Thermo Scientific SOLAAR 11.

05 Software Manual
Addendum
Welcome to Thermo Scientific™ SOLAAR™ software for the Thermo Scientific Atomic Absorption iCE 3000
Series spectrometers.
This Software Manual briefly lists the new feature and enhancements added in SOLAAR version 11.05 only. It is
provided as a supplement to the existing documentation for the SOLAAR software. Please refer to the main
documentation for further information on the use of SOLAAR.

Contents
• “Installation” on page 1
• “Overview” on page 1
• “SOLAAR Software” on page 2
− Filtering of Audit Trail display
− Printing and saving the Audit Trail
− Audit Trail tracking of ‘Flame on’ and ‘Flame off ’
− Audit Trail tracking of changes of the Lamps
− Audit Trail tracking of changes to the Deuterium Lamps
• “SOLAAR security Administration” on page 5
− Access Control support of User Groups
− User Access Control of Delete Results and Delete Methods
− User Access Control of New and Close Results
− User Access Control of Burner Up and Burner Down
− Display of the Spectrometer Status
− User Access Control for Changing Lamp
− Audit Trail tracking of User Access (System Log)
• “Support” on page 12
• “Trademarks” on page 12

Installation A full description of the installation process is provided in the supplied Software Manual V2.01.

Overview SOLAAR version 11.05 provides a series of new features to improve its use in regulated laboratories.
The following items are now tracked in a new Audit Trail window within SOLAAR:
• Flame ON or Flame OFF actions
• Addition / deletion of lamps
• Use of the deuterium lamp
The audit trail allows for filtering and can be printed or exported as a PDF.
Access to the following items is now controlled by the SOLAARsecurity Administration program:
• Deletion of the Result Database
• Deletion of the Method Library
• Burner Up/Down command
• Display of the Spectrometer Status window
• Changing of lamps
• Close Results command

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 • New Results command

SOLAAR SOLAAR 11.05 supports all the features from previous SOLAAR releases. Major new1 features and
Software enhancements are described below.

Audit Trail The Thermo SOLAAR user interface shows six windows by default: Results, Spectrometer Status, Signal, QC
window Protocol, Calibration, and Audit Trail. Each of these windows can be iconized and placed on the user interface.
The commands to control the window position are available in the Window menu, see Figure 1.

Figure 1. SOLAAR user interface with Window menu expanded

Select Window > 6 Audit Trail to open the Audit Trail window with option buttons, date selectors, and a
Refresh button above the audit trail table as described below.

Filtering of Audit Trail display

Click Show all to display all system logs. To fill the Audit Trail display, click Refresh. For very large log files it
may take a few seconds to display all log items.

Figure 2. SOLAAR Audit Trail window with Show all option selected

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with respect to SOLAAR 11.03 for iCE 3000 Series software release.

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 Click Show from to activate the date selector dropdown calendars. From the left dropdown calendar, select the
initial date, and from the right dropdown calendar, select the end date of the audit trail period you want to
display. To perform your selections, click Refresh.

Figure 3. SOLAAR Audit Trail window with Show from option to select a date from the dropdown calendar

Printing and saving the Audit Trail

Select File > Print > Audit Trail to print the Audit Trail with the default printer. Use File > Print Setup to
define the printer used for SOLAAR. Use File > Print Preview to show a preview of the selected window, for
example, the Audit Trail window.
Select File > Export > Audit Trail As PDF to save the Audit Trail as a PDF that can be opened in Acrobat
Reader or compatible PDF viewers.

Audit Trail Audit Trail tracking of ‘Flame on’ and ‘Flame off’
tracking of The Audit Trail window now shows the messages “Flame on” and “Flame off ” with their respective Date and
Flame and Time stamps.
Lamps

Figure 4. SOLAAR Audit Trail window showing Flame on/Flame off messages

Audit Trail tracking of changes of the Lamps

From the Edit > Lamps menu, open the Lamp Configuration and Status dialog to change the state used for the
desired elements.

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 Click Lamp Usage... to open the Lamp Usage dialog where you can add or delete lamps.

Figure 5. Lamp Usage dialog with Add Lamp and Delete Lamp buttons

Click Add Lamp to show a dialog where you can select the elements and serial number for a new lamp. When
finished this action is tracked in the Audit Trail window with the message “Lamp added”, see Figure 6.
Click Delete Lamp after you selected Element(s) in the Lamp Usage dialog. This action is tracked in the Audit
Trail window with the message “Lamp deleted”.

Figure 6. SOLAAR Audit Trail window showing Lamp added and Lamp deleted messages

Audit Trail tracking of changes to the Deuterium Lamps

The Audit Trail window now shows the messages “Deuterium Lamp switched on” and “Deuterium Lamp
switched off ” with their respective Date and Time stamps.

