Decrease your Security Risk with GE QuickPanels

Decrease your security risk by giving certain users privileges. GE's series of QuickPanel HMIs use security to do just this. Here is how to configure and implement security on QuickPanels.

The act of configuring users is done during the runtime. Typically this means downloading and running on the QuickPanel itself but you can simulate the project on the PC before downloading. Click on the target within Machine Edition and enable the Simulate property.

Next, create/edit a panel and add two buttons anywhere. Double click one button to give a touch animation of Logon.

Double click the other button and give it a Touch animation with a script. You'll be using the EditUserList command which can be found by right clicking in the script body.

Now download the project and run. The target has been set to simulate so it should run on your local PC. Open the panel you've made and you'll see the two buttons we placed. Click the first button to trigger the logon dialogue. The default credential is:

username: master
password: control

After logging in, click on the second button to trigger the EditUserList dialogue. This window is where we create new users,access levels, and permissions.

At this point, security has been configured but it hasn't been implemented. Simply hide objects in all your panels by their Visibility Animation. Objects can be visible based on user or access level as shown below.

Use a web browser on ABB drives!

The FENA-01 Ethernet module for ABB drives can be reached through a web browser!

1. Using the keypad, enter a valid IP address in Group 51, Parameters 5105 through 5108.
2. Using the keypad, enter a valid subnet mask like 255.255.255.0 which shows up as option 24 in Parameter 5109
3. Parameter 51.27, Edit, Refresh to perform a parameter refresh or cycle power to the drive.
4. Connect the drive to the same network as your PC and type the IP address into the address bar of your favorite browser.

You will have access to 3 major sections of information.

Section 1: Status
This will show all of the important facts about the Ethernet module like software version, MAC and serial number.


Section 2: Configuration This will show all of the parameters needed to configure your Ethernet module to talk to your control system via EtherNet IP, Modbus TCP or ProfiNET.


Section 3: Support This section give you links to find important information like manuals and EDS files.

*Note: This is not a webpage that will show all of the parameters in the drive. It will only show Ethernet card related parameters.