Node Chat Using the Admin Client

Chat provides a way for users connected to the same node to communicate with each other. You must be connected to a node to start a chat session for that node. Only users on the same node will be able to chat with each other.

• To participate in a chat session:

1. Click the Nodes tab.
2. Right-click on a node to which you are currently connected and select Chat. Click Start Chat Session if no session has been created yet. A Chat session will be created.

   If a chat session is in progress, right-click on the node, select Chat, then Show Chat Session to join the chat session.

   The chat session window will appear with the message fields on the left and a list of users in the chat session on the right.

3. Type a message in the new message (lower left) field and either press the Enter key or click Send. The message will appear in the chat (upper left) field for all users to see.
4. Click Clear to clear any message you have typed in the new message field but have not sent. Clear will not clear the chat field.
5. Click Close to leave or end the chat session.
6. You will be prompted if you want to close the chat session. Click Yes to close the chat session for all participants, click No to exit the chat session but leave it running for others.

   You can also close a chat session for all participants from the nodes tab. Right click on the node with the chat session, select Chat, then End Chat Session.