Using the Express Interface

The Express interface is an HTML version of the Desktop interface, with some significant differences:

• It leaves your agent in the garage (the remote Merkato server) and controls it remotely. Closing the browser window makes no difference to your agent in the garage.
• Your screen is not updated in real time. You must click Refresh to update information in status displays.
• Reservations and certain spot market settings are not supported in this interface (significant for Buyer agents, but not for Seller agents)

The Express interface is meant to support advanced users who know what the fields mean and want a quick way to check agent status or make configuration changes.

The Express agent is in the initial portal browser window when you open it. If your agent was active and bidding from the garage you see a window like the one in the illustration.

Use the two buttons at the bottom of the window to communicate with your Seller agent.

• Click Refresh to update the read-only status fields in the windows without sending configuration changes to the Resource agent.

·         Click Apply to send configuration changes to the Resource agent.

To exit the Express window without sending configuration changes to the Resource agent click Logout.

For a complete description of the fields in the Express Agent interface, see “Express Agent Interface.”