Introduction - ProDevice ASM120 Operating Manual

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INTRODUCTION

The subject of this document are the functional description and
the operating manual of the software tool intended for operation and
configuration of ProDevice ASM120 degaussers.
It is recommended to read and understand this documentation
before installing and commissioning the software.
The ProDevice ASM120 PPMS USER software package jest is
a tool for operation of the ProDevice ASM120 series degaussers.
The package allows setting up selected key functional parameters,
activation and deactivation of blockades and generation of simplified
reports from the device's performance.
Unlike other such devices, ASM120 enables programming the
permissible number of data removal cycles, after which the device is
automatically locked. The customers who rent the degausser can
remotely charge the device for a certain number of removal cycles.
This is ensured by the innovative PPMS (Pre-Paid Managemen
System) technology: the degausser is rented and programmed for a
pre-defined volume of data removal, and the enterprise which rents
out the hardware can always charge the degausser (via a special
application) with an additional, certain number of storage media
erasing cycles. This way the user can freely choose the final number
of cassettes or disks to be demagnetised. The user can also remove
data on their own, at any place and any time. This allows avoiding
complicated procedures which usually involve admitting a third-party
company to remove data from the customer's media.
Implementation of PPMS allows qualifying ProDevice ASM120
as a MaaS (Machine as a Service).
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