On the Options menu, click Communications Manager to open the Communications Manager window.

 Tip   You can also click the status bar on the Workspaces tab of the Launchbar or the Groove Workspace Explorer to pop up a communications panel. The Launchbar communications pop-up menu includes file sharing workspaces as well as other Groove workspaces.

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• View data communications

• Pause data communications

• Set Groove to work offline

• View or update network settings

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Viewing data communications

The Communications Manager reports on the overall communications status, as well as the communications status of individual workspaces and other activities such as messages and invitations. Data counters at the top of the dialog box track amount of data you're currently transmitting and receiving. A status message (to the left of the data counters) reports on the current state of communications. The following table describes the status messages you might see.

Activity	Status
Communicating Normally	You are working online and no communications activities are paused.
Communicating Normally (some activities paused)	You are working online, but you paused at least one communication activity.
Working Offline (since mm/dd/yy, hh:mm)	You are working offline. The time indication lets you know how long you have been in this state.
Preparing to Work Offline...	You are transitioning from working online to working offline.
Preparing to Work Online...	You are transitioning from working offline to working online.
Unable to communicate (since mm/dd/yy, hh:mm)	Groove cannot detect a local IP address. The time indication lets you know how long you have been in this state.
Not communicating (since mm/dd/yy, hh:mm)	All attempts at communicating have failed. The time indication lets you know how long you have been in this state.

Viewing Groove communications by workspace or activity

In the Activity table, the Communications Manager provides status information about your workspaces, messages and invitations, and about other accounts you might have on this computer.

The table below lists the activities and the status messages you might see.

Activity	Status
Synchronizing "workspace Name"	Idle: Groove is waiting to send/receive data for the workspace. Paused: The workspace is currently paused.
	<Data> left to transmit; <Data> left to receive: the amount of data Groove is currently sending or receiving for the workspace.
	Merging changes: Groove is assimilating data into the workspace.
	Paused: <Data> left to transmit; <Data> left to receive: you paused the workspace with data left to send or receive.
Sending"workspace name(s)"	Data> left to transmit: Groove is sending the workspace and has data left to transmit.
	Paused: <Data> left to transmit: You paused the workspace as it was sending and has data left to transmit.
Receiving "workspace name(s)"	<Data> left to receive: Groove is installing the workspace and has data left to receive.
	Paused: Data> left to receive: You paused the workspace as it was installing and has data left to receive.
Messages and invitations	Idle: Groove is waiting to send/receive messages or invitations.
	<Data> left to transmit; <Data> left to receive: The amount of message or invitation data Groove is currently sending or receiving.
	Paused: The messaging feature is currently paused.
	Paused: < Data> left to transmit; <Data> left to receive: You paused the messaging feature with data left to send or receive.
Miscellaneous communications	<Data> left to transmit; <Data> left to receive: The amount of data being sent or received outside of workspaces and messaging activities.

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Pausing communication

You can pause communications for a selected workspace or for messages and invitations. You might want to do this if you want to postpone sending or receiving large quantities of data.

To pause communications for a workspace or activity, uncheck it. The status message for the workspace or activity changes to "Paused." To resume communications, check the workspace or activity.

You can also click Pause All to pause communications for all workspaces and message activity at once. This feature is most useful if you have a large number or workspaces, and you'd like to pause communication for all but one (or a few) of them. In that case, you can select Pause All and then resume communications for only selected workspaces.

 Tip   You can also pause communications for a workspace by selecting it in a workspace list and clicking Pause Communications on the Options menu. You can pause or resume communications for all workspaces by clicking Pause All Communications or Resume All Communications on the Options menu.

If you pause a workspace or communication activity, you will still receive incoming data if Groove clients are communicating via static IP address mode and:

• Another member of the workspace you paused is running an earlier version of Groove.
• A contact running an earlier version of Groove sends you a message or invitation.

 Note   If Groove clients communicate through a relay server and you pause a workspace or communication activity, you will not receive incoming data.

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Working offline

Working offline suspends all Groove data communications, and displays your status as "offline" to other Groove users.

Working offline is most useful when you want to work locally without sending or receiving any updates, and when you prefer that others view you as temporarily unavailable.

To start working offline, click Work Offline. The Groove icon in the Windows notification area changes to look like this:

To resume working online, click Work Online.

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Viewing or updating network settings

You can view the network settings and diagnostic information for the identities in your Groove account from the Communications Manager. You may occasionally need to see this information for technical support purposes. You can also switch your network address between an automatic (a device URL assigned automatically for your computer) and static (a device URL you specify).

Displaying your settings

To display and copy the network settings used by your identity to communicate with other Groove users:

1. On the Options menu, click Communications Manager.
2. Click Network Settings.

The Advanced Network Settings dialog box displays the network settings for the selected identity. To view the network settings for another identity, select it from the drop-down menu.

3. Click Copy to Clipboard to copy all of the list of network settings so you can paste them into another application.
4. Click OK.

Modifying your network address

The Advanced Network Settings dialog box also allows you to modify the network address of your computer.

1. Click the setting Network address for <Computer Name> (This Computer) and click Modify.
2. Click Automatic (default) or Static. If you select static, enter the new address in the space provided.

 Note   If you select static, all your devices must use a static IP address.

3. Click OK.

Groove validates the static address and warns you if it is invalid. If the address is valid, the list of devices in the Advanced Network Settings dialog will be refreshed to reflect you change.

4. Click OK.

If you decide to switch to an automatic IP address, Groove removes the static IP address, restores the presence devices for the computer, and restores the previous relay server information.

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