How to Manage User Access Rights

A User's access is managed and regulated by Admins. Users can be regulated to not be allowed to view, only view, view and control, or have full administrative control over specific thermostats. A User is unable to add, remove, or adjust other User's restrictive settings.

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How to Add a New User to your Pelican Web-App

  1. Log in to your Pelican Web-App and select the Admin icon.
  2. Select User Management.
  3. Select the + icon on the bottom right corner of the User Management screen.
  4. Type in the Name of the new person you will be adding to the Site under User Name.
  5. Type in the Email Address of the new person you will be adding to the Site under Email Address.
  6. A notification will appear letting you know an email has been sent to the new user. Press Ok to confirm.
Note: If you entered the incorrect email address the new user will be unable to set up their access password. You can change the email address anytime by editing the Email Address field and a new email will be sent to the correct email address.

How to Change a User’s Settings

  1. Log in to your Pelican Web-App and select the Admin icon.
  2. Select User Management.
  3. Select the Userwhose User Settings are to be changed.
  4. Set the User Settings, as desired.
    1. Log Out: For security and convenience, Pelican allows you to configure when this User will be automatically logged out of the Pelican Web-App when they exit the app.
      2. Note: There is a Log Out button in the Pelican Web-App where a User can always manually log out of the system.

      Automated Log Out options are:

      1. On Exit: Selecting this option will log the User out of the Pelican Web-App every time they close their browser.
      2. After 1 Day: Selecting this option will log the User out of the Pelican Web-App one (1) day after they accessed the app.
      3. After 30 Days: Selecting this option will log the User out of the Pelican Web-App 30 days after they accessed the app.
      4. Never: Selecting this option means the app will keep them logged in.
    2. Receive Email Notifications: Select Yes to allow the User will receive system notifications via email. Enter their email address.
    3. Receive Text Notifications: Select Yes to allow the User to receive a text when a system notification occurs. Enter their phone number (with area code) and select the carrier of their cellular plan from the drop-down menu.

    4. View Notifications: Select Yes to allow this User to view system notifications on the Pelican Web-App.

    5. View Usage Graphs: Select Yes to allow this User to view the Usage Graphs on the Pelican Web-App.

      Tip: Select No at any time, to stop receiving or viewing Notifications, and to stop viewing the Usage Graphs.

How to Change a User’s Thermostat Access

By default, a User will have No Access to any of the Pelican thermostats. To change a User’s Thermostat Access refer to the instructions below:

  1. Log into your Pelican Web-App and select the Admin icon.
  2. Select User Management.
  3. Select the User that you would like to change Thermostat Access for.
  4. Set the Thermostat Access setting based on the following options:

    1. Full Access: The User is able to adjust the thermostat's temperature settings, fan settings, and edit or create a custom schedule for the thermostat. They can view history graphs as well. But, cannot access or adjust thermostat configurations.

      2. Note: This setting does not give the User access to edit a Shared Schedule or regular Schedule, but they can view the regular Schedule.

    2. Set & View: The User is able to adjust the thermostat's temperature settings and Fan settings and can view the history graphs. But, is unable to adjust the thermostat's schedule or thermostat configurations.

    3. View Access: The User is able to view the thermostat's temperature settings, Fan settings, schedule, and history graphs. But, is unable to adjust any of the thermostats settings or configurations.

    4. No Access: The User will be unable to view this thermostat at all. It does not even show up when they log into the Pelican Web-App, i.e., this setting makes the thermostat hidden to the user.

      Note: In all cases, a User does not have access to the Admin section of the Pelican Web-App.

How to Delete a User from a Pelican Site

  1. Log into your Pelican Web-App and select the Admin icon.
  2. Select User Management.
  3. Select the User that is to be deleted.
  4. Select the Delete button located on the top-right corner of the screen.
  5. Select Ok to confirm deletion.
Note: If a User receives notifications, once removed from a Pelican site they will no longer receive system notifications.