08/2008
7 Establishing a connection and diagnostics
7.2 Cooperation areas
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7.2.1 Releasing a machine to an organization
Summary
In ePS Network Services, a machine is always assigned to just one organization
when it is set up. Depending on their assigned user roles, the machine operators in
an organization can access the functions of the machine. The administrator of the
owner organization can use the "cooperation area" function to release a machine of
that organization for use by another organization.
Note
In this documentation, source organization designates the organization that re-
leases a machine. In this documentation, target organization designates the or-
ganization to which a machine is released.
Release rights
specified by the administrator of the source organization define the
type of access granted to the target organization. Machine function rights may be
further limited in the target organization by the user roles that apply there.
A machine can
only be released by the administrator of the source organiza-
tion
. A target organization cannot pass on a release to other organizations. This
means that the source organization always maintains control over which other or-
ganization has access rights to its machine, data, and settings.
The administrator of the target organization must define a release password for re-
ceiving machines from other organizations.
The target organization administrator
discloses the release password together with the name of its organization to the
administrator of the source organization.
This allows the source organization to release machines to its organization.
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Caution
The release password and organization name must be communicated outside the
ePS system, e.g. by phone or fax. On no account must the current password for
the generic "administrator" account be used as the release password for the "co-
operation area" function.
As soon as the administrator of the source organization has received the enable
password and the name of the target organization, he or she enters it in the ePS
Network Services and can release machines of its organization to the target or-
ganization with immediate effect. A machine can be released to several target or-
ganizations simultaneously. Once the machine has been released to the target or-
ganization, the target organization administrator can enter his/her own name in the
Machine ID field (Machine Alias) by which users in his or her organization will be
able to find the machine.
Any changes to the settings made by any participants – either in the source organi-
zation or target organization – will be effective on the machine.
