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# Folding@home Binding
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Binding for the [Folding@home ](https://folding.stanford.edu/ ) distributed computing software.
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This binding can control multiple Folding@home clients and slots, using the TCP interface.
Clients are modeled as bridges, and support adding any number of slots (though, usually CPU and GPU).
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The binding provides control over Run / Pause and Finish.
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It polls for the status of the client, updates the run / pause state, and provides a basic description of the slot.
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The clients must be added manually in the UI, but the slots for a client will then appear using auto-discovery.
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## Requirements (network access to F@H)
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The Folding@home TCP interface is enabled only on localhost by default, without a password.
In order to allow control of Folding on other machines than the one running openHAB, it is necessary to configure the Folding client to accept commands from a non-localhost address.
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Here is how to do it in the FAHControl application:
- Open FAHControl on the client to be added
- Click on Configure, then the Remote Access tab
- Enter a password twice (invent one)
- Locate the Allow box under IP Address Restrictions
- Append a space and the IP address of the machine running openHAB to the text in that box, so it reads something like `127.0.0.1 192.168.1.2`
You should now have access to the client, configure it using the password and
IP address in the manual thing configuration interface.
