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Viewing server information

You can view details about the server's activity in two ways. The View menu lets you see messages in the Server window each time certain events happen, such as when users log on to or out of the server. This is useful during testing of movies or anytime you want to see a complete log of activity. The Status menu lets you see information on demand about the total number of users on the server, movies connected, databases being used, groups created, and so on.

To view server information using the View menu:

| Choose View > Server Response Time to see how much time the server is taking to process each incoming message.
| A check mark next to the menu item indicates that it is active. This command will display a message every 10 seconds that shows the number of messages processed and the average time in milliseconds used for each message. You can adjust the time interval from 10 seconds to another number by editing the Multiuser.cfg file. See Using the Multiuser.cfg file.
| Choose View > Users Log On and Off to see a message each time a user logs in or out of the server.
| Choose View > Movie Creation and Deletion to see a message each time the first instance of a new movie connects to the server or the last instance of a movie logs off.
| This command also displays a message when the last instance of a particular movie disconnects from the server. By using the Users Join and Leave Groups and Group Creation and Deletion menu items, you can choose to see messages each time a connected user joins or leaves a group or when new groups are created or deleted.

To view general server status information using the Status menu:

Choose Status > Server. The following information will be displayed:

Server IP address: 123.45.67.89. This is the address you specify in the Multiuser.cfg file. See Configuring the server.

Server port: 1626. This is the communications port number assigned to the Shockwave Multiuser Server.

Number of connections: 47 available, 3 in use. In this example, three users are connected to the server. The number of connections is based on the number permitted by the server license key.

Connections waiting to be recycled: 0. These are connections that have logged out or timed out but have not yet been reset by the server to be able to accept new connections. This number will usually be 0 except on very active servers.

Number of connections awaiting logon: 0. These are connection requests that the server has received but not yet processed.

Number of movies: 3. This is the number of different movies connected to the server. These might be Chess, Pinball, and TechChat, for example, for a total of three movies.

To view specific status information using the Status menu:

| Choose Status > Movies to display a list of movies currently connected to the server as well as the number of users, groups, and databases used by each movie.
| Choose Status > Users to see the total number of users currently connected to each movie on the server. This will also display each user's name, user level, and IP address.
| Choose Status > Groups to see a list of the groups for each movie on the server and the members in each group.
| Choose Status > Databases to see a list of the databases used by each movie.