On the Instances page of your account, you will find all the program instances you manage.
View
Click View to get more detailed information about a program instance you manage. You can also update the Alias of the instance through this interface. Instances can update their own aliases through the RenameAlias method call.Delete
Click delete to delete an instance from your Web Manager account. You will be prompted to confirm that you want the instance deleted. Upon deletion, the instance itself will be re-initialized and will no longer being registered or activated on the ISB. This instance, if run again, will register as a brand new instance.Kill
Click kill to not only delete an instance from your Web Manager account, but permanently disable the instance itself from ever sending or receiving messages again.Alias
For program instances that are activated automatically, the alias is their Program Instance ID. For program instances that are activated manually, you have the option of creating a custom nickname for them. Instances can update their own aliases through the RenameAlias method call.Activated
This column shows the date that a program instance was activated for your Web Manager account.Channels
This column shows the number of channels a program instance has with other program instances, in addition to two action hyperlinks, List and Create. Click on List to view the program instances this instance has channels with. Click on Create to create new channel requests for this program instance.
If you decide to create a channel, you are prompted as to whether you want to create a channel with another program instance you manage, or a program instance managed by someone else, as illustrated below:
For more information about communication channels, click here.
Activating Instances
Instances need to be activated in order to know who gets to administer them. When an instance is activated, it has been associated with its administrator’s Linxter Web Manager account. You choose whether you want instances of your program to be activated manually or automatically — the option you choose will depend greatly on how your program will be used and by whom. To learn more about Activation options, click here
Activating Instances Manually
A program instance can register itself to the Linxter ISB and pull down its settings, but not yet be Activated (managed by a Linxter Web Manager account). In this case, an Activation ID is used to associate the instance with an account. It is a one-time use unique ID that is available through the ActivationCode property call.
To manually Activate a program instance, you would click the “Activate Instance” button on the Instances page as illustrated below. You will need to know the Activation ID of the program instance you want to manage. You can enter an alias of your choosing.
