## Running WebCTRL® Server The WebCTRL Server application communicates with the system's controllers and accesses and maintains the system database. You view and edit the system in client web browsers. WebCTRL Server must be running for an operator to log in from a web browser. The application's Current Users, Connections, and Output tabs let you monitor the status of the system. Output information is continually archived to WebCTRLx.x\logs\< date >\core.txt. NOTE The instructions below are for a system that has been designed and set up. While designing a system, you can run the WebCTRL® application without communicating with the system's controllers. See Options for running a WebCTRL® system.
Click for details below To start the WebCTRL® system To send a message to logged in operators To log off an operator To shut down a system
### To start the WebCTRL® system Click Start > All Programs > WebCTRL x.x > WebCTRL Server. TIP If you run the WebCTRL Server application as a Windows® service, your computer can automatically start the application every time the computer starts. See Running WebCTRL Server as a Windows service. Open a web browser on one or more client computers. Verify that your web browser is set up to display the WebCTRL® interface. See Setting up WebCTRL® client devices and web browsers. Type the WebCTRL® server's address in the web browser's address field. NOTE You can type`http://localhost` if WebCTRL Server and the web browser are running on the same computer. Enter a Name and Password.
### To send a message to logged in operators Messages are delivered immediately to WebCTRL® client web browsers. You can send multiple messages, but the operator must click Ok for the first message before the next message can be delivered. If the web browser window is minimized, the message is not visible. On the WebCTRL Server application's Current Users tab, click beside the user you want to send a message to. Or, click Notify All Users. Type a message. Click OK.
### To log off an operator From the WebCTRL Server application NOTE The operator will be logged off without warning. On the WebCTRL Server Current Users tab, right-click the operator, then select Log Off User. Click Yes. From the WebCTRL® interface NOTE The operator will be logged off without warning. In the WebCTRL® interface, press Ctrl+M. Type`whoson` in the manual command field. Obtain the ID number of the operator you want to log off. Press Ctrl+M. Type`logoffuser x` (where x is the ID number). Click OK.
### To shut down a system In the WebCTRL Server application, select Server > Shut Down. Optional: Select a delay option, then edit the Notification message. Click Shut Down.