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Phase Steps that occur
If your Connect account is
unlinked:
• Your local instrument profile (
User G. ) is displayed in the home screen of the
instrument.
• Plate files and data files that were saved under your Connect instrument profile
are accessible under your local instrument profile.
• New plates and results are saved under local instrument profile and can be
copied to Connect.
• Your local instrument profile name (
User G. ) is available for selection in the Sign
In
screen.
IMPORTANT! If you sign in with a local profile, without linking to the Connect platform, sign out,
then link to Connect ( Get Started
4
Connect ), you can potentially have two instrument profiles with
different names. Plate files and data files from when you are signed in with one instrument profile are
not accessible when you are signed in with the other instrument profile.
Manage individual instrument profiles
Create an administrator instrument profile during initial start-up
The first instrument profile that is created during installation is assigned the role of an instrument
administrator. Administrators can grant administrative privileges to other users (see “Enable or disable
administrator privileges”
on page 135 ).
Note: An instrument administrator is separate from a Connect administrator (see “Recommended order
to set up profiles” on page 123 ).
1.
Tap Name , enter a user name, then tap Done .
2.
Tap PIN , enter a four-digit numerical PIN, then tap Enter .
Note: Tap the PIN checkbox to switch the PIN display on or off.
3.
Tap Confirm PIN , then enter the four-digit numerical PIN again.
4.
Tap Create Profile .
Set up facial authentication at the initial creation of an instrument profile
When a profile is set up for facial authentication, the photographs should reflect how the user appears
in the lab. For example, safety glasses should be worn to set up facial authentication if safety glasses
will be worn when signing in.
1.
On the Instrument Profile page, tap Set up now .
2.
Prepare for the photographs, then tap Next .
Chapter 8
Manage profiles
Manage individual instrument profiles
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