RIMAS for DOS Software

To: All Users of (Advanced) RIMAS for DOS

From: The SHARED LOGIC Group, Inc.

Re: Adding New Users to Advanced RIMAS for DOS

Date: April 11, 2003

The following procedure is used to add a new user Pin Number to the Advanced RIMAS for DOS system. It is suggested a Pin Number be assigned for each person who will be utilizing the program.

1. Access the Advanced RIMAS programs using Pin #1. Pin #1 is already a user in the Advanced RIMAS system and is assigned administrator/developer privileges. These privileges allow access to the Control Center where various administrative responsibilities are completed. One of these responsibilities is allocating new user Pin Numbers and rights.

2. When you have accessed the Control Center, go to the ADMIN column with the use of the right arrow or the number 5.

3. Users will be highlighted. At this point, [Enter] will advance you to the User Registration screen where you may choose Create. The cursor will proceed to the User’s PIN field where you will assign a numeric Personal Identification Number. You may choose a number from 2 through 998. Shared Logic has already assigned number “1” and “999” is a reserved number. If the Pin Number is already assigned, a message will appear informing you that the number already exists.

4. When the number entered is accepted by the system, you will progress to the Last name field. This is a fifteen character alphanumeric field where you may enter the users last name or any information to identify the user. If you choose you are able to skip over this field to leave it blank.

5. The Initials field is a four character alphanumeric filed that you may also choose to leave blank.

6. When the cursor is placed in the Template ref field a pop-up menu appears. Choose Enter new details from the menu and [Enter].

7. The Department and Job title fields may be filled in, or you may choose to leave them blank.

8. While in the Operator status field, you are presented with a pop-up menu of choices for setting the type of user. The User type is set when you highlight a menu choice and depress [Enter]. The user status may be set for an End User or Developer plus Administrator. When the User type you desire to set is checked, highlight Accept and depress [Enter].

9. To increase the security of the system, you may choose to assign a password to a user. The user will then be required to enter the password to gain access to the system.

a) To assign a password to a user, select Yes from the pop-up menu and enter the password at the Enter Password prompt. The password field is a ten character alphanumeric field and is case sensitive. Passwords must contain at least five characters and include at least one number. The password, that is entered, during this process, is temporary. The first time a user enters the password, he/she will be asked to enter and confirm a new password. The new password will then be the actual password that is assigned to the PIN.

b) You will then set the duration of the password. You may set the password to be valid from 1 – 999 days. When the password duration is expired, a new password must be assigned.

c) If you do not wish to assign a password, simply select No from the pop-up menu.

10. Should you wish to track the actions of a user you will enable the logbook. To enable the logbook, choose Yes, from the pop-up menu to record system events. If you do not wish to enable the logbook, choose No.

11. The Sessions allowed entry determines the number of allowed open events for the user. It can be set from 1 to 99. It is recommended to set end users to no more than 3 open sessions and administrators to more than 3 open sessions. If you loose power and cannot exit the system properly the sessions will remain open. An administrator would then be allowed to enter the system, with the use of another session, to unlock files and clear the user file.

12. The Park option will default to Yes for an Administrator/Developer. It should be set to No for an End User. The Monitor option will be set to No.

13. The bat file used to ARIMAS 2.0 will determine where the user will be taken when entering the program. It is suggested you assign all user types to go to the Control Center.

14. It is suggested you choose Operating System, from the pop-up menu, for the Sign-off option.

15. You may enter through the Authorized Access Levels section and save the entry.