Siemens SIMATIC HMI OP3, Equipment Manual

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6-3
Operator Panel OP3
Edition 11/99
You can allocate up to 20 passwords. The password must contain a minimum
of three and a maximum of eight digits. Leading zeros and letters are not
allowed.
To allocate a password and a password level, proceed as follows:
1. Select the line for the password entry on the password list.
The cursor is located on the first character of the field for password input.
2. Enter a password and confirm it by pressing
ENTER
.
3. Move the cursor with the RIGHT arrow key to the field for the password
level.
4. Enter a password level of 1 to 8 for the password and confirm it by
pressing
ENTER
.
5. Exit from the standard screen by pressing ESCAPE .
To modify a password, call the password entry in the same way as you would
to allocate a password and enter the new password by overwriting the old
one.
If you just want to modify the password level and not the password, skip the
field containing the password entry by pressing
ENTER
. Then move the
cursor with the
RIGHT
arrow key to the field for the password level and
enter the new level.
To delete a password, call the password entry in the same way as you would
to allocate and modify a password but overwrite the first character of the
password with a zero. Then confirm the deletion by pressing
ENTER
.
Allocating
passwords and
password levels
Modifying
passwords and
password levels
Deleting
passwords
Password Protection