Security options – Cannon Instrument CMRV-4500 User Manual
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CANNON
®
Mini-Rotary Viscometer CMRV-4500 Instruction & Operation Manual
Version 1.1e—October, 2011 •
CANNON
®
Instrument Company
2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA • 16803 • USA
The
Save Instrument
option opens the
Save Instrument
window. The
Save Instrument
window permits you to save all current instrument
information for any selected instrument, including
Instrument Settings
,
Tray Settings
and
Sample settings
, to the database. Once saved, the
instrument information may be restored at any time using the
Restore
options from the
View Instrument
window.
To use the
Save Instrument
window, select the desired instrument by
clicking on the instrument name in the
Available Instruments
list box.
Then enter a name for the configuration in the
Save As:
field.
NOTE
If you wish, you may choose to overwrite an existing configuration with
current settings by clicking on the name of the existing configuration in
the Configuration list box. The Configuration name will be transferred to
the Save As: field.
Click
OK
to store the new configuration. To exit the
Save Instrument
window without saving the configuration, click
Cancel
.
The
Poll for Instruments
option queries the hardware interface to
establish communications with
CANNON
®
instruments attached to the
host computer.
Use the
Poll for Instruments
option to establish a computer connection
with instruments which may have come “on line” after the software has
been in operation. When the connection has been verified by the control-
ling software via the hardware interface, the instrument name will be
added to the status bar at the bottom of the VISCPRO
®
window.
Security options
The VISCPRO
®
application offers a level-based security system with a
log in procedure. This system ensures that available software functions
are appropriate for the security level of the user.
Initial security settings will be completed during CMRV installation. Follow-
ing installation, security options may be accessed and changed from the
VISCPRO
®
Main
menu by individuals who have the manager password.
Each user can be assigned a security level, which is used to determine
permitted operations. Three security levels are defined by the software:
Technician (least privileged), Manager (intermediate privilege), and
Service (maximum privilege–reserved for
CANNON
®
Instrument
Company service personnel).
Users log in when using the software by typing their name and (optional)
password using the
Log In
window. Different security levels offer
different CMRV use options. Technicians are permitted to access opera-
tional features required for testing samples and performing other routine