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4.1.4. Virtual Terminal

You can use a USB memory as a virtual BioStation terminal. After connecting a

USB memory to BioStation, store the necessary information such as user

information, log, and various setting values of the BioStation. Then, by connecting

the USB memory to the host PC, you can utilize most of the BioAdmin menus with

the connected virtual terminal.

Note : To use a virtual terminal, OS of your host PC should recognize the USB

memory as a correct USB drive. Thus, user should not change or remove

the file in the USB drive.

You can add a virtual terminal to the network by the following procedures.

z Register a USB memory as a virtual terminal. You can do so with the Initialize

menu of the Network / USB memory menu on BioStation. For the detailed

operation, please refer to the BioStation User Guide.

z After registering a USB memory as a virtual terminal, connect it to the host PC.

z Check whether your host PC properly recognizes the virtual terminal as a drive.

z Select the virtual terminal on the Search Device menu.

z Select the drive of the connected virtual terminal and press Search button.

z After finding the virtual terminal, press OK button.