Locking/Auto Locking a Clarity Instrument

You may lock a Clarity Instrument protected by password if you want to prevent unauthorized access to it, for example, when an analysis is running.

Manual Lock
  • Instrument can be manually locked either from Instrument window by clicking Instrument - Lock Instrument_Name.

    • or

  • From the Main Station window by clicking Instruments - Lock Instrument_Name.

Auto Lock

It is possible to set the automatic lock function so that all opened instruments will be locked after a period of inactivity.

  1. Open the User Accounts window by clicking on or choose System - User Accounts.
  2. Check the Auto Lock function ⓐ.
  3. Set the period of inactivity in minutes after which all opened Instruments will be locked ⓑ.

Caution:

When an Instrument is Auto Locked, all unsaved changes in modal dialogs (Method Setup, Single Analysis, Report Setup, etc) are discarded and those dialogs are closed.