FTP access using Internet Explorer 5 or greater on PC machines
Warning: Once you have logged into your account, it is your responsibility to manage the file structure (i.e. folders) in your account. Because you have FULL ACCESS to your account, accidental deletion is possible. Please carefully manage your account so different users from your group do not delete others' data. One tip is to create different folders for different users in your lab.
1. Open your Internet Explorer (IE5 or IE6) program2. At the address line type in "ftp://dnacore.biochem.uci.edu:PORT# where PORT# is your assigned port (ftp://dnacore.biochem.uci.edu:29 for example). It will be mailed to you via email along with your username and password.
3. Then, IE5 will prompt you for a username or password. Enter them as given in your email. The server should let you in.
4. After the validation, you will see a folder call Chromas. Right click on it and move to "copy folder to…" and save it in a directory on your local hard drive. Hit OK and files will start to transfer.
5. Remember you only have to do this once.
6. Now, the other folders are named according to the date of the sequencing. Files in those folders are named according to the following convention:
- Date_wellid_sampleid OR
- Date_sampleid_wellid
8. After downloading the trace files, go to your chromas directory on your computer and double click on chromas.exe. It should open a window. Click on files->open, and choose the sequence file of your choice.
If you are using a third-party FTP clients(CUTEFTP or WS_FTP PRO etc)
Follow the directions below.
note: UCI has campus-wide license for absolute FTP software. Please follow this link to download site.
1. Open your FTP clients. Highlight on the server name you are connecting
to.
2. Click on Properties.
3. Click on the "Advanced" tab
4. Change the number under "remote port" from default "21"
to the one assigned to you. Click here
to see step-by-step tutorial.
