# Is there a way to differentiate between HMI panels?

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**Created:** [August 5, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-differentiate-between-hmi-panels/77484 "2023-08-05T00:33:13Z")\
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I imagine you could do this with the MAC address. Here is a commonly used example in the forum:

> [@Mobile Client MAC Address](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mobile-client-mac-address/23037/10):
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> In a real Vision client, you can obtain the local MAC addresses with the following script: from java.net import NetworkInterface # Get list of local mac address as strings def myMacIds(): macs = [ni.hardwareAddress for ni in NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces() if ni.hardwareAddress] return [":".join(["%02x" % (b & 0xff) for b in mac]) for mac in macs] Also, again in a real Vision client, you can obtain the outbound network interface and the corresponding local IP address the clien…

Other examples:  
[https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=mac%20address](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=mac%20address)

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