If you are a current or past ALS IR beamline user and have not received a user name and password, please contact Mike or Hans to obtain them.

• Click on the IR Data Downloader liink in the Tools for Current Users menu.
• You should see a screen that looks like this:

• Enter your name and password and then click the Login button.
• You will see a screen that looks something like this, except it will be your directory on our data server:

• You can now navigate through your directories as you would on any Windows based computer.

To download a file:

1) Select the file in the right screen.

2) Click the 'Download' button on the toolbar or right-click your mouse and select Download.

Note: If you select multiple files or a directory, the download button will not be active.

To download multiple files:

1) Select a directory or multiple files by holding down the 'Ctrl' key while you click files.

2) Click the 'Zip + Download' button on the toolbar or right-click your mouse and select Zip + Download.

3) A new dialogue window will open, prompting you for a filename. Enter a name of your choice.

4) Choose a type of compression for your file: zip is default and works well for most applications.

5) Click Create. The system will create a zip file and prompt you to save it.

Note: Do not attempt to download multiple files that will create a file larger than 20 Mbytes. The current system will not download your data. If you have a single file larger than 20 Mbytes (e.g. a *.map file) you can download it as a single file.

To change your password:

1) Click the 'Account Settings' button on the toolbar.

2) Click the 'Change Password' tab on the dialogue box.

3) Enter your old password and your new password as prompted.