ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide A D D S 5 6 0 0 R M R E M O T E M A N A G E M E N T S E R V E R Administrator’s guide ADDS by Boundless Technologies...
ADDS 5600 Linux Based Terminals (LBT) installed on your network. The ADDS 5600 provides powerful and flexible computing capabilities for networks that have many types of servers as well as Web resources. The ADDS 5600 can initiate simultaneous, multiple connections to Windows 2003 Servers, Windows 2000 Servers, Windows NT Terminal Servers, UNIX-based servers, mainframes, minicomputers, intranets, and the Internet.
Understanding the ADDS 5600RM The ADDS 5600RM (Terminal Management Server) software is embedded software that turns an ADDS 5600 Linux Based Terminal into a Management Server. The ADDS 5600RM acts as a standalone appliance preventing installation of software on a Windows or UNIX server.
While connecting to the 5600RM (TMS), the Administrator will be prompted to enter its username and password. Eventually, the Administrator can select either to load the Graphical User Interface in English or in French. ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Network...
Terminal List Figure 3 - Network Drive unreachable By clicking the Edit button of the Network Drive section, the Administrator will be prompted to create the Network Drive. ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide REMOTE MANAGEMENT SERVER Figure 2 - Login screen...
NTLM and not Kerberos. Figure 5 - Configure Network Drive Once applied, the Network Drive should be up and running, enabling the ADDS 5600RM (TMS) to store its data. ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Figure 4 - Create Network Drive...
For ease of use, the ADDS 5600RM (TMS) is designed around a set of tabs. Terminals (ADDS 5600) List Tab This tab displays the list of terminals (ADDS 5600’s) that have been discovered on the network, they may be sorted by group or not.
This tab displays resources that the ADDS 5600RM (TMS) uses when performing actions. This can be configuration files, new firmware and messages. Terminal management server Terminal List ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Figure 9 - Scheduled Action Tab Figure 10 - Files Tab...
ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Disconnect Tab This Tab shall be used in case the Administrator wants to disconnect from the server. Terminal management server Terminal list Figure 13 - Disconnect Tab ADDS by Boundless Technologies...
“Port” : Enter port number of http server (default 80) or ftp server (default “Directory”: Enter the exact path where the files are stored Moreover, when using ftp protocol, you have to specify a username and password. ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide...
« refresh » the database entries by using « Discover » button again. Terminal management server Terminal list TERMINAL LIST ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide This section describes how to list & organize ADDS 5600 Terminals and how to perform immediate actions. Figure 14 - Press discover...
The PRESS_DISCOVER group can be removed invoking the group properties dialogbox (toolbox icon). Number of terminals: Figure 16 - Press_Discover group dialog box ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Figure 15 - Group erminal management server 1 terminal...
Once Press_Discover group is removed, Administrator can browse the entire list of terminals (ADDS 5600’s). All terminals are sorted out by groups. These groups are created using information provided by the terminals By default, the Group Name is set to “NOT_ASSIGNED”.
The main panel contains 5 buttons Discover / Display all / Add terminals / Add a group / Export. Further to these buttons, the main panel enables to memorize a terminal selection and performing an action on the selection. ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide 210 TMS Manager...
Terminal Setup Manager. At each bootup, and if needed every x minutes, the Terminals (ADDS 5600) will connect to TMS in order to update the database and, if required, they will execute the action previously set.
Add terminals (ADDS 5600’s) This button enables to add manually one or several terminal(s) into the database. This can be useful when an active network device blocks UDP broadcasts. Terminal management server Add Terminals Terminal IP: Add terminals from file: Add one terminal Add the terminal IP adress then press Add.
This menu can be used in order to move a selection to another location or to remove the selection from the Terminal list This panel displays the content of the database. ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Terminal management s… Figure 22 - Add a group database.
Terminal dialog box By pressing on the toolbox icon on a terminal entry, Adminsitrator can invoke the Terminal dialog box. The dialog box features 3 sections. ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Figure 23 - Terminal list Unit name...
Get configuration o Send configuration o Upgrade o Shadow Group Terminals (ADDS 5600’s) You can modify the thin client’s group. For that, choose the new group in the drop-down list Group Note for “Get configuration” You can export the current configuration of the terminal as file. All the settings will be stored as a .INI text file into the TMS server.
Web-server of the unit. Please notice that this bypasses all rights set locally on the unit. For instance, even if the http administration is disabled on the unit, TMS will be able to connect to the web-server. REMOTE MANAGEMENT 5600RM SERVER Figure 25 - HTTP Administration ADDS by Boundless Technologies...
Power On o Power Off o Reboot o Send a message o Send configuration o Upgrade ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Figure 26 - Group dialog box Wake-on-Lan the unit Shutdown the unit Restart the unit...
“Port” : Enter port number of http server (default 80) or ftp server (default “Directory”: Enter the exact path where the files are stored Moreover, if using a ftp protocol, you have to specify a username and ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide password.
The firmware displayed in the GUI are the ones available in the TMS network driver. TMS network drive Messages In this section, you can create messages to be sent to Terminals. ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Figure 27 - External server Figure 28 - TMS network drive...
At a particular date and time : The action will start at the selected date and time. At next reboot : The action will be performed when the thin client(s) will reboot. Terminal management server Terminal list ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Figure 29 - Scheduled actions...
You can view all differents TMS logs. For that purpose, press on the Logs tab. This tab can display last 5, 10, 30, 100, 200, 500 or all logs. Terminal management server Terminal list Figure 30 - Logs ADDS by Boundless Technologies...
“Port” : Enter port number of http server (default 80) or ftp server (default “Directory”: Enter the exact path where the files are stored Moreover, when using ftp protocol, you have to specify a username and password ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Advanced...
You can choose the keyboard type. Network You can configurate your network settings. Enter the IP address for TMS server, then the DNS server, the gateway etc… ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Figure 32 - Geographic Zone TMS_srv_support...
By default, TMS features temporary licenses for a limited number of seats. Additional licenses can be purchased to extend the number of terminals that can be browsed by TMS. ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Figure 34 - License...
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BANNER:banner2:this is ser2net TCP port \p device \d\r\n\ second line \ third line\r\n BANNER:banner3:this is ser2net TCP port \p device \d\r\n\ second line alksjdf;lasjkdfl;asdjfasf asdfljas;fldkjasfl; askjdfas\ ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide A port number may If this is specified, it will off disables accepting connections.
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1000:off:0:/dev/ttyS0:remctl LOCAL 9600 EVEN 1STOPBIT 8DATABITS -RTSCTS XONXOFF 1000:off:0:/dev/ttyS1:remctl LOCAL 9600 EVEN 1STOPBIT 8DATABITS -RTSCTS XONXOFF @@@@ FILE_END @@@@ RC7=/tmp/config/hosts:0644:0:1@@@@ FILE_BEGIN @@@@ @@@@ FILE_END @@@@ RC8=/tmp/config/diskmount/local.ini:0666:0:1@@@@ FILE_BEGIN @@@@ @@@@ FILE_END @@@@ RC9=/tmp/config/mixer.settings:0354:1:0@@@@ FILE_BEGIN @@@@ M1T<``$='``!'1P``1T<``$='``!'1P``1T<``$='``!'1P``1T<``$='``!' M1P``1T<``$='``!'1P``1T<``$='``!D9```1T<``$='``!D9```9&0``&1D *``!'1P``1T<````` @@@@ FILE_END @@@@ ADDS by Boundless Technologies...
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Mangrove Systems SAS accepts no responsibility or liability for errors, omissions, or misleading information that may be contained in this manual. ADDS by Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600RM Administration Guide Granville FR, Jan. 05.
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