Schneider Electric Default Controller Passwords

The Schneider Electric records here run across the PowerLogic and Modicon lines. The entries are logged as industrial and building-automation controllers and modems and ONTs. They cover more than one level of access — admin, service and user.

Point a browser at whatever your computer reports as its default gateway. On Windows that is the Default Gateway line from ipconfig; on macOS, Network settings shows it under the active connection.

Administrator is the username on 4 of the 10 entries. 2 of them ask for no username at all. Where one is set, admin comes up most often, on 3 entries.

There are 6 different passwords across the Schneider Electric set, so check your exact model rather than assuming. All of them are reached over a protocol that puts the password on the wire in clear text, so work from a machine on the same wired network rather than across the internet, and change the password once you are in.

There is a recessed reset button on the back or underneath that needs a straightened paperclip. Hold it in for thirty seconds with the unit powered on. Let go when the lights change pattern, and give it a couple of minutes to come back up.

A reset clears more than the password. The Wi-Fi name and key go back to what is printed on the label, port forwards and firewall rules are discarded, and any static addressing is lost. Photograph the settings pages first — it takes two minutes and saves an evening.