Installing Password Protection

The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union which came into force on 25 May 2018 includes the requirement to ensure better protection for customer-related data in devices.

To prevent access to our diagnostic devices by third parties, we have integrated the function Password protection.

NOTICE

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Due to legal requirements concerning third party access, the device can only be reactivated via the function >Starting the factory reset< or the Technical Hotline of Hella-Gutmann Solutions. In this case the personal data and the Car History will be cleared and might possibly not be restored.

Proceed as follows to set up the password protection:

  1. Select Settings > Company in the main menu.
  2. Select >User<.
  3. Call up Password management with .

  4. NOTICE

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    The length of the password must not exceed 10 characters.

  5. Enter a password and confirm by entering it again.
  6. Observe the warning notice and confirm.
  1. The device can now be accessed only with the selected password.