When the user starts the application for the first time a dialog window will pop up asking the user to set the security device password. The user should take care when choosing this password as it is used to secure the application state. The user will be asked to supply this password every time the application is started.

If the user succeeds when entering the password, then User Identity dialog will pop up  asking the user to select a user identity. By default a Pseudo User identity will be available for selection. This will allow the user into the system with limited privileges. Users are encouraged to create a personal identity (see the User Identity section for more details). The user identity dialog will also appear every time the application is started.

At this point, the user will be able to manage locally the items for sharing. In order to send and receive requests the user should start the services for sharing metadata and data. This can be done by clicking on "Connect" menu item from "File" menu in the main frame. Each time the user changes the setting in the sharing pane of preferences, "Reconnect" item from "File" menu should be clicked in order to update the new settings. Clicking on "Disconnect" will stop all the services. User has the option to connect the services at the runtime by checking "Connect on Start Up" option in Sharing pane of Preferences.