Usage Statusbar

Description

The status bar allows to easily view general useful information about the current aMule session.

It is placed at the bottom of the main window and looks like this:

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar1.jpg

Usage

The status bar is divided into several sections:

Log

You can see the last line printed into the log at the left most part of the statusbar:

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar2.jpg

The line might be only partially shown if it is larger than the space left in the statusbar. In this case it comes very useful to click in the information button by the text.

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar3.jpg

When clicked, a window will popup displaying the complete line.

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar13.jpg

Users

aMule tries to calculate the amount of users currently connected to the networks it is connected to.

The first number in the Users field corresponds to the estimated amount of users currently connected to the ed2k network.

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar4.jpg

The second number in that field corresponds to the estimated amount of users connected to the Kademlia network.

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar5.jpg

Files

aMule also tries to calculate the amount of currently available files on the networks it is connected to.

Again, the first number in the Files field corresponds to the estimated amount of files currently available in the ed2k network.

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar6.jpg

And again, the second number in this field corresponds to the estimated amount of files currently available in the Kademlia network.

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar7.jpg

Speed

The statusbar provides a handy way to know the bandwidth aMule is efectively taking.

In the Up field you can see the upload speed it is performing.

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar8.jpg

In the Down field you can see at what speed aMule is downloading.

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar9.jpg

Networks

The last field shows information about the networks status.

If you are connected to the ed2k network, you will be able to see the name (or IP if it has no known name) of the ed2k server you are connected to.

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar11.jpg

If you are not connected to the ed2k network, they you will see Not connected or Connecting if you are trying to connect.

Now about the Kademlia network, you should see its status by the Kad text.

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar12.jpg

Possible values are:

Text	Meaning
on	Connected
firewalled	Firewalled
off	Not connected, offline

A very special icon in the statusbar is the earth icon:

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar10.jpg

The arrows in this globe change their colour depending on the connection status of aMule.

The lower-left arrow refers to the ed2k network:

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar23.jpg

The upper-right arrow refers to the Kademlia network:

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar24.jpg

This are the coulour's meanings:

Colour	Meaning
Red	Offline, not connected
Orange	Connecting
Yellow	Connected but firewalled
Green	Connected

Here is the list of all possible globe icons and their meanings:

http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar16	Both ed2k and kademlia networks are offline
http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar17.jpg	The ed2k network is offline, but Kad is connected though firewalled
http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar15.jpg	The ed2k network is offline, but Kad is connected
http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar19.jpg	The ed2k network is being connected, while the kad network is offline
http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar18.jpg	The ed2k network is being connected, while the Kad network is connected though firewalled
http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar14.jpg	The ed2k network is being connected, while the Kad network is connected
http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar26.jpg	The ed2k network is connected with LowID (firewalled), while the Kad network is offline
http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar25.jpg	Both the ed2k and Kad networks are connected but firewalled
http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar21.jpg	The ed2k network is connected, while the Kad network is offline
http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar20.jpg	Both the ed2k and Kad networks are connected, but the Kad network is firewalled
http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_statusbar22.jpg	Both the ed2k and Kad networks are connected

Note: It should never happen that ed2k arrow iw yellow and the Kad arrow is green, so it is not listed int he above table.