====== Synchronet Control Panel (Windows) ======

The Synchronet Control Panel is a Windows GUI application for controlling and monitoring the various Synchronet servers and services with built-in chat, user editor, configuration, and other conveniences for the Synchronet sysop.

{{:monitor:sbbsctrl.png?500|Synchronet Control Panel screen shot}}

===== Executable =====

The Synchronet Control Panel is a native Windows executable program.

The executable file is: ''[[dir:exec]]/sbbsctrl.exe''

===== Configure =====

The control panel may be used to enable/disable and configure the various [[:server:|Synchronet Servers]] with GUI dialogs, launch the [[util:SCFG]] utility with the BBS->Config menu option:


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 (or Configure->BBS tray icon option), and edit the various [[:config:text files]], [[:config:INI files]], [[:config:CFG files]], and [[:config:filter files]] used by Synchronet.

==== Wizard ====

A configuration wizard can be launched with the BBS->Configure menu option to take the new sysop through the primary configuration settings required to run Synchronet, one page at a time.

{{:monitor:scfgwizard.png?300|Synchronet Configuration Wizard}}

The wizard is started automatically the first time the control panel is executed after installation.

==== Settings ====

The control panel configuration settings are stored in the Windows Registry key:\\ ''HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Swindell\Synchronet Control Panel''

These settings may be exported to or imported from a ''[[config:sbbsctrl.ini]]'' file (e.g. for moving control panel settings to another computer) using the File->Export settings and File->Import Settings menu options.

Many of the Control Panel settings are modified via the File->[[monitor:sbbsctrl:Properties]] menu item.
===== Customize =====

The fonts and colors used in the various monitoring windows are sysop configurable via the File->Properties->Customize menu.

The control panel may also be used to edit the Synchronet BBS ''[[custom:text.dat]]'' file and [[custom:menu files]].

===== Windows Services =====

The control panel may be used to control and monitor in-process servers and services or to control and monitor the Synchronet Windows Services (for Windows NT-based operating systems, including XP, Vista, and Windows 7). 

Certain features (e.g. chat) are currently not available when using the control panel with Synchronet Windows Services.

See [[ntsvcs|Synchronet Windows Services]] for details.

===== See Also =====
  * [[:monitor:|Monitoring]]
  * [[:monitor:sbbsctrl:Properties]]
  * [[:monitor:sbbscon|Synchronet Console (sbbs.exe)]]

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