Internet, iClose-Up Constant Connection:

 

 

iClose-Up Server:

 

Constant Connection:  On the computer you decide will be the iClose-Up Server you will need to get connected to the Internet.  If you have a constant connection to the Internet you do not have do anything, your iClose-Up Server will be viewable to iClose-Up Clients within five minutes of installing iClose-Up or within five minutes of starting up your computer if iClose-Up was already installed.  You can register by hand by positioning your mouse pointer on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of the screen, then click on the Right mouse button, then select Internet Visibility and Incoming Access, then make sure that both This computer is visible on the Internet and Access is set to open are both checked and then press the OK button.  Your iClose-Up Server is now ready to accept a connection from an iClose-Up Client.  (Note, you can optionally choose to never be seen by iClose-Up Clients, as well as closing Access to iClose-Up Clients using the options in Internet Visibility and Incoming Access.  To not be visible when ever you start your computer you would double click on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen press the Options button and select the Internet tab, and deselect the top three options.)

 

 

iClose-Up Client:

 

Constant Connection:  On the computer you decide will be the iClose-Up Client you will need to connect to an iClose-Up Server.  If you have a constant connection to the Internet you need to make an entry for the iClose-Up Server you want to connect to, in the iClose-Up List.  Double click on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of the screen.  Now click on Create Entry then select Internet Connection (using your constant connection)  You will be asked for the iClose-Up Internet Name for the computer you want to connect to.

 

 

 

 

 

When iClose-Up is installed it asks the person installing to enter a name that will be used to uniquely identify each iClose-Up on the Internet.  If you are not at the iClose-Up Server Have someone at the other computer, the iClose-Up Server side, go to their iClose-Up List, by double clicking on their red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of their screen and then have them select Options, then they will select the Internet tab to find their iClose-Up Internet Name.  You will then enter that name. 

 

 

Next you will be asked for a Remote Control Password for the iClose-Up Server you are connecting to, you should put one in if they have put in an iClose-Up Remote Control Password.  They can check if they have a Remote Control Password by going into their iClose-Up List, and selecting Options then Remote then Passwords.  You will leave this entry blank if they have No password, and enter their password if they have one.

 

 

Next you will be asked to enter a descriptive name for your new entry that will appear in your iClose-Up List.

 

At this point your entry to connect to an iClose-Up Server will move to Available.  If you had other entries in your iClose-Up List for other people you know that use iClose-Up they would be either in your Offline or Available sections depending if they are on the Internet.  Whenever any of them get on the Internet their entry in your list will go to Available.  You can connect to one or more iClose-Up Servers now by selecting their entry and then selecting Connect to Entry to connect to the iClose-Up Server. 

 

After connecting you will see the “Connect Options” screen giving you the choice of doing one or more of, File Transfers, Remote Control or Chatting.  If you choose to do file transfers, choose “iClose-Up Quick File Transfer…”.  If you choose to run Remote Control select “Take Remote Control…” and if you have NetMeeting installed on both sides, you will have a window in the center of your Client screen, which is your Remote Control window of the Server computer.  If you want both file transfers and remote control then select both “iClose-Up Quick File Transfer…” and “Take Remote Control…”.  That’s all there is to it, it’s that easy! 

 

You should next read Getting Started with File Transfers.