{"id":18642,"date":"2024-06-14T10:13:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=18642"},"modified":"2024-10-10T15:50:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T19:50:55","slug":"signing-in-to-techline-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=18642","title":{"rendered":"Signing In to Techline Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Techline Connect (TLC) application does not support GlobalConnect user IDs or PC login IDs that include spaces or special symbols. Using IDs with these characters may lead to possible application errors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18622\" src=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/F01-TLC-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/F01-TLC-1.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/F01-TLC-1-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/F01-TLC-1-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/F01-TLC-1-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, a GlobalConnect user ID or PC login ID of \u201cShop Tech\u201d is not recommended. However, an ID of \u201cShopTech\u201d without the space is acceptable. (Fig. 2)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also a good practice to refrain from using any special symbols, such as the following: ~ ! @ # \/, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These symbols can occasionally cause applications to behave in an unintended manner that may lead to application errors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18623\" src=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/F02-TLC-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/F02-TLC-2.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/F02-TLC-2-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/F02-TLC-2-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/F02-TLC-2-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TIP:<\/strong> These formatting recommendations also apply to the naming of the SSID on Wireless Access Points. Even if your ID\/dealer SSID currently includes spaces or symbols and you&#8217;re not experiencing issues, the potential exists for concerns to arise in the future when code changes to the applications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For any questions about Techline Connect features, including ID formatting, contact the Techline Customer Support Center (TCSC) at 1-800-828-6860 (English) or 1-800-503-3222 (French).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Thanks to Chris Henley<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Techline Connect (TLC) application does not support GlobalConnect user IDs or PC login IDs that include spaces or special symbols. Using IDs with these characters may lead to possible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2024-june-a","category-techline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18642"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18649,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18642\/revisions\/18649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}