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Chapter 3: System Settings
There are several important settings screens in viewLinc, all
located under the System Configuration tab. This section
covers administrative tasks such as:
• Discovering devices
• Adding devices and hosts
• Auto-swapping devices
• Removing devices
• Editing device and location properties
• Configuring email settings
• Editing alarm email templates
• Creating, editing, or deactivating user accounts and
passwords
• Granting user permissions for alarm editing capabilities
• Granting user permissions to see certain locations
• Choosing device and location description display length
(aliases)
• Choosing temperature measurement unit preferences
• Setting session expiry time
• Creating preconfigured comments
For information on the event log and generating reports, see
Chapter 7: Events, and Chapter 8: Reports. For
information on setting threshold alarms, see Chapter 5:
Alarms. For more information on administration and
management, see Chapter 2: Management.
Let’s begin working with Devices and Locations within
System Configuration.