User profile information

Each user profile is defined by the information added into these sections.

Account Information

Item Description
Username

The user name is the log in name for the user profile. A user name is required. When you save a new user profile, an email is sent to the user, who must reply to the email to activate their account.

Active

After a user profile has been created, the Account Information section includes an Active option. The Active option is grayed-out an unavailable until the user completes the user profile by replying to the activation email. When the reply is received, the Active option is selected by default.

When the Active option is selected, you can de-select the option to suspend a user's account. See Activate or suspend a user profile.

Session timeout You can set the length of time to automatically log the user out user if no activity detected.

Contact Information

You can add contact information for anyone that should receive device reports and automation threshold alert notifications sent by Digi Axess.

Contact information can be added or updated using either of these methods:

Note For a person that should have contact information but is not allowed to log into Digi Axess, contact information can be entered in the Notification Contacts page. See Add a notification contact for a user without a user profile.

Item Description
Email

Enter the email at which the user can be receive the following information:

  • Device reports: Device reports are sent to the notification contacts in the notification groups assigned to the device reports.

  • Automation threshold alert notifications: Automation alert notifications can be set for an automation. When an automation threshold is met, a notification is sent to the notification contacts in the notification groups assigned to the automation.

Note This contact information is used only when an automation threshold is met on Connect Sensor+ device, and an alarm notification is sent by Digi Axess. For other devices, such as a Z45 Controller, contacts used to notify users of an automation threshold alarm are defined on the device's firmware. The contact list in Digi Axess is not used.

Contact information

Enter the user's Phone number. A secondary Phone number 2 can be entered.

Enter the user's First name and Last name.

Permissions

In the Permissions section, you can specify a device group, which determines the notification groups this user profile is included in; a user role, and determine whether user should receive reports and alerts.

Item Description
Device Group Select the device group the user is assigned to. Users will be able to view all devices in this group and all of its children groups.
Device Subgroup You can enter a device subgroup to limit the user to be able to view only the devices assigned the same subgroup.
User Role

Specify a User Role, which limits the user's actions.

  • Admin: User has read/write capability for all features.
    • Only users assigned Admin privileges can access the User Management section of the Digi Axess Administration page.
    • One user profile with Admin privileges is available by default in your Digi Axess. This ensures that at least one user is able to maintain configurations and access the Digi Axess Administration page.
  • Device User: User has read/write capability for all features, except for the Notification Management and User Management features in Digi Axess Administration.

  • View Only: User can only view information.

Receive Reports

User receives reports for all contact groups configured to send reports to the user's device group. This option is selected by default for Admin and Device User user roles.

Receive Alerts

User receives alerts for all contact groups configured to send alerts to the user's device group. This option is selected by default for Admin and Device User user roles.