Starting, Stopping, and Restarting the Local MES Middleware Host

You can manually start, stop, and restart the MES middleware host service from the MES Service Monitor icon in the system tray. The MES Service Monitor icon will be installed on the system tray for any node on which the MES Middleware component is installed.

1. Right-click the MES Service Monitor icon on the system tray.

   

2. Click MES Middleware Host and then click Start, Stop, or Restart.

   

Starting and Closing the MES Service Monitor

If the MES Service Monitor is not currently running, you can start it.

To start the MES Service Monitor and add it to the system tray

• On the Start menu, locate and select Service Monitor (the tile is shown below).

  

  The icon is added to the system tray.

To close the MES Service Monitor and remove it from the system tray

• Right-click the MES Service Monitor icon and click Exit.

  Note that closing the MES Service Monitor does not affect the state of the MES middleware host service.