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User Guide STP420D/STP420ES
1-6 User Profiles
Symbol Status
Description
Locked
At this level, all functions are locked. No operations
are possible.
To avoid inappropriate entries via the touch screen
during a protocol run, the instrument reverts to this
user level as soon as a protocol first step starts.
User
This level is not password protected, and all
operations for a normal protocol run are possible:
•
View stored logs
•
Opening chambers to add specimens, when no
program is running
•
Start and stop logs (but not altering protocols)
For a comprehensive list of the tasks that ‘users’
can perform, see “Appendix B User and Supervisor
Permissions”.
Supervisor
This level is password protected. At this level:
•
All normal operations are possible
•
You can define protocols and reagent lists
•
You can open chambers when a program is
running (for example, to add more specimen –
The ‘supervisor’ is free to pass this option for
the User level.)
For a comprehensive list of the tasks that
‘supervisors’ can perform, see “Appendix B User and
Supervisor Permissions”.
Demo
This mode simulates processing, and is for
demonstration purposes only (for example, at trade
fairs and so on)
Technician
This level has special protection. To access it, you
need a ‘technician dongle’.
The dongle must be inserted into one of the two USB
ports. Only trained and certified service staff are
given this device.
With the dongle in place, you have access to all the
instrument’s functions:
•
You can check all hardware functions
•
You can alter the instrument parameters
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Operate at ‘technician’ level with great care. Inappropriate operations at
this level might cause malfunctions and damage to the instrument.
introduction
User Profiles
To change user access, and its associated passwords and functions, press
the
User
icon on the status window. Four levels of User Access are
available:
