Joint Research Group Macromolecular Crystallography

IT-Prerequisites

IT-environment of HZB MX

Please check the following pre-requisites in good time before your planned remote access session. You can find more detailed information within the remote-access manual, which can be downloaded from this page. In case of questions and issues, please contact Uwe Müller.

• Hardware Requirements
• Software Requirements
• Port Test

Hardware Requirements

• Up-to-date computer hardware, ideally using wired ethernet
  
  • Optimal configuration:
    • Linux or macOS computer with multiple virtual screens possible
    • 2x 27’’ dual-screen setup at same geometry  and resolution (2x 2560x1440 Pixel), to match the beamline experiment control machines 
    • English keyboard
    • Computer mouse
    • Faster than 20 Mbit/s downlink and 5 Mbit/s uplink speed
    • Additional notebook or smart phone to connect with beamline staff for remote training using Zoom (video conferencing solution) 
• Alternative provision of phone number to communicate with beamline staff

Software Requirements

• Any recent operation system (Linux distribution, Windows, macOS)
• Up-to-date NoMachine version 8.x installation. 
• Personal Authenticator App (i.e. Google Authenticator) for Multi-Factor-Authentication (MFA) code generation
• Port 4000 and 443 connections to foris.helmholtz-berlin.de (Please test these and talk to your local IT in good time before the beamtime and test the connections to foris)