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Groups, Users, and Members
In order to introduce a level of organization to how end-users interact with Matrix Controller,
it is important to understand the concepts of groups , users , and members . Let’s first define
each of these terms:
► A group is a collection of both members and inputs/outputs. Groups are created under
the Groups tab in the Web interface. See Creating Groups (page 28) .
► A user is a name identifier that is created and assigned an administrator or operator
access level . We’ll discuss access level in the next section. Users are created under
the Users tab in the Web interface. See Creating Users (page 26) .
► A member is a user that has been assigned to a group . It is important to make
the distinction between a user and a member . Members are managed under the
Groups > Members tab in the Web interface. See Adding Users to Groups (page
34) .
Now that we have defined each term, let’s put them together in an illustration.
In the diagram, below, we have created two groups: Sales and Accounting . Each group
contains three members . The small rectangles within each group represent an arbitrary
number of inputs and outputs that are assigned to the group.
Looking at the diagram, above, the user “berenice” is currently assigned to Sales and
she will only be able to access the set of inputs and outputs that are within the Sales
group. The same is true for both the “admin” and “front panel” users. None of these users
can access the inputs and outputs under the Accounting group because they are not a
member of that group.
Likewise, the users “john”, “eric”, and “kayla” are members of the Accounting group and
do not have access to the inputs and outputs under the
Sales
group.
However, it is possible to add the same user to multiple groups.
Control Nomenclature
admin
front panel
berenice
Sales
john
eric
kayla
Accounting
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