# Local User Configuration

Each In-Sight vision system has its own set of users, separate from every other vision system on the network. If a user needs access to a particular vision system, they must know a user name and password that already exists on that vision system.

When selecting a vision system on the In-Sight® Device Pane, you can use the Local User Configuration tab of the User Configuration utility to configure users for that vision system. You can then use the user name and password of those users to log in to the vision system. This mechanism acts as a security measure, with three different access levels available. for more information about access levels, see User Access Levels.

By default, every In-Sight vision system has one preconfigured user: admin, who has an Access Level of Full and a blank password. See the Add, Modify, or Delete Local Users with the User Settings Utility topic for more information on how to configure these user settings.

Note:

- Only users with an Access Level set to Full can add, delete, or modify users. However, the default admin user cannot be renamed, its Access Level cannot be modified, and it cannot be deleted either, even if another user with Full access is configured on the vision system.
- Each vision system must have a user with an Access Level set to Full.
- Each vision system can have a maximum of 64 users, of varying Access Levels.
- Each user name can be a maximum of 64 characters.
- User Names are case sensitive and must be unique (that is, there can be no duplicate user names on the vision system).
- User Names, Passwords and Comments can use Unicode characters.
- Passwords are displayed as asterisks.
- There is no minimum Password strength requirement (such as no minimum length or special characters). Passwords can also be blank.
- The maximum length of a Comment is 1024 characters.