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Log in to OTCnet Offline

To log in to OTCnet Offline, complete the following steps:

1. Double-click the OTCnet Offline (Production or QA) icon located on your terminal desktop. 

Or 

Click Start>Programs>OTCnet Offline (Production or QA)>Start OTCnet Offline

(Production or QA). The OTCnet Offline Server Start Up page appears.

• If the icon does not reside in either location, contact your Check Capture 

Administrator to configure the terminal.

• If a terminal has more than one version of the OTCnet Offline application (Production 

or QA), do not run both at the same time, as running more than one version at a time 

causes errors.

• If the Offline server was not previously started, enter your User ID and password to 

start the Offline server. 

2. Enter your User ID and Password in the appropriate text boxes. Select Login as shown in

Figure 1.

Figure 1: OTCnet Offline Application User Login Page

3. The system validates your User ID and offline password and determines if you have multifactor authentication (MFA) set up.

4. If you have already set up MFA, you will be prompted to input your one-time code. 

5. If you have not set up the MFA, the system prompts you to set up MFA with your chosen 

authenticator application by downloading the application on your workstation device. 

6. Follow the steps in the authenticator to set up MFA. The system displays the authenticator 

secret and instructs you to enter it into your chosen authenticator as shown in Figure 2.

7. Input the authenticator secret into your authenticator application and label it as “OTCnet 

Offline.” 

8. Enter your Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) code generated by the authenticator 

into the textbox and select OK.

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Figure 2: Prompt for Multi-Factor Authentication Setup

User must ensure they have selected TOTP as their authenticator option with SHA1 and 

an OTP code length of six characters. Not all authenticators will present this option, but 

if it is an option, these parameters should be selected.

9. If you enter correctly the TOTP code, system will display a message that you have 

successfully set up multi-factor authentication for OTCnet Offline. Select the OK button to 

proceed to the login page as shown in Figure 3. Otherwise, system will prompt you to verify 

your MFA setup and TOTP code and try again. 

Figure 3: Successful Multi-Factor Authentication Setup Message

10. The system completes user authentication and displays a message informing you that MFA

has been successfully set up. 

11. Acknowledge the message. The system logs you out and displays the OTCnet Offline login 

screen.

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• To stop the OTCnet Offline application, click Start>Programs>OTCnet Offline 

(Production or QA)>Stop OTCnet Offline (Production or QA). 

• Stopping the OTCnet Offline application ensures the application is completely closed 

and that your OTCnet session is terminated securely.

• If more than one version of the OTCnet Offline application resides on a terminal, be 

sure to stop the correct version of the OTCnet Offline application (Stop OTCnet 

Offline Production or QA).

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