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Look at your hub or router (this should have come with instructions on how to do this in your browser) and on one screen it should show what devices are connected to your LAN and wifi. Look for the IPv4 address (w.x.y.z) of the device you have installed MX on, for example 192.168.1.64. Then give your Computer a fixed address for MX user interface by finding the network card via Network and Sharing Centre (Control Panel), click on Change Adapter Settings, then Right click on Ethernet or WiFi Adapter, select Properties and in the window that opens right click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP 4), and select properties and on that pop up screen tell the computer to "use the following IP address and fill it out with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and gateway address between 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.254 (depending on the address of your hub/router). | Look at your hub or router (this should have come with instructions on how to do this in your browser) and on one screen it should show what devices are connected to your LAN and wifi. Look for the IPv4 address (w.x.y.z) of the device you have installed MX on, for example 192.168.1.64. Then give your Computer a fixed address for MX user interface by finding the network card via Network and Sharing Centre (Control Panel), click on Change Adapter Settings, then Right click on Ethernet or WiFi Adapter, select Properties and in the window that opens right click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP 4), and select properties and on that pop up screen tell the computer to "use the following IP address and fill it out with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and gateway address between 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.254 (depending on the address of your hub/router). | ||
==== Setting up for either manual or automatic running ==== | |||
There are 3 ways on Windows to create a way to run MX | |||
#Create a shortcut on your desktop (and/or the taskbar) for the '''CumulusMX.exe''' executable | |||
#*In that shortcut define the path where the executable is located as the path to start in. | |||
#* '''Remember, if you have not done the ''netsh http add urlacl url=http://*:8998/ user=\users'' command mentioned above, you must run as administrator.''' | |||
#* Add any of the parameters that can be used with the executable, as listed later, such as specifying a different port for the admin interface , or starting with debugging. | |||
#*Now you can click the shortcut to start the engine | |||
#OR place the shortcut as defined above in the start up folder for the user account so MX automatically starts when you connect/log in (see a later section for how to find that start up folder). | |||
# OR declare a task in the scheduler to start MX; in the '''Actions''' tab fill in fields as follows (the other tabs should be obvious): | |||
#**'''Action''' <tt>Start a program</tt> from drop-down | |||
#**'''Program/script''' <tt>cmd.exe</tt> | |||
#**'''Add arguments''' <tt>/C start "Start_MX" "\CumulusMX\CumulusMX.exe"</tt> | |||
#**(there are some optional parameters that can be used after the .exe call, such as a '''port=nnn''' as mentioned below) | |||
#**'''Start in''' <tt>\CumulusMX</tt> (include a drive specifier if necessary) | |||
==== Each time you want to run Cumulus MX on Windows: ==== | ==== Each time you want to run Cumulus MX on Windows: ==== | ||
#First '''start the engine''' in one of the | #First '''start the engine''' in one of the 3 ways from last sub-section | ||
# Next '''start the admin interface''', it does not need to run all the time, but only when you need it (when you first use MX you will need it to access the settings where you tell MX what type of station you have and what units you want to use, and set various timing options), it normally runs on port 8998 (to vary that there is a '''-port''' parameter that is followed by required port and that port parameter has to be entered every time you start MX if you are not using the default port). | # Next '''start the admin interface''', it does not need to run all the time, but only when you need it (when you first use MX you will need it to access the settings where you tell MX what type of station you have and what units you want to use, and set various timing options), it normally runs on port 8998 (to vary that there is a '''-port''' parameter that is followed by required port and that port parameter has to be entered every time you start MX if you are not using the default port). | ||