Utility Appearance and User Settings

Options on the Preferences tab let you change the appearance of the KDS Configuration Utility and control user access to the utility.

Look and Feel Settings

Click the Look and Feel tab to select these settings.

Setting	Description
Application Background	Selects the background color of the configuration utility.
Selection Background	Selects the background color of the current menu.
Properties Background Color	Selects the background color of any menu settings.
Application Text Color	Selects the color of the text in the KDS Configuration Utility.
Properties Text Color	Selects the color of the text of the current menu.
Show or Hide Main Menu	Displays or hides the tabs at the top of the configuration utility.
Set Default Colors	Resets the color values for the application.

Click the Email Configuration tab to select these settings.

Setting	Description
Email Address	Enter the email address the KDS will send emails from.
Password	Enter a password for sending emails.
SMTP Server	Enter the SMTP server of the email account you want to link your KDS to.
SMTP Port	Enter the SMTP port of the email account you want to link your KDS to.
Authentication Required	Selects if the email account requires authentication when sending email.
Send Test Email	Sends a test email to the email address you provide.

Click the Roles tab to select these settings.

Click these icons at the top of the tab to manage user roles overall.

Icon	Description
	Adds a new user role.
	Exports all of the role settings to a configuration file.
	Imports all of the role settings from a configuration file.

Click these icons listed with a specific user role to manage that role.

Icon	Description
	Deletes the role.
	Exports the role's settings to a configuration file.
	Imports the role's settings from a configuration file.

Setting	Description
Name	Enter a name for the user role.
Description	Enter a description for the user role.
Role Manager	Click the names of the KDS Utility tabs to switch them back and forth between the Allowed Access and Denied Access list. Any user that you assign to the current role can see only KDS Utility tab names that are included on the Allowed Access list.

Click the Users tab to select these settings.

Click these icons at the top of the tab to manage user accounts overall.

Icon	Description
	Adds a new user account.
	Exports all of the user account settings to a configuration file.
	Imports all of the user account settings from a configuration file.

Click these icons listed with a specific user account to manage that user.

Icon	Description
	Assigns a password for the account.
	Deletes the account.
	Exports the account's settings to a configuration file.
	Imports the account's settings from a configuration file.

Setting	Description
Name	Enter a name for the user account.
Description	Enter a description for the user account.
User Email Address	Enter the user's email address. The user's password and account info is sent to this address. You must enter an email address before you can assign a password to the account.
User Password Status	Displays whether or not a password is assigned to the account.
User Roles Manager	Click the role names to switch them back and forth between the Assigned Roles and Available Roles list. The current user can access only the KDS Utility tab names that are available to the selected Assigned Roles.