Using PuTTY PuTTY can be downloaded from http://putty.nl. Download the latest release version available on the website. Run the file. Specify the clock’s IP address in the Host Name field. Click Open. The Login as: field is displayed. Specify root. Specify the root user’s password. The default password is synergy. You are connected to the 8000 in a Linux command shell. From this prompt you can run the majority of Linux commands.