Enable or change the calibration reminders
The calibration reminder seings allow you to congure the QuantStudio
™
Real-Time
PCR Software to alert you by email when the QuantStudio
™
6 or 7 Flex Real-Time
PCR System requires calibration. The notications seings feature is optional, and it
does not aect instrument performance.
IMPORTANT! The calibration reminders feature requires a connection betw
een the
QuantStudio
™
6 or 7 Flex Real-Time PCR System computer and a computer network.
If you choose to set up the feature as described below, ensure that your network has
appropriate security measures in place to protect data from threats such as computer
viruses.
IMPORTANT! The QuantStudio
™
Real-Time PCR Softw
are transmits emails only
while the QuantStudio
™
6 or 7 Flex Real-Time PCR System is monitored. If the
network connection is interrupted, the software will stop transmiing updates.
The QuantStudio
™
Real-Time PCR Softw
are requires access to a Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol (SMTP) server to email calibration reminders. Contact your systems
administrator or information technology department for the following information:
• Network address of an SMTP server.
• A user name and password for the server, if required for access.
• The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) seing of the server (on or o).
1.
In the QuantStudio
™
Real-Time PCR Software, select Tools4Preferences.
2.
From the Preferences dialog box, select the SMTP Seings tab.
3.
Dene the seings for the SMTP server:
a.
From the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) eld, enter the network address of
a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server.
Optionally, you can specify the transmission control protocol (TCP) port for
the server by appending the port number to the server name, separating the
two using a colon (
:
).
For example:
smtp.mycompany.com:2023
Note: If a TCP port is not specied, the software uses the default port
number (25).
b.
Select Encryption Required if the mail server has SSL enabled.
c.
Select Authentication Required if the mail server requires a user name and
password.
Requirements to
email c
alibration
reminders
Define the mail
serv
er settings
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