Figure 7. SOLAAR Audit Trail window showing Deuterium Lamp switched on message

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 SOLAAR To allow for the use of SOLAAR in regulated environments, an optional software package, SOLAARsecurity
security Administration, is available. There are four sections within the SOLAARsecurity Administration tool, see
Figure 8.
Administra-
tion

Figure 8. Four sections of the SOLAARsecurity Administration tool

• The Access Control section grants or denies individual users or groups of users access to protected
functionality in the SOLAAR software. The new features implemented in this section are described below.
• The System Policies section allows a number of settings such as authentication, event auditing, and
confirming the ID that define the behavior of SOLAARsecurity. No changes have been made in this section.
• The Signatures section allows to add, delete, or edit text strings to provide the meaning for an electronic
signature. No changes have been made in this section.
• The System Log is a new section that displays information on User Management. See the detailed
description below.

Access Control support of User Groups

In this release, permissions can be applied to existing User Groups and not just individual Users.

Figure 9. Initial view of the SOLAARsecurity Administration tool

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 Expand the Access Control tree and provide access to the selected Access Control item by Adding the selected
user group or user from the Names pane to the Access Rights pane.

Figure 10. Adding a user group or user to the permission list for an Access Control item

After all permissions are assigned, click the Save icon in the toolbar to save the updated permissions.
Any changes made to the User Access Rights defined in SOLAARsecurity Administration can be displayed from
within the SOLAAR software by clicking the Security menu to show the Security - Permissions window.

Figure 11. SOLAAR Security Permissions dialog with rights for logged-in user

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 ❖ To define the access control permissions
Open the SOLAARsecurity Administration tool (see Figure 12) where you can define the permissions for
supported action within SOLAAR.

Figure 12. Access Control section of SOLAARsecurity tool showing the commands that can now assigned
permissions

User Access Control of Delete Results and Delete Methods

Through the permissions defined for the items Delete Result Database and Delete Method Database, access to the
menu commands File > Delete > Results Database and File > Delete > Method Library in SOLAAR can be
controlled.

Figure 13. SOLAAR File > Delete menu commands active (left) and inactive (right)

If the current user does not have the appropriate permissions, the menu commands Delete > Results Database
and Delete > Method Library are inactive.

User Access Control of Burner Up and Burner Down

Through the permissions defined for the item Burner Up/Down, access to the menu commands

Action > Flame > Burner Up and Action > Flame > Burner Up and toolbar icons in SOLAAR can
be controlled.

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 Display of the Spectrometer Status
Through the permissions defined for the item Enable Spectrometer State, the Spectrometer Status window
displays a warning message or the required information.

Figure 14. Spectrometer Status window displays for user accounts with and without the required permissions

User Access Control for Changing Lamp

Through the permissions defined for the item Changing Lamp, the Lamp Usage dialog provides active Add
Lamp and Delete Lamp buttons.

Figure 15. SOLAAR Lamp Usage dialog with Add Lamp/Delete Lamp buttons active (left) and inactive (right)

NOTICE Selecting a lamp for deletion will not show a security message when you click Delete Lamp. ▲

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 User Access Control of New and Close Results
Through the permissions defined for the items New Results and Close Results, access to the menu commands
File > New Results and File > Close Results in SOLAAR can be controlled.

Figure 16. SOLAAR File > New Results / File Close Results menu commands active (left) and inactive (right)

Audit Trail tracking of User Access (System Log)

While the Audit Trail window of SOLAAR shows all messages tracked from the software controlling the AA
spectrometer, additional modifications in the SOLAAR environment, for example, user management, can now
be tracked in a System Log in the SOLAARsecurity Administrator application. The SOLAAR System Log
displays the events captured by the Windows operating system. Before the SOLAARsecurity System Log can be
used to view these changes, an Administrator must configure the Windows operating system.

❖ To configure the Windows 7 logging system

1. Start gpedit.msc with the Run command of Windows 7.
2. In the Local Group Policy Editor, expand the tree Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration
> Windows Settings > Security Settings > Advanced Audit Policy Configuration > System Audit Policies -
Local Group Policy Object to see the Account Management.

Figure 17. Windows Local Group Policy Editor with expanded tree to see Account Management

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 3. Under Account Management, Logon/Logoff, Policy Change, and System, right-click the Subcategory
item and select Properties to change the Audit Events according to the following screen shots, see Figure 18
to Figure 21.

Figure 18. Windows Local Group Policy Editor with Account Management

Figure 19. Windows Local Group Policy Editor with Logon/Logoff

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 Figure 20. Windows Local Group Policy Editor with Policy Change

Figure 21. Windows Local Group Policy Editor with System

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 4. To activate the changes in the Windows log, navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration
> Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options and change the item as shown in
Figure 22 to Enabled.

Figure 22. Windows Local Group Policy Editor with Security Options

5. Restart your computer.

Support For technical support related to your instrument or software, visit the Support tab at: www.thermofisher.com to
find the customer care telephone line or e-mail address for your geographical region.

Trademarks NOTICE © 2016 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. All rights reserved. SOLAAR is a trademark of Thermo Fisher
Scientific Inc.
Microsoft, .NET and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries.
All other trademarks are the property of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and its subsidiaries.

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