Authentication

The Assist Control Software comes pre-configured with five user roles. Each predefined user role has certain privileges assigned in the Assist Control Software. The user roles can be set up by the Administrator user role under Settings > Authentication.

In the authentication settings, the administrator can enable/disable user roles and define user role passwords (PINs). The administrator also can turn authentication off. In this mode, the entire Assist Control Software will be accessible by all users without the need for a password.

The Assist Control Software also records in the Logs which user role performed which action.

**Table:** Default user roles
User role	Description
Administrator	The user has full access to the Assist Control Software.
Lab Analyst	The user can view all screens of the Assist Control Software, and is allowed to: abort runs, tasks, or procedures start quick actions from the Status screen run tasks interactively edit role-specific notification settings edit role-specific Home screen layout
Maintenance Technician	The user has full access to the Assist Control Software, except for editing security settings and editing the Ambient screen.
Agilent Service Technician	The user has full access to the Assist Control Software, except for editing security settings and editing the Ambient screen.
Viewer	The user can view all the screens in the Assist Control Software.

For details on enabling user roles and authentication, see Controlling System Access via User Roles and Authentication Settings.

21-Jun-2025