System Settings

To customize the default settings on your Stat Temp website, you must have access to the System Settings menu. This area is reserved for users with administrator privileges. Administrators also have the ability to extend access to these settings to other user roles as needed.

Accessing System Settings

1. Click the gear icon located at the top of the screen.
2. Select System Settings from the dropdown menu.

System Settings Overview

The System Settings menu allows administrators to control several key areas of the site, including display formatting, site access security, and default sensor configurations.

Site Display Settings

Customize how time and temperature are displayed across your site. The following options are available:

• Date Format – Choose the preferred display format for dates.
• Time Format – Select between 12-hour or 24-hour clock formats.
• Timezone – Set your site’s timezone.
• Temperature Unit – Select between Celsius and Fahrenheit.

Site Access & Security

Manage how users log in and interact with your site securely. This section includes:

• Invitation Expiration – Set invitations to expire after 30, 45, 60, or 90 days.
• Password Expiration – Require password changes every 30, 45, 60, or 90 days.
• Password Complexity – Enforce rules such as:
  • Use of uppercase and lowercase letters
  • Inclusion of special characters
  • Requirement for numbers
  • Minimum character length
• Website Timeout – Automatically log out inactive users after 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes.
• Disable User Settings:
  • Days inactive before disabling an account
  • Days to notify a user before their account is disabled
  • Number of failed login attempts before the account is disabled
  • Minutes a user remains disabled after reaching the failed login threshold
• IP Whitelist – Restrict login and invite functionality to specific email domains.

Default Sensor Configuration

Control how sensors behave and communicate by configuring default settings:

• Environment Policy – Select the default environment policy to apply to new sensors.
• Logging Frequency:
  • Normal: 30, 20, or 15 minutes
  • Warning: 30, 20, 15, or 5 minutes
• Notification Settings:
  • Log Frequencies for normal, warning, and critical
  • Warning and Critical Notifications – select the default notifications assigned when a sensor comes online
  • Missed Check-in Notification – select the default notification assigned when a sensor comes online
  • Missed Check-ins Prior to Alerting – The default is set to 3, but it can be set between 3 and 10 missed check-ins before sending an alert

Saving Changes

After making updates in any section of the System Settings, click ‘Save’ located at the bottom right of the screen to apply your changes.