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If the Rocrail server runs on another computer than localhost, you can connect to it by this option if no workspace has been opened:


This dialog is found in the File menu:
File → Connect to…

The "Help/Info" dialogue of Rocview will show you the IP adress.

Another way to determine the hostname or IP address:

Open a command window and issue the ipconfig command:

> ipconfig

Windows-IP-Konfiguration

Ethernetadapter LAN-Verbindung 2:

        Verbindungsspezifisches DNS-Suffix: siworld.local
        IP-Adresse. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.2.15
        Subnetzmaske. . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Standardgateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.2.2

In this example 10.0.2.15 is the Hostname to use in the Rocview dialog.

$ /sbin/ifconfig 

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:72:a9:03:cf  
          inet addr:192.168.200.201  Bcast:192.168.200.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:72ff:fea9:3cf/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:17641 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:11904 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:13797015 (13.7 MB)  TX bytes:1903395 (1.9 MB)
          Interrupt:16 

In this example 192.168.200.201 is the Hostname to use in the Rocview dialog.

The standard default client service port is 8051.
Check the Client Service of the Rocrail server for the correct port.

A list of Rocrail Servers found in the network if R2RNet is activated in Rocview and Servers.
See R2RNet

Only needed if the Rocrail server has set a control code to get write access.

See: Slave code