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| − | Providing a list of the users, or family members, who will use the system is optional. | + | Providing a list of the users, or family members, who will use the system is optional. The two main reasons for defining users are: |
| − | 1. | + | 1. You want to be notified of events at home, such as security breaches, sensors being tripped, and so on. Add each user who you want to be notified, and for each user specify how he should be notified: by SMS text message, email, or a voice call. Then when you add an event to a scene, you can specify for each event which users should be notified. Vera will use the contact info you provide here on the Users tab. |
| − | 2. | + | 2. The other reason to supply users is if you want to require a username and password to login when you are at home, from a web browser on your home network. By default anybody on the home network can control or configure Vera. This isn't necessarily a security issue; Vera by default turns on a firewall if you don't have one, so only people within the home, on your home network can access Vera's web page. If you want to restrict this so a username and password is required, add the users and their passwords and check the box "Require a username and password to access this from within my home network". Note that these usernames and passwords are unrelated to the one you use for FindVera.com. The FindVera.com is for accessing the system remotely. The users and passwords you setup here are for accessing Vera on the local netowrk. |
| − | NOTE: If you want to access Vera remotely '''without''' using the [[ | + | NOTE: If you want to access Vera remotely '''without''' using the [[Find Vera Service|FindVera.com service]] you can do this by setting up a port forward in your home network and specifying "No Firewall" on Vera's 'Net & Wi-Fi' tab. In this case you should always check the "Require a username and password" box to prevent unauthorized access from the internet. |
Revision as of 02:22, 2 August 2009
Providing a list of the users, or family members, who will use the system is optional. The two main reasons for defining users are:
1. You want to be notified of events at home, such as security breaches, sensors being tripped, and so on. Add each user who you want to be notified, and for each user specify how he should be notified: by SMS text message, email, or a voice call. Then when you add an event to a scene, you can specify for each event which users should be notified. Vera will use the contact info you provide here on the Users tab.
2. The other reason to supply users is if you want to require a username and password to login when you are at home, from a web browser on your home network. By default anybody on the home network can control or configure Vera. This isn't necessarily a security issue; Vera by default turns on a firewall if you don't have one, so only people within the home, on your home network can access Vera's web page. If you want to restrict this so a username and password is required, add the users and their passwords and check the box "Require a username and password to access this from within my home network". Note that these usernames and passwords are unrelated to the one you use for FindVera.com. The FindVera.com is for accessing the system remotely. The users and passwords you setup here are for accessing Vera on the local netowrk.
NOTE: If you want to access Vera remotely without using the FindVera.com service you can do this by setting up a port forward in your home network and specifying "No Firewall" on Vera's 'Net & Wi-Fi' tab. In this case you should always check the "Require a username and password" box to prevent unauthorized access from the internet.
