Setting apparatus, setting method, storage medium, and terminal apparatus

A setting method using a setting apparatus performing a setting of an I/O module including a plurality of first connectors to which field devices are connectable and a second connector to which a controller controlling the field devices is connectable, comprising:

• authenticating an operator using the setting apparatus;
• and
• assigning operation authorization to the operator authenticated on the basis of previously set authorization definition information, the operation authorization allowing the operator to perform at least one operation using the setting apparatus, the authorization definition information including an I/O list, an authorization list, and a user list, the I/O list including first information defining whether or not a change of input and output information of the field device is permitted for each of the first connectors, the authorization list including second information defining whether or not a change of each item of the input and output information is permitted for each role of the operator, the user list including third information in which the operator and the role of the operator are associated with each other,
• wherein assigning the operation authorization comprises:
• referring the first information in the I/O list and determining whether or not the change of input and output information of the field device is permitted for each of the first connectors, and
• if it is determined that the change of input and output information of the field device is permitted for each of the first connectors, referring the authorization list and the user list and determining whether or not the change of each item of the input and output information is permitted on the basis of the role of the operator authenticated.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a setting program causing a computer to function as a setting apparatus that performs a setting of an I/O module including a plurality of first connectors to which field devices are connectable and a second connector to which a controller controlling the field devices is connectable, the setting program causing the computer to:

• authenticate an operator using the setting apparatus;
• and
• assign operation authorization to the operator authenticated on the basis of previously set authorization definition information, the operation authorization allowing the operator to perform at least one operation using the setting apparatus, the authorization definition information including an I/O list, an authorization list, and a user list, the I/O list including first information defining whether or not a change of input and output information of the field device is permitted for each of the first connectors, the authorization list including second information defining whether or not a change of each item of the input and output information is permitted for each role of the operator, the user list including third information in which the operator and the role of the operator are associated with each other,
• wherein assigning the operation authorization comprises:
• referring the first information in the I/O list and determining whether or not the change of input and output information of the field device is permitted for each of the first connectors, and
• if it is determined that the change of input and output information of the field device is permitted for each of the first connectors, referring the authorization list and the user list and determining whether or not the change of each item of the input and output information is permitted on the basis of the role of the operator authenticated.