Getting Started 3
Logging In to User Accounts
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When logged in as Guest, you have restricted user rights and work from
the unprotected Guest folder, which can be accessed by all users. Before
you can operate the instrument as a registered user, an administrator has
to set up your new user account. Once you are a registered user, you have
a personal, encrypted file folder where you can manage your own PCR
program files.
To log in as Administrator
1 From the Home screen, click the Login button by either touching the
screen or clicking with a mouse.
The Login screen appears.
2 Se
lect Admi
nistrator from the Username drop- down list and enter the
password. The default Administrator password is ADMIN. Use the Shift
key on the virtual keyboard to toggle between lowercase and uppercase
letters.
3 Press Login.
Y
ou are now logged in to the Administrator account.
To log in as a Registered User
1 From the Home screen, press Login.
The Login screen appears.
2 Se
lect the user name from the User
name drop- down list and type the
password.
3 Press Login.
This logs y
ou into the system and gives you reading and writing rights
as specifi
ed for your user level.
An administrator can reset user passwords if needed. See “T
o edit
user
accounts” on page 28.
Change the factory-set login password to prevent unauthorized access to the
instrument. See “To edit user accounts” on page 28 for instructions on changing
passwords.