Users / Overview

Introduction

NovaStar provides for distinct user roles with differing degrees of access to the NovaStar database.

• Administrators:
  • have responsibility for the NovaStar security system and have access to the configuration, calibration and setup functions within NovaStar that specify how transmissions from remote sensors are converted to meaningful data
  • are trusted to edit all data
• Operators:
  • have read and write access to the database for calibration, setup, and data editing
  • are trusted to edit station and point configurations and data
• Guests:
  • have read-only access for viewing data
  • receive view-only privileges

The Users menu command allows an administrator to manage the system's users and to provide access to those users by entering the passwords that will allow them to login. The user list also acts as a record of system users for the user. For a new NovaStar system, the only predefined user will be the system administrator.

The User menu provides access to a subordinate menu of commands used to create and manage user lists and group definitions:

• User List
• User Role List
• User Group List