Dell Control Point Quick Reference Guide
Dell™ ControlPoint
System Manager
Notes
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Contents
1 About Dell™ ControlPoint System
Manager
Using MSI Command-Line Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 3
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Customized MSI Installation of System Manager
Bypassing Feature Support Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Setting Language for System Manager
Installation Dialogs
System Manager MSI Installer Feature List. . . . . . . . 6
System Manager Upgrades
Specify Customized System Manager Options . . . . . . 7
Contents of DCPSysMgrCfg.xml . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Examples
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2 Display and Devices Manager . . . . . . . . 11
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Keyboard Hot Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Keyboard Backlight
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Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Webcam
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Contents 1
3 Power Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
All Day Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Sleep Mode
Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Advanced Power Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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4 Tablet Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Pen and Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Power Management
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tablet PC Hardware Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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2 Contents
1
About Dell™ ControlPoint System Manager
Dell ControlPoint is a proprietary tool that combines system configurat ion,
connection, and security management functions into a single interface. This
book focuses on the System Manager component, which uses industry-standard
Microsoft® Windows Installer (MSI) technology to perform installations,
upgrades, modifications, and uninstallations. Features include:
•
Display and Devices Manager
settings including ambient light, keyboard hot key, storage, and webcam
settings.
•
Power Manager
power management, alarms, sleep mode, and battery options.
T ablet Ma nager
•
input, display, audio, power management, shortcuts, and buttons.
For detailed information on t he Connect ion Manager and Security Manager
components of ControlPoint that are not covered in this book, go to
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/dta/controlpoint.
—Enables yo u t o co nt rol system power settings includ in g
—Allows you to configure tablet settings, including pen and
—Enables you to control your display
Using MSI Command-Line Parameters
Administrators can use the System Manager-MSI command -line interface (CLI)
to install, modify, or remove System Manager features in unattended mode. A
basic MSI installation of System Manager entails entering the following
command:
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qn
This command installs all System Manager features on each computer based on
the computer's hardware configuration. The installation proceeds silently as an
express installation.
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NOTE: Administrator credentials are required.
Customized MSI Installation of System Manager
By customizing installation parameters, administra tors can invoke different
installation scripts to selectively install or uninstall System Manager features on
different computers using the same installation package, dcpsysmgr.msi. The
ADDLOCAL and REMOVE CLI parameters allow administrators to customize
specific System Manager features for silent or non-silent (dialog boxes
displayed) unattended installation or unin stallation.
The command-line is:
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi {/qn | /qr | /qb}
[ADDLOCAL=feature1,feature2... | ALL] [REMOVE=
feature1,feature2... | ALL] [REBOOT=ReallySuppress]
•
ADDLOCAL
•
REMOVE
/qn
•
installation)
•
/qr
while displaying dialogs showing installation progress)
•
/qb
displaying a basic progress bar)
REBOOT=ReallySuppress
•
during the installation
Refer to the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for complete documentation of all MSI commandline options.
: Add specific features or all features
: Remove or do not install features
: "Silent"—Specifies no user interface (unattended and silent
: "Reduced"—Specifies a reduced user interface ( unattended installation
: "Basic"—Specifies a basic user interface (u nattended installation wh ile
: Suppress all reboots and reboot prompts
Bypassing Feature Support Check
By default, the System Manager installation package interrogates the system
and only makes available as installation options those features that are supported
by the hardware. This means that when installing System Manager onto a hard
drive image to support multiple Dell systems, the only features available would
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be those features supported by the system used to create the image. To resolve
this limitation, administrators can use the command-line to set the public
property BYPASS_SUPPORT_CHECK equal to 1.
Example:
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi /qn
BYPASS_SUPPORT_CHECK=1
This will, at the time of install, install all features, whether supported or not, on
the system. At run-time, System Manager will only expose those features
supported by the system.
NOTE: The parameter "BYPASS_SUPPORT_CHECK=1" is a public property and
therefore case-sensitive.
Setting Language for System Manager Installation Dialogs
The System Manager installer defaults to the English language. To request a
different language for installation dialogs, specify the appropriate language
transform:
• German:
:1031
• Spanish:
:1034
•French:
:1036
• Italian:
:1040
• Japanese:
:1041
•Korean:
:1042
• Portuguese (Brazilian):
TRANSFORMS=:1046
• Chinese (Traditional):
TRANSFORMS=:1028
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi
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• Chinese (Simplified):
TRANSFORMS=:2052
•Danish:
:1030
•Dutch:
:1043
•Swedish:
:1053
•Russian:
:1049
• Norwegian:
:1044
•Polish:
:1045
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi TRANSFORMS=
msiexec.exe /i dcpsysmgr.msi
System Manager MSI Installer Feature List
1 llp
2 power
3 tablet
4 display.devices
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(32-bit),
Internal Network Card Power Management
(LOM) into Low Power mode to c on serve battery when network cable is
disconnected and computer running on battery power.
Tools for managing your system's power consumption: battery status, device
power savings, EnergyStar™ options.
Support for Tablet PC systems
T ab l et user-interface features.
Tools for managing your system's display and other installed devices.
NOTE: Feature names are case-sensitive.
llp64
(32-bit),
(32-bit),
(64-bit)
power64
tablet64
(32-bit),
—Puts LAN-on-motherboard
(64-bit)
(64-bit)
—Device driver for Tablet buttons and other
display.devices64
(64-bit)
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