<h2> <img src="js/resources/images/16x16/ivoa.png"/> Connection to a SAMP hub</h2> 
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Start with clicking  the <img src="js/resources/images/16x16/interop.png"  align="middle"/> <b><i>Interoperability Module</i></b> 
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AMDA is a web application so it can't have an embedded SAMP hub. It's necessary to first run a tool that includes a SAMP hub.
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<span style="font-weight:bold; color:red">1</span> : Click on the button SAMP connection. If no hub is running, you'll see the following error message
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<img class="centered" src="help/images/SampNo.png"/ >
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<span style="font-weight:bold; color:red">2</span> : You can start a hub with <b>Starthub</b> 
or you can launch <a href="http://www.star.bris.ac.uk/~mbt/topcat/" target="_blank">Topcat</a> or 
<a href="http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/" target="_blank">Aladin</a> applications.
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<span style="font-weight:bold; color:red">3</span> : 
If the hub is correctly launched, you'll see the secure message, click <b><i>Yes</i></b>
<br/><br/><img class="centered" src="help/images/SampSecure.png"/><br/>
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 <img  src="help/images/SampAMDA.png" align="left" style="margin: 0px 25px 0px 0px;"/><span style="font-weight:bold; color:red">4</span> : You can see that the SAMP 
connection is OK (green button) and the list of clients connected to the SAMP hub. 
You can see the same information at the taskbar <img src="help/images/SampTaskBar.png" align=bottom/ >
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<img class="centered" src="help/images/SampDisconnect.png"/ ><br/><br/>
<span style="font-weight:bold; color:red">5</span> : To disconnect from the SAMP hub, click on the button <b><i>SAMP connection</i?</b> 
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