Secure networks and devices

To browse or secure control hardware accessible to the computer from:

In

FactoryTalk Administration Console

, by default, security supports centralized administration by associating security permissions with network relative paths that point to physical control networks and devices. A relative network path uses a network as a starting point and ends with the target network or device. The name of the network corresponds to the

RSLinx Classic

driver name.

As an alternative, the security system also allows defining a logical name as an alias to a path, and associating security permissions directly with the name, rather than with the path. Because

RSLogix 5000

controllers are identified by logical device names and not by relative paths, define a logical name in

FactoryTalk Administration Console

that maps to the controller's device name.

When using a logical name to set security permission for a device, define the logical name on each computer on the network that has access to the device. This allows the device to use the permissions associated with the logical name.