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Connecting to your PlantStar server (APU)
The following tools are used to connect to your PlantStar APU besides the client software
You can obtain a MySQL client for Windows at:
Install the client on your computer, add the PlantStar APU as a connection using the same username and password you use to connect to the server via the command line.
You can download PuTTY from: