Logging in to RIMS Labs and Equipment

 

To Log in to RIMS Labs and Equipment:

ON THE FLY USE (without an advance reservation)

  1. Locate the Lab Time and Equipment portlets positioned by default along the left side of the RIMS main screen.
  2. Click on the grey New Login button in the Lab Time portlet on the main RIMS screen.
  3. When the Create New Login for Lab Time appears, choose your billing project from the Project dropdown box, the lab area in which you will be working from the Lab Time dropdown box, enter optional notes in the Notes box if you wish, and then click on the grey Log In button to log in to the lab space.
  4. After logging in to the Lab Time, you’ll be returned to the RIMS main screen where you will now see and click on the grey Use Equipment button in the Equipment portlet (unless you are using a lab space that bills to be in the lab and doesn’t have any equipment to log into/be billed for):
  5. When the Use Equipment screen appears, choose your billing project from the Project dropdown box, the piece of equipment or tool on which you will be working from the Equipment dropdown box (NOTE: only those equipment items/tools that are located in the Lab Space you selected in the previous step will appear in the dropdown box at this time), enter optional notes in the Notes box if you wish, adjust the Estimated End Time date and time to block the length of time you expect to use the equipment/tool on the RIMS calendar, and then click on the grey Log In button to log in to the equipment/tool.
  6. After logging in to the Equipment, you’ll be returned to the RIMS main screen where you will be able to verify by looking in the Lab Time and Equipment portlets that you successfully logged in to both.

USING A RESERVATION MADE IN ADVANCE

  1. Locate the Lab Time and Equipment portlets positioned by default along the left side of the RIMS
    main screen. 
  2. Click on the grey New Login button in the Lab Time portlet on the main RIMS screen.
  3. When the Create New Login for Lab Time appears, choose your billing project from the Project dropdown box, the lab area in which you will be working from the Lab Time dropdown box, enter optional notes in the Notes box if you wish, and then click on the grey Log In button to log in to the lab space.
  4. After logging in to the Lab Time, you’ll be returned to the RIMS main screen where you will see that the reservation you made in advance listed in the Equipment porlet under the “My Reservations (for the next 48 hours)” heading has now become a link for you to click on.
  5. When you click on the equipment link in the My Reservations list, the Use Equipment screen appears.  Choose your billing project from the Project dropdown box.  The piece of equipment or tool that you reserved will be prepopulated in the Equipment dropdown box.  Enter optional notes in the Notes box if you wish, and then click on the grey Log In button to log in to the equipment/tool.  NOTE:  You have 15 minutes from the start time of your reservation to log in before your reservation is considered as missed and will be cancelled.
  6. After logging in to the Equipment, you’ll be returned to the RIMS main screen where you will be able to verify by looking in the Lab Time and Equipment portlets that you successfully logged in to both.