# User Interaction
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To perform the following actions, Clarity LIMS admin permission is required.
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## Connect to Instrument
1. Navigate to Illumina Run Manager Integration UI via the following url, `https://{Clarity LIMS server url}/irm`
2. Login with Clarity LIMS admin credentials.
3. Click "Connect Instrument" button.
4. On the "Connect a new instance page", select the appropriate Instrument Platform and enter the Illumina Run Manager instance URL, then click the "Connect" button.
5. Enter Illumina Run Manager credential admin and click Sign In. Screenshot below shows NovaSeq X instrument as an example.
6. Upon successful connection, the Illumina Run Manager instance details will populate under the Connected Instances table.
7. On Clarity LIMS UI, the registered instrument can be found under Configuration > Consumables > Instruments.
## Disconnect from Instrument
Follow the steps below to disconnect an instrument:
1. Navigate to Illumina Run Manager Integration UI via the following url, `https://{Clarity LIMS server url}/irm`.
2. Login with Clarity LIMS admin credentials.
3. Click on the delete button (trash bin icon under the "Action" column) of the Instrument Instance to be disconnected.
4. Click on the "Confirm" button.
5. On Clarity LIMS UI, manually rename the instrument (e.g. by appending prefix of "Archived\_").
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6. \[Optional] Archive the disconnected instrument to avoid confusion of instruments.
Steps for instrument archival can be found in Instrument Status under Add and Configure Instruments of Clarity LIMS Reference Guide > Configuration > Consumables > Instruments in [Clarity LIMS (Clarity & LabLink Reference Guide) documentation](https://help.claritylims.illumina.com/instruments-and-integrations/irm/broken-reference).
## Reconnect Instrument
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Reconnecting an instrument is required under some circumstances (e.g., change of instrument domain name, reinstallation of Illumina Run Manager, factory reset of instrument etc.)
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Follow the steps below to reconnect the instrument:
1. Navigate to Illumina Run Manager Integration UI via the following url, `https://{Clarity LIMS server url}/irm`.
2. Login with Clarity LIMS admin credentials.
3. Click on reconnect button.
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The reconnect button is only clickable when the instrument status is not connected.
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4. On the "Reconnect instance page", enter the Illumina Run Manager instance URL, then click the "Connect" button.
5. Complete the reconnection process by following steps 5 to 7 in the Connect Instrument section.
## Advance TLS Verification Setting
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This is applicable to Illumina Run Manager Integration v1.1.0 and onwards. For versions before that, please refer to the version's installation guide.
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By default, TLS Verification will be enabled.
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When connecting to instrument through Illumina Run Manager Integration, TLS Verification can be enabled or disabled. This will enable or disable TLS Verification when events from Illumina Run Manager is sent to Clarity LIMS.
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For testing TLS connections in a development environment, you may consider disabling TLS verification to simplify debugging. However, disabling TLS verification is strongly discouraged in production environments, as it can compromise the security of network connections.
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To enable or disable TLS Verification when connecting to instrument, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to System Settings on Clarity LIMS.
2. Add the property `integration.illuminaRunManager.pns.disableTlsVerification`:
* Set value to `false` to enable TLS Verification.
* Set value to `true` to disable TLS Verification.
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