Downloading the Desktop Agent

To bid using the Desktop agent, do the following:

  1. From the Merkato portal, select Desktop from the user interface menu and click select.

If Java 1.4.1 is not installed on your PC, Merkato will prompt you to download it.
The Desktop window appears.

  1. If the Agent Download window is not available, from the File pull-down menu, select Download Agent.

  1. In the Agent Download window, enter the username and password.

By default, these are the same as the username and password you used to access the Desktop interface from the initial login; the fields are populated with this information. You may specify another valid username and password to download another agent.

 


  1. Select a Garage from the pull-down menu. Make sure the Garage you select is the one that contains the desired Spot market agent.

You may have a separate Garage for your Reservations agent, as well as Garages for multiple Spot market agents (if you are allowed to purchase bandwidth from multiple markets simultaneously). (See “Note: Bidding From the Garage or From the Desktop.”)

  1. Click Download. When the agent finishes downloading it appears on the Merkato desktop.