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Host Menu

• Toggle 1 (Local) Processor
• Toggle (Local) Client Availability
• Toggle (Local) Time Restricted
• Pool Manager
• Edit Local/Selected Client Settings
• Local/Selected Client Smedge Options
• Add Client Note
• Reset Client Failure Counts
• Send Message
• Select Frame Viewer
• Set Job Name Prefix
• Enter A New License
• Request A License
• Prioritize Clients
• Debug Level

This toggles the availablility of Smedge to use all of the installed processors on a machine. This option is only available on machines with more than one CPU installed.

If you have no clients selected in the Client section of the main window, this menu option will control the local client. If you have one or more clients selected, this option will attempt to perform the action on all of the selected clients.

You can see the state of the computer by looking at the Clients pane of the main window. If the Client has one processor disabled, the icon will be orange, and the "Processors Available" column will show something like "1 of 2." You can also see the state by looking at the toolbar:

	All of the client's processors are available to be used
	Smedge will leave one of the client's processors available for user use

Note: If you have no clients selected, this menu option will display as Disable 1 Local Processor.

This toggles the availability of this client to render jobs. This is the same as checking or unchecking the Enabled to process jobs check box in the Client Settings dialog box.

If you have no clients selected in the Client section of the main window, this menu option will control the local client. If you have one or more clients selected, this option will attempt to perform the action on all of the selected clients.

You can see the state of the computer by looking at the Clients pane of the main window. If the Client is disabled, the icon will be red, and the "Status" column will display "Disabled." You can also see the state by looking at the toolbar:

	This client is enabled to execute renders
	This client cannot execute renders

or by looking at the System Tray icon:

	This client is enabled to execute renders
	This client cannot execute renders

Note: If you have no clients selected, this menu option will display as Disable Local Client.

This toggles the time restrictions on this client's availability of this client to render jobs. This is the same as checking or unchecking the Restrict Rendering Times check box in the Client Settings dialog box. Note that you need to have set up the time and day fields previously in this dialog box in order for the time restrictions to actually restrict anything.

If you have no clients selected in the Client section of the main window, this menu option will control the local client. If you have one or more clients selected, this option will attempt to perform the action on all of the selected clients.

The icon on the toolbar will reflect the state of the check box, regardless of whether that client is actually in a restricted time or not:

	This client will always be available for rendering
	This client may be subject to time restrictions based on the settings in the Client Settings dialog

You can see whether the computer is in a restricted time by looking at the Clients pane of the main window. If the Client is disabled, the icon will be magenta, and the "Status" column will display "Resticted." You can also see the state by looking at the tray icon:

	This client is allowed to execute renders
	This client cannot execute renders

Note: If you have no clients selected, this menu option will display as Local Time Restricted.

This opens up the Pool Manager window, which allows for the creation and modification of pools. Note that this window is not modal, so you can continue to do work even if it is open.

This opens up the Client Settings dialog box. If you have no clients selected in the Client pane of the main window, this will open a dialog box for the local client. If you have one or more clients selected in the list, the dialog box will reflect the settings of those clients, and any changes you make will be broadcast to all the clients you have selected.

This opens up the Smedge Options dialog box. If you have no clients selected in the Client pane of the main window, this will open a dialog box for the local client. If you have one or more clients selected in the list, the dialog box will fill with default options, any changes you make will be broadcast to all the clients you have selected.

Clients can have a note attached to them, where you can put information you find useful for everyone to be aware of about the client. The note text can be anything you want. Selecting this command will open the Client Note dialog box, with your local client selected in the list. You can select any client you wish in the dialog box, and the note text you type will be attached to the selected client.

Forces Smedge to reset the failure counts for the selected clients. This is useful if you have had a temporary problem that has caused jobs to fail repeatedly. Smedge normally keeps a count of the failures, and stops letting clients try (and fail) on a job infinitely. If you have fixed the problem, you can reset the failure counts for a client using this command. To reset failure counts by job instead of by client, use the Reset Job Failure Counts command in the Queue menu.

Allows you to send an instant message to any or all Smedge clients currently running on your network. For more information, see Instant Messages.

This allows you to select which program will be used by Smedge to display the currently rendering frame (for products that support this funcionality). Smedge passes the filename to the application in a command line style (e.g., fcheck.exe "filename.iff").

This opens a window that allows you to set text that will be prepended to the name of every job that is submitted from this client.

This is how you can enter the license code that you received either to test Smedge on your network, or if you have purchased it.

This brings up a form you can use to request a license code for Smedge on your network. Fill out the dialog box and press "Send" to request your license. If your computer is not directly connected to the Internet, press "View" and copy and paste the contents of the message to an email sent to license@uberware.net.

Tells the server to automatically prioritize clients based on their relative speed. This process takes only about a second, and will change the Client Priority of every client currently running on your network.

This sets the level of detail for the information that Smedge saves in its debugging log file. This file can be useful for troubleshooting, or for sending to technical support if you are having problems. To see where this file is saved, see the FAQ Where are details about a job saved when that job finishes?