# Using the Dashboard

You must first navigate to Smart AMS Manager.

- Go to the Smart AMS Manager address in your web browser by using the Open Smart AMS Manager shortcut on the Desktop or on the Windows Start menu.
  Sample address: https://localhost:6394. Port number is selected when you install Smart AMS. The default is 6394. Make sure to replace localhost with the actual IP address of the computer that Smart AMS Manager is running on.

- To switch to the Dashboard, select in the Navigation Panel on the left of the page. On mobile devices with a smaller screen, select your username in the upper right corner of the page, and then select Dashboard.

You can choose which subsections are shown on the Dashboard.

- Select , and then select or clear the check box next to each subsection name you want to show or hide: SAMS controllers, Line PLC, MES connections, ToolsNet 8, Service Manager, App context, Licensing, Detected instances.

The SAMS controllers, Line PLC, MES connections and ToolsNet 8 subsections are called commissioning indicators. To display them, turn on the Use Monitoring API function in the App settings for Smart AMS Config.

In a subsection, a green dot indicates that the item is available or running. Otherwise, a red dot is shown. Inactive items will not be shown.

The Dashboard can contain the following subsections.

SAMS controllers: Shows the controllers that are used with Smart AMS. To view details for controllers, select the chart. For each controller, the following information will be shown: controller type, connection status (connected or disconnected ), line name, station name, IP address, and port.
Line PLC: Shows the PLC connections that are used with Smart AMS. To view details for connections, select the chart. For each connection, the following information will be shown: line name, line number, IP address, and connection status (connected or disconnected ).
MES connections: Shows the MES connections that are used with Smart AMS. To view details for connections, select the chart. For each connection, the following information will be shown: adapter name, adapter type, and connection status (connected or disconnected ).
ToolsNet 8: Shows the ToolsNet 8 connection status.
Service Manager: Shows the services that are running.
App context: Shows the process information, as well as the message queue (MQ), HTTP data, and time stamp when the configuration was pushed to the server.
Licensing: Shows if there is network connectivity between Smart AMS and Error Proofing License Manager, as well as host names of license servers with the number of used features and available features. The trial period indicator is green when there is more than one week left before the expiration date. If less than one week is left, it will turn yellow. It will turn red once the trial period has expired.
If no configuration has yet been applied to Smart AMS, the license indicator is gray.
Detected instances: Shows if there are any other Smart AMS server instances running on the network. For each instance, the following information will be shown: host name, application name, application version, IP address and port. Selecting the address link will allow you to view Smart AMS Manager for the corresponding instance.

To avoid conflicts, only one Smart AMS server should be running on the network.

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