Connecting to the Navigator

The iCR service is accessible using any industry standard browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge. To begin working with iCR, you need to access your server via the browser. It is reached using your server’s URL. In our examples we are using qa2.openrefactory.com as the URL to the server. (If you do not have a URL established for your iCR, you may substitite its public IP address for the URL). ICR uses port 3001 by default to reach the Navigator which is the application that will help you to manage your interactions with iCR. Your administrator may choose to use some different port from 3001 so check with your them in the event that the port has been changed from the default.

Using our URL as an example, enter: https://qa2.openrefactory.com:3001

Entering this URL will attempt to connect your browser to the iCR server. Note that we are using the secure form of HTTP and so there needs to be an SSL certificate for iCR in order to complete the secure connection. Your iCR administrator may have provided a certificate for the iCR server at installation and configuration time. If so, then you may proceed directly to iCR using https:// as the prefix.

However, if your administrator did not provide a certificate, then iCR defaults to using a self-signed cetificate. This supports having your browser maintain a secure connection to iCR but it may cause the browser to prompt you that this URL may be at risk because of the self-signed certificate. Assuming that you trust iCR, simply use the advanced (or equivalent) feature of the browser to manually permit access. This video shows an example of how that looks using the Chrome browser:

NOTE: You should only need to use this security bypass after the iCR server is started. After that, your browser will remember that this URL is safe. However, should you stop and restart your iCR server, you will need to repeat this step.

Once this permission is granted, it will take you to the welcome screen for iCR:

You are presented with the Welcome window that prompts you to enter your Username and password. Your iCR Administrator may have provided each user with their Username and default password. Enter both of those values to reach the iCR Navigator.

The iCR Navigator also permits users to self-register, relieving the Administrator from having to enter all users manually. To self-register, click on the Register link. This opens up a form for the User to fill out:

The data entered would be the same as the Administrator would have entered. But there is an extra step. To verify the User, a One Time Password (OTP) is generated once the Register button is clicked, and is sent to the User's email. This password must be entered into the prompt:

Once that is entered, the User is logged into the Navigator.

If the User forgets his/her password, clicking on the Recover link will pop up the One Time Password prompt again and an email will be sent to the User's email address. Once the One Time Password is entered, a popup window appears, allowing the User to set a new password:

When the new password is entered and verified, the User is logged into the Navigator.