Beckhoff Device Manager
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Version: 2.0
Fig. 25: Beckhoff Device Manager home page
Navigate forward in the menu and configure the Industrial PC. Note that modifications only become active
once they have been confirmed. It may be necessary to restart the Industrial PC.
Starting the Beckhoff Device Manager manually
To start the Beckhoff Device Manager manually, proceed as follows:
1. Open a web browser on the host PC.
2. Enter the IP address or the host name of the Industrial PC in the web browser to start the Beckhoff
Device Manager.
• Example with IP address:
https://169.254.136.237/config
The Beckhoff Device Manager starts. The Security Wizard appears.
Secure passwords
Strong passwords are an important prerequisite for a secure system.
Beckhoff supplies the device images with standard user names and standard passwords for the operating
system. It is imperative that you change these.
Controllers are delivered without password in the UEFI/BIOS. Beckhoff recommends assigning a password
here as well.
Please note the following:
• Passwords should be unique for each user and service.
• Only change passwords after an incident in which passwords have become known without
authorization.
• Train the device users in the use of passwords.
A secure password has the following characteristics:
• Password complexity: The password should contain capital and lower-case letters, numbers,
punctuation marks and special characters.
• Password length: The password should be at least 10 characters long.
You can generate the password in different ways. An example is shown in the following table:
