Index: shared/scripts/configuration/config.py
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diff -u -r31bdd04017bc17ca8697dea8f78268382184d5f0 -r77adbfa018e46d0789bbd176700bfb6c18f0d173
--- shared/scripts/configuration/config.py	(.../config.py)	(revision 31bdd04017bc17ca8697dea8f78268382184d5f0)
+++ shared/scripts/configuration/config.py	(.../config.py)	(revision 77adbfa018e46d0789bbd176700bfb6c18f0d173)
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
                "Magenta":"#fd28fd", "Orange": "#f2721c", "Peach":"#f1979a", "Red": "#c53b33", "Rose":"#fc178d", 
                "Slate blue":"#7f7ffa", "Violet": "#6435c9", "White": "#ffffff", "Yellow": "#fcfc4d"}
 
+
 ALARM_ID_AND_MESSAGES = {
     1: "Stuck button POST failure.\nStop or Off button detected to be pressed for at least 1 second during test shortly after power up.",
     2: "HD FPGA POST failure.",
@@ -517,3 +518,9 @@
 HEPARIN_TEXT = "HEPARIN"
 VOLUME_DELIVERED = "Volume Delivered"
 
+#patient id
+CHARACTER_PATIENT_ID = ["qwerty","sampleid","abcdefghijklmnop","patientid", "username"]
+ALPHANUMERIC_PATIENT_ID = ["sA@MpLE#123", "A@BH&321","5432@qwerty"] 
+KEYBOARD_SWITCH = ["ABC", "&123"]
+
+