• Proxy:


If your internet access is protected by a cache or proxy server, you need to configure this option in LabCollector if you want to benefit from external tools like the RSS feeds reader or the NCBI GenBank importer.


You can read about KB: LabCollector general setup- 2. Proxy, Tasks scheduler & Email alert settings


  • Tasks Scheduler (for Linux and Windows):


CRON is an automatic task system on Linux used for executing some tasks at specific intervals, without your intervention every time (we use the Windows schtasks engine on Windows servers). 


For example, you can create a task to send your email alerts every day at 11:00 pm. If you do that, the CRON manager sends an email every day at 11:00 pm until all the emails will be finished. If you want to send them monthly, you can schedule it. 


You can schedule any script making it easy to automatically import data, report, etc. 

This task system is also used by the DATA LOGGER add-on.


CRON info > tasks hour: only for daily, weekly, and monthly periods.

Weekly: on each Monday. Monthly: on each first day of the month.


You can schedule email sending, custom tasks, and export of your data.



  • Email alert settings:

LabCollector has an internal alert system for minimum lot quantities, lot validity, and equipment maintenance. This can help your lab maintain routine tasks on time.


If you want alerts to be sent by email, you need to define email alerts settings here:


    • FROM: A valid email from the administrator that is used on the “From” field of the email header.
    • TO: All email addresses to which alerts should be sent. One address per line (in addition to persons in charge).
    • SMTP: On Windows servers, you need to indicate a valid SMTP server (outgoing email server) that will be used to send the emails. The SMTP server must accept mails from your LabCollector server or sender email address (the one set in the FROM field). Usually, on Linux servers, you don’t need to set this if you have a mail server setup (like Sendmail or Qmail) which is usually the case.


The test email button can help you to check that the email settings are valid.


Use the task scheduler to define the frequency of sending emails and to automate this task.



If your server is configured to use this function, you can also send email from localhost by PHP. 

You have to set up the PHP.INI section [mail function].