Dragonfly 2

Launch on Windows 10

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Launch the Dragonfly App

OPTION 1 – Using the JAR file

  • Open the folder dragonfly-windows\application
  • Launch the Dragonfly App by clicking the dfja-2.4.0.21-dist.jar file.

At the very first start:

  • very likely Windows Defender Firewall will ask you to Allow Access to the Dragonfly App. Please check both the checkboxes.
  • you will be asked to enter the credentials (username, password), and the Site ID, received from Onit.

Once authenticated the Dragonfly Web User Interface will open inside your default browser!

OPTION 2 – Using the Windows Terminal

  • Open the Windows Terminal.
  • Move into the folderb dragonfly-windows\application.
  • Launch the Dragonfly App entering the following command inside the terminal:

java -jar -DsiteId="my_site_id" -Dlogin="my_email" -Dpassword="my_password" dfja-2.4.0.21-dist.jar
Where:

  • my_site_id – is the SiteID received from Onit.
  • my_email and my_password – are the credentials received from Onit.

At the very first start very likely Windows Defender Firewall will ask you to Allow Access to the Dragonfly App. Please check both the checkboxes.

Example of call:

java -jar -DsiteId="100100" -Dlogin="youremail@yourdomain.com" -Dpassword="1234321" dfja-2.4.0.21-dist.jar

Gstreamer “libgstrtmp.dll” error while launching the Dragonfly App
If the Dragonfly App fails to load the you libgstrtmp.dll then you will have to uninstall and re-install the 3 dependencies shown inside this page.

Open the Dragonfly Web User Interface

To visualize the Dragonfly Web User Interface from the same machine that is running the Dragonfly App open your favorite browser and type the following URL:

http://localhost:5000/

Visualize the Dragonfly Web User Interface from another machine
If you want to visualize the Dragonfly Web User Interface from different machine then you have to replace “localhost” with the IP of the machine that is running the Dragonfly App.
Terminate or restart the Dragonfly App

In order to terminate or restart the Dragonfly Application, press on the power button in the top right corner of the Dragonfly Web User Interface. Closing the browser will not terminate the Dragonfly Application. You must press that button.

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