Canon System Manager

The Canon framework provides native administrative control of the device. Canon defines this role as System Manager. Before the Equitrac embedded application is installed, the device may be configured so that all users can administer the machine, or it may be configured so that only the System Manager can administer the machine.

For the Equitrac embedded application to provide proper security, System Manager must be enabled before the embedded application is installed. The System Manager is enabled in the Canon framework by assigning a numeric ID and password. Once the System Manager is enabled, normal users will no longer be able to administer the device.

Creation and configuration of the System Manager is handled transparently by the automated installer.

Once the Equitrac embedded application is installed, the System Manager becomes hidden by the login application, but remains fully active in the background. Once the Equitrac application has taken control of the login, the System Manager ID and password no longer work.

The Equitrac embedded application provides its own Administrator. This Administrator always has the Primary PIN or login ID of “Admin” (with an upper case “A”). If a Secondary PIN or password is required, this value is determined in the application configuration page, and defaults to “equitrac” (with a lower case “e”). This administrator is exclusive to the device, and does not have any administrator role outside the MFP, including on the Equitrac servers. The “Admin” login ID is not related to any users on the CAS system. If there is an “Admin” user on CAS, this user will not be able to login to the Canon device.

A person logging in as the Equitrac Embedded Administrator gains all the privileges and functions of the Canon System Manager while maintaining the special role that the Equitrac Administrator has. When the application logs the administrator into the Canon framework, it uses the System Manager credentials from the application configuration. As a result, the Equitrac Administrator is mapped to the Canon System Manager.