User guide
31CL–Customer Lookup HP–Home Page PIN–Personal Identification Number VI–Visual Invoice
There are two reasons to use the SPOT security system:
• Restrict employee access to specific areas of the program.
• Track chronological sequence of use events by employee.
The second reason is an important part of SPOT’s employee theft loss
detection and prevention function, the Activity Log.
Assigned
PINPIN
PINPIN
PINs can be from one to five digits long. The larger the
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN the greater the security of access.
PINPIN
PINPIN
PINs should be at least four
digits long for an acceptable level of security. Management personnel
should set their
PINPIN
PINPIN
PINs to the full five digits. Use
PINPIN
PINPIN
PINs that are easily
remembered, such as the last four digits of a phone number or Social
Security Number.
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN entry can be made from either the displayed touch screen pad
or the numeric keyboard pad, whichever is most convenient. For
security reasons, each entered digit displays an “
**
**
*”. Default passwords
have been preassigned to all newly installed systems. To maintain
security, it is highly recommended that these be changed prior to live
system use. Existing defaults are:
•
AdministratorAdministrator
AdministratorAdministrator
Administrator—
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN = 9191
•
Clerk1Clerk1
Clerk1Clerk1
Clerk1—
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN = 1 (touch screen Detail mode)
•
Clerk2Clerk2
Clerk2Clerk2
Clerk2—
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN = 2 (keyboard Detail mode)
SECURITY MODES
There are three separate security modes. SPOT is shipped with
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN
security active.
•
No SecurityNo Security
No SecurityNo Security
No Security—Does not prompt for
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN entry anywhere in the
system.
•
PIN SecurityPIN Security
PIN SecurityPIN Security
PIN Security—Prompts for
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN entry and grants access to selected
functions based on assigned user or group rights. Each attempt to
access a protected function requires
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN entry. This is the most
secure mode, but does require a little added time for
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN entry at
each attempt.
•
TT
TT
T
imed Securityimed Security
imed Securityimed Security
imed Security—This global mode requires user
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN entry
initially and will time out after a preset (configurable) period of time
if no system activity is detected. Normally, the time-out period is set
to 10-15 minutes. All users are in timed mode with this option
selected. This mode is less secure because another user could use
the system if the logged-in user is not present for a brief time. To
prevent this from happening, use the
HPHP
HPHP
HP Logout button appearing
just below the
HPHP
HPHP
HP Process Steps [7] button. A clerk leaving an active
workstation can immediately logout by pressing this button, thereby
securing the workstation until new
PINPIN
PINPIN
PIN entry occurs.










