Settings and admin

In the app

Open Settings in IXEL One. On a Mac, choose Settings… from its menu.

• Open when you log in, and Connect when IXEL One starts.
• Your devices can reach every port on this computer. Off, they reach only what IXEL One shares. See Your devices.
• Screens: sharing this computer’s screen. See Screens.
• Update automatically, Check for Updates, and the version.
• Sign Out of IXEL…: removes this computer from your devices.

Another computer’s settings

You can change another computer’s settings from IXEL One on any of your devices, or from app.ixel.ai. Changes reach it within about a second.

A managed computer takes its settings only this way. It refuses changes made on itself.

app.ixel.ai

app.ixel.ai is IXEL’s web app. Sign in with your IXEL account to:

• see your devices, and remove ones you no longer use;
• change a computer’s settings;
• open a computer’s Screens and Watch it in the browser.

The background service

IXEL One runs a background service that holds your devices, screens and agents. The app starts it when you log in. On a server, the installer sets it up:

System	For your login	For the whole computer
Linux	systemd user unit ixel-one.service	systemd unit ixel-one.service
macOS	launchd agent si.ixel.one	launchd daemon si.ixel.one
Windows	a scheduled task at logon	a scheduled task at startup, as SYSTEM

To set it up or remove it yourself:

ixel service install            # with your login
sudo ixel service install --system   # with the computer
ixel service uninstall

There is one service per computer and user. Older IXEL Mesh apps on the same computer use it too.