mxGUI - Online and Offline Status

mxGUI has two modes of operation: online or offline.

You can interrogate the current status by hovering over the connection icon at the bottom right of the display.

In online mode, mxGUI connects to the mc² control system via the IP network (and so you will see the IP address of the connected system). You can use this mode to remotely operate the system from the mxGUI displays. Any changes take immediate effect, and all user data is stored on the mc² system.

In offline mode, mxGUI runs an emulation of the mc² control system (and so you will see that mxGUI is connected to the "localhost"). You can use this mode to prepare settings offline, save them into a production (stored on the mxGUI computer), and then transfer this to the system at a later time. In this instance, all user data is stored locally on the mxGUI computer (on the "Local Control System").

Both modes are described in more detail later. For now, it is useful to know that:

• By default, mxGUI starts in offline mode. You can use the Reconnect option (in the Settings → Connection window) to modify this behaviour.
• A very basic configuration is included with the mxGUI installer (and this is why, initially, the offline Signal List has no external signals).
• Before you can build an offline setup that includes signal routing, you will need to open a online connection to the system (to synchronize the Signal List).