Setting The Administrator Password; Creating A User Authentication Key - Yamaha QL5 Reference Manual

• Guest ............A Guest can use only the range of functionality permitted by the
Administrator. Only one set of Guest settings is maintained inside the
console.
• User ..............A User can use only the range of functionality permitted by the
Administrator. User settings are saved internally or on a USB flash drive
as user authentication keys. Multiple sets of user settings (up to ten in
internal memory) can be saved, each with the desired user name.
A User who has Power User privileges can create or edit user
authentication keys with a specified user level.
When a user logs in, the user settings for that user are applied. User settings include the
following information.
• Password (except for Guest)
• User Level settings (except for Administrator)
• Preferences
• USER DEFINED keys
• USER DEFINED knobs
• Custom fader bank
• MASTER fader
Privileges for each user are as follows.
Editing user
setup data,
such as USER Editing User Level
Logged-in user
DEFINED keys settings
and
Preferences
Available
(Cannot edit the
Available
user level, since the
(Can edit the
administrator can
Administrator settings for
always perform all
Administrator
operations. Can edit
and for Guest.)
the settings for
Guest.)
Power user Available Available
Normal
user
User
(User without Available
(Viewing only)
Power User
privileges)
Guest Available
(Viewing only)
User authentication
Password Editing
setting comments
Create
new
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Setting the Administrator password

With the factory settings, the Administrator password is not set, meaning that anyone can log
in with Administrator privileges and perform all operations. If you want to restrict the
operations of other users, you must specify an Administrator password.
STEP
1. In the Function Access Area, press the SETUP button.
2. In the SETUP screen, press the PASSWORD CHANGE button.
3. In the keyboard window, enter the password in the NEW PASSWORD field, then
enter the same password in the RE-ENTER PASSWORD field for verification, and
finally press the OK button.
key
Overwrite
SETUP screen
-save
NOTE
• The password can be up to eight characters. If the two passwords that were entered match, the
Administrator password will be set.
• For details on entering a password, refer to "Assigning a name" in the separate Owner's Manual.
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Creating a user authentication key

You can create a user authentication key and save it on a USB flash drive or in the console's
internal memory. A user authentication key can be created only by an Administrator or Power
User. The user level is specified when the authentication key is created, but USER SETUP
settings other than the user level (such as preferences and the USER DEFINED keys) will be
Available
(Excluding carried over from the user who is currently logged-in.
User Level
NOTE
settings)
• You can store ten keys in the console's internal memory.
• The file name of the user authentication key will be the current user name, and it will be created
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and saved in the root directory.
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