Acer WT300E User Manual

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Smart Manager

User’s guide

2.0

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Copyright © 2001 Acer Incorporated
All Rights Reserved.

Smart Manager 2.0
User’s guide

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1 Overview 1

Introduction 3

Basic features 3
Key benefits 3

System requirements 4

2 Installation 5

Installation 7
Uninstall 11

3 Running the utility 13

Running the utility 15

Server site 15
Terminal site (Windows-based terminal site) 17

Features 19

Menu options 19
Toolbar 24
Terminal settings 28
Changing status 38

Contents

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1 Overview

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This chapter gives an overview of the product.

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Introduction

Your Smart Manager 2.0 is the simplest, most powerful way to manage
your Acer WT 300/WT 300E terminals. From the server console, the
administrator can view, change the current terminal configuration of
any user, and quickly upgrade to a new image on both remote and
local Acer WT 300/WT 300E terminals.

Compatible with other network management tools, your Smart
Manager 2.0 provides maximum flexibility in upgrading and
configuring your Acer WT 300/WT 300E terminals.

Basic features

• Install on multiple-user Windows® 2000 Server operating systems

• View in detail any user’s current configuration (image version,
terminal settings, etc.)

• Remote upgrade terminal images quickly and easily

• Device parameters can be standardized or customized

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Key benefits

• Saves valuable time and resources by executing enhancements and
upgrades using many connectivity schemes quickly and efficiently
from a single location

• Installs quickly and is easy to use

• Provides complete control and management of your Acer WT 300/
WT 300E terminals

• Compatible with other network management tools

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1 Overview

System requirements

The following system requirements are needed for Smart Manager 2.0
to work properly:

• A network server running Windows® 2000 Server or later with
Winsock ver 1.1 or later network interface library

• 4 MB free hard disk space on the server side

• 32 MB random-access memory (RAM)

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2 Installation

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This chapter describes how to install the Smart
Manager 2.0.

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Installation

Consider the following when installing Smart Manager 2.0:

• The Windows® 2000 Server should be installed and running on the
system before installing Smart Manager 2.0.

• Close any running applications.

• Run the utility installation program, i.e. Setup.exe. The setup
screen appears.

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2 Installation

• The Setup program welcome screen appears.

• Click on Next and the User Information dialog box appears.

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• When the Choose Destination Location dialog box appears, check
the specified location in the Destination Folder box. If you want to
accept the default location, simply click on Next. If not, then click
on Browse and enter the desired location where you want the
setup program to copy the necessary files.

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• In the Select Program Folder dialog box, specify the desired
program folder for the Smart Manager 2.0 software. Then click on
Next to proceed with the installation.