The Commissioning Wizard prevents commissioning a controller that retains the factory-default platform user account. In this Commissioning Wizard step, you specify platform login credentials (user name and password) to replace the factory default platform user on this controller.

  • Prerequisite: You are stepping through the Commissioning Wizard.
  • Enter the desired User Name with which to log in to the platform.

NOTICE! This name must be different from the default name. It can have a maximum of 14 alphanumeric characters (a - z, A - Z, 0 - 9), where the first character must be alphabetic and following characters either alphanumeric or an underscore ( _ ).

  1. Enter and confirm the Password.

Create a strong password with a minimum of 10 characters including: at least one uppercase character, at least one lowercase character, and at least one digit. Entry characters display only as asterisks (*). An error popup window reminds you if you attempt to enter a passphrase that does not meet the minimum rules:

Use both upper and lower case.

Include numeric digits (a minimum of one).

Include special characters.

Don’t use dictionary words.

Don’t use company name.

Don’t make the password same as the user name.

Don’t use common numbers like telephone, address, birthday, and so on.

User name and password entries are case sensitive. If you are not changing the controller’s IP ad =dress during commissioning, the credentials for your replacement platform user are remembered in the current session. This can simplify platform reconnection to the controller after it reboots from commissioning. This is useful in a migration scenario. However, if you are changing the IP ad- dress during commissioning, you need to remember/re-enter the new credentials for a platform user in order to reconnect. Always make careful note of any changed platform credentials, and guard them closely—as they provide the highest security level access to any Niagara platform.

  1. In the (optional) Comment property, enter an alphanumeric descriptor for this platform admin user and click Next.
  • This alphanumeric descriptor displays in the Users table and helps differentiate users if you have more than one platform user. You cannot edit this property after adding a user, unlike with a user’s password. If, at the beginning of commissioning, you selected to Configure additional platform daemon users, the Platform user account information window opens.
The Users table in this window shows the replacement user you just created.
  1. To create another user, click New User, fill in this user’s credentials, click OK.

NOTICE! You can also use this step to delete users and change user passwords. You can access this same configuration via the User Accounts button in the Platform Administration view, which is available any time after commissioning.

  1. To add another user, repeat these steps or else click the Next button for the final commissioning step.

Make a note of all platform user credentials and guard them carefully. Consider the platform daemon as the highest-level of access to the controller. If you lose or forget these credentials, you may be unable to complete commissioning and start up this controller. In this case, you can restore the factory default platform user, provided you can serially connect to the controller (make a serial shell connection), then press and hold the SHUT DOWN button as you power up the device.

  1. To continue, press Next.
  • The Completing Commissioning window opens.