Connect to Access

Connect your BactoBox® to your computer and open Access in your browser.

Access is a user interface for your BactoBox® that runs in a browser on your own computer. You use it to run and annotate measurements, download your data, update your BactoBox® software, and send a device data bundle to SBT support.

What you need

• A computer with Windows 10 or later, macOS or Linux, and a USB Type-A port . Use an adapter if your computer has only USB-C.

• The USB cable supplied with your BactoBox®.

On software older than v2026.09, Access works only on Windows. Use a Windows computer to update first. See Update BactoBox® software.

Step by step

1

Connect the cable to your BactoBox®

Wait until your BactoBox® shows the Ready screen. Connecting during a measurement may disrupt it.

Insert the micro-B end of the USB cable into the port on the side of your BactoBox®.

2

Connect the cable to your computer

Insert the other end into a USB Type-A port on your computer.

3

Open Access

After a short while, your computer shows your BactoBox® as a USB drive, for example D:\.

File browser that shows BactoBox® files

Open the file SBT Access.html. Access opens in your browser.

The Software update page in Access.

Nothing happens? Check that your BactoBox® is on and that the cable is fully inserted at both ends. Then try opening http://10.20.30.40 in your browser. Still stuck? See Can not connect to Access.