this type of account. Notice that the <em>Settings<\/em> button is absent from the Guest\u2019s navigation bar, as shown below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Viewer_And_Guest_View_Of_Nav_Bar1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2278\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Viewer_And_Guest_View_Of_Nav_Bar1.png\" alt=\"Viewer_And_Guest_View_Of_Nav_Bar\" width=\"200\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Device ManageR does not require user accounts with user names and passwords. However, they are an option if you would like to add security in terms of who can reconfigure the program and who can see what data. 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