Initial Power Up
The first time you power up your EPM device you must:
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Set up your Super User |
Your Super User is a user with full access to every aspect of your system. The minimum information required to set up your Super User is:
See Configuring your Super User for details.
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Log into EPM Data Management |
Using the Super User credentials you have just set up, log into EPM Data Management for the first time. See Logging in for details.
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Configure your system The following configuration tasks can be completed in any order you require |
Tip - Not all of the following apply to your system, if you are using this as a checklist you may want to strike out any tasks not relevant.
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Configure Device Settings Set up your system wide preferences |
Internationalization - To set up your language preference, date and time. See Configuring Internationalization for details. |
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Networks - See Configuring Networks for details. |
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Key Management - See Configuring Key Management for details if using secure file transfer protocol (SFTP). |
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General Settings - See Configuring General Settings for details. |
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Web Servers - See Configuring Web Server for details. |
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Audit Trail level - See Configuring Audit for details. |
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Security Policies - See Configuring Security Policies for details. |
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Feature Options - See Configuring Feature Options for details. |
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Archive Servers - See Configuring Archive Servers for details. |
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Set up Roles |
Create Roles and allocate Permissions to them. |
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Set up Users |
Create user accounts for everyone that needs to access EPM Data Management and assign them Roles. See EPM Data User Interface Users for details.
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Configure your I/O |
Set up your physical I/O channels. |
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Set up Functions Configure the functions required for your process |
Math - See Maths for details. |
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Timers - See Timers for details. |
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Totalizers - See Totalizers for details. |
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Counters - See Counters for details. |
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Applications - See Applications for details. |
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Jobs - See Jobs for details. |
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| Set up Groups |
Create the groups you are recording. See Groups for details.
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| Set up Batch Configurations |
Before you can run a Batch, you must create Batch Configurations. |
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| Set up Archiving |
Archiving is the process of saving the data recorded by your recorder, you must therefore configure archiving as part of the initial commissioning of your Data Recorder. |
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Last update - April 2026