Lock

Command for locking and unlocking of respective Instrument in the protected mode. This enables the user to prevent against unauthorized actions on the Instrument during user's absence. Locked Instruments are denoted with gray stripe and titled Locked. A name of the user who is logged on the locked instrument is displayed in the left bottom corner of the respective Instrument. Locking an Instrument affects neither the proceeding data acquisition nor a running sequence. An Instrument can be unlocked by entering the password of the user who has locked it.

Opened "My GC" and locked "My LC" Instruments

Note:

If the Instrument has been locked by a user, it can be also unlocked by the Clarity Administrator. This action is recorded into the Station Audit Trail and the person that unlocked the locked Instrument becomes logged on this Instrument. The Clarity Administrator is any user with access to User Accounts dialog and the given Instrument (for more details see also chapter User Accounts).