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<div style="text-align: center;"><br />We recommend the RCon Admin Tool called EPM RCon for Arma 3<br />You can download this here; https://www.a3cdn.com/rcon/downloads/EPMRCon%200.9.9.9.zip<br /></a><br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /><br />How to connect to your server.<br /><br />To connect to your server you'll need 3 pieces of information;<br />-Your server's IP<br />-Your server's RCon Port<br />-Your server's RCon Password.<br /><br /><br />You can find your server's IP in the Control Panel. <br />The RCon Port is located in the configuration files under BEServerconfig (i.e. 2302)<br />You can get your RCon Password by opening the File Manager and navigating to:<br />    /DefaultServer/BattlEye/<br />Now click the Pencil Icon on BEServer_active_*.cfg<br />    The * means some random numbers and letters.<br />The RCon password will be shown like this;<br />    RConPassword &lt;RConPassword&gt;<br /><br /><br />Now that you have your connection information. <br />In EPM RCon<br />Click Favourites.<br />Click Edit Favourites.<br />Click New<br />Enter your Admin Name, it can be anything and will appear on Global Announcements, etc.<br />Enter the name of the server, this is only for the Favourites list.<br />Enter the IP<br />Enter the Port.<br />Enter the RCon Password.<br />Click Apply.<br />Click Favourites<br />Click on the new favourite you just made.<br />You're now connected to your server via RCon!<br /><br /><hr /><br />
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<h3>EPM Rcon Features:</h3>
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== '''ArmA 3 Rcon Guide''' ==
<dd>- Resizeable and easy to use Chat/Log Box with 3 tabs (All, Chat, and Log) and a search function.</dd>
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<dd>- Resizeable and sortable table of players.</dd>
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<div style="text-align: left;">== '''RCON Clients''' ==
<dd>- Send global message.</dd>
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<dd>- Send private message to player.</dd>
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[https://www.battleye.com/downloads/ Battleye RCON]
<dd>- Ban player with variable length. (Works even if they disconnect while you're typing your reason)</dd>
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<dd>- Kick player.</dd>
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[https://battlewarden.net/ BattleWarden] (Free to use client)
<dd>- Add ban.</dd>
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<dd>- Reload bans.</dd>
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[http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=19502 EPM RCON]
<dd>- Table of bans.</dd>
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<dd>- Remove ban.</dd>
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[https://infistar.de/eng/product/infistar-brc Infistar] (Note this is a paid client, you can not use this for free)
<dd>- Favourites.</dd>
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<dd>- DNS Support.</dd>
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These are the current best known Rcon tools for ArmA 3, Infistar requires you to buy their product but is a great tool.
<dd>- Shutdown.</dd>
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<dd>- Restart.</dd>
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For this guide we will be using EPM Rcon
<dd>- Reload Scripts &amp; Events.</dd>
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<dd>- Log saving.</dd>
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== Connecting with your Rcon Client ==
<dd>- Toggle-able timestamps.</dd>
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<dd>- Lock &amp; Unlock.</dd>
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All clients will use the same connection information, this section will go over how to get your Rcon connection information and where to put it in relation to EPM
<dd>- Get and set Max Ping.</dd>
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<dd>- Global database of players.</dd>
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[[File:arma_rcon_1.png]]
<dd>- Local database of players.</dd>
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<dd>- Auto log saving.</dd>
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In this image you can see the default GUI for the client, in the image above you will see where to go to reach the fields for inputting your connection information.
<dd>- AutoUpdate! Note: Versions below 0.9.2.2 will not update above.</dd>
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You will want to click on connect in the top left and then "connect to"
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This will bring up a box to fill in the respective connection information
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[[File:arma_rcon_2.png]]
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There are four fields to fill in within this new box, below I will go over what each entry is for
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Admin Name - This is what your name will be displayed as in-game when issuing any commands that are shown to other players. For instance if you speak to the server it will display it under the name you have set in this field.
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IP Address - This must be IP address of your server (See below images for how to locate your IP)
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Port - This is the RCON port ( Located in your battleye\BEServer.cfg under configuration files. See image below )
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Password - This is the password for your RCON Client ( Located in your battleye\BEServer.cfg under configuration files. See image below )
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Example of where to location BEserver.cfg and IP for connection
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[[File:arma_rcon_3.png]]
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Once in the configuration files you will see this
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[[File:arma_rcon_4.png]]
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Open up the BEserver.cfg in the text editor and you will see the following
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[[File:arma_rcon_5.png]]
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This displays all of the needed information above, the password which you can update along with the Rcon port (Do not change this.) It also displays "Rcon IP" but this is just the IP of the server
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After gathering all of this information you can login after putting the information in their respective fields in your Rcon client and then hitting the connect button.
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Latest revision as of 04:21, 25 July 2019

ArmA 3 Rcon Guide

== RCON Clients ==

Battleye RCON

BattleWarden (Free to use client)

EPM RCON

Infistar (Note this is a paid client, you can not use this for free)

These are the current best known Rcon tools for ArmA 3, Infistar requires you to buy their product but is a great tool.

For this guide we will be using EPM Rcon

Connecting with your Rcon Client

All clients will use the same connection information, this section will go over how to get your Rcon connection information and where to put it in relation to EPM

Arma rcon 1.png

In this image you can see the default GUI for the client, in the image above you will see where to go to reach the fields for inputting your connection information.

You will want to click on connect in the top left and then "connect to"

This will bring up a box to fill in the respective connection information

Arma rcon 2.png

There are four fields to fill in within this new box, below I will go over what each entry is for

Admin Name - This is what your name will be displayed as in-game when issuing any commands that are shown to other players. For instance if you speak to the server it will display it under the name you have set in this field.

IP Address - This must be IP address of your server (See below images for how to locate your IP)

Port - This is the RCON port ( Located in your battleye\BEServer.cfg under configuration files. See image below )

Password - This is the password for your RCON Client ( Located in your battleye\BEServer.cfg under configuration files. See image below )

Example of where to location BEserver.cfg and IP for connection

Arma rcon 3.png

Once in the configuration files you will see this

Arma rcon 4.png

Open up the BEserver.cfg in the text editor and you will see the following

Arma rcon 5.png

This displays all of the needed information above, the password which you can update along with the Rcon port (Do not change this.) It also displays "Rcon IP" but this is just the IP of the server


After gathering all of this information you can login after putting the information in their respective fields in your Rcon client and then hitting the connect button.