You want to give additional people access to the openXEdge UI — typically a maintenance and a shop-floor operator account on top of the existing admin.

Prerequisites

• You are signed in as a user with the settings permission (the factory admin).
• You have decided which areas the new user should be allowed to see.

See existing accounts

1. Top-right cog → Settings → Manage Users in the sidebar.

2. The accounts table appears with permission columns:

   

Column	Meaning
network-configuration	May change netplan (in Settings → Network) — the edge reboots on save.
grafana	Sees the Grafana tile on the home page and can open the dashboard.
idea4s-bridge	May view and modify the IDEA-4S sensor and its parameters.
datastore	Sees the DataStore tile and reaches the internal-database UI.
settings	Sees the entire settings area, including other accounts and Update.

admin has every permission by definition.

Create a new user

In the Create New User block at the bottom:

1. Username — free-form, unique.
2. Password — set initial password.
3. Role — User for restricted accounts, admin for full rights.
4. Click Create User.

The new row appears immediately. Tick the permission boxes so the person sees exactly the areas they need — e.g. a shop-floor account gets grafana and idea4s-bridge only, never settings.

Change permissions

Tick or untick the boxes directly in the table — the change takes effect on the user’s next page load.

Delete an account

Actions column → trash button. Note: the last remaining admin cannot be deleted — otherwise nobody could log in.

If you lock yourself out

• Another user with settings permission can reset the password in the Manage-Users table.
• Failing that, Brinkhaus personnel can re-derive the initial password from the machine ID — see First boot walkthrough.