Maxdata FALCON 200 L, FALCON 300 L user guide

MAXDATA FALCON 200 L / 300 L

User‘s Manual

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Important Imformation

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 7

2 Supported Software Features 9

3 Quick Installation 11

4 Boot Procedure 1

4.1 System BIOS ...................................................................................................................................13

4.2 Secondary Stage Loader and Boot Menu ........................................................................................ 13

4.2.1 Quiet Boot ............................................................................................................................... 13

4.2.2 Verbose Boot ...........................................................................................................................13

4.2.3 Emergency Boot ......................................................................................................................13

4.2.4 Reset to default factory settings ............................................................................................. 13

4.3 Networking ......................................................................................................................................13

4.4 X Server ...........................................................................................................................................13

5 Setup (Global Settings) 15

5.1 Starting the Setup ...........................................................................................................................15

5.1.1 Leaving the setup ....................................................................................................................15

5.2 General ............................................................................................................................................16

5.3 Input ...............................................................................................................................................17

5.3.1 Keyboard .................................................................................................................................17

5.3.2 Mouse .....................................................................................................................................18

5.3.3 Touchscreen ............................................................................................................................19

5.4 Display .............................................................................................................................................20

5.4.1 Global Display Settings ............................................................................................................20

5.4.2 Advanced Display Settings ......................................................................................................21

5.4.2.1 Resolution .......................................................................................................................21

5.4.2.2 DPMS ..............................................................................................................................22

5.4.2.3 XDMCP ...........................................................................................................................23

5.4.2.4 Access Control ................................................................................................................24

5.4.2.5 Appearance .....................................................................................................................25

5.4.2.6 XC Font Service ............................................................................................................... 28

5.4.2.7 NFS Font Service ............................................................................................................29

5.5 Network ........................................................................................................................................... 30

5.5.1 Main Network Settings ...........................................................................................................30

5.5.2 Advanced Networks Settings ..................................................................................................31

5.5.2.1 LAN Interfaces ................................................................................................................31

5.5.2.2 Analog Modem ................................................................................................................ 33

5.5.2.3 ISDN ...............................................................................................................................35

5.5.2.4 ADSL ...............................................................................................................................37

5.5.2.5 PPTP ................................................................................................................................ 39

5.5.2.6 Cisco VPN .......................................................................................................................41

5.5.2.7 Routing ............................................................................................................................44

5.5.2.8 Hosts ...............................................................................................................................45

5.5.2.9 NFS .................................................................................................................................46

5.5.2.10 SMB ..............................................................................................................................47

5.5.2.11 Filetransfer ....................................................................................................................48

5.6 Update .............................................................................................................................................49

5.7 Sessions ..........................................................................................................................................50

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5.8 ICA (Global ICA Settings) ................................................................................................................. 51

5.8.1 Window ................................................................................................................................... 51

5.8.2 Server Location .......................................................................................................................52

5.8.3 Hotkey ..................................................................................................................................... 53

5.8.4 Drive Mapping ......................................................................................................................... 54

5.8.5 COM Ports ..............................................................................................................................55

5.8.6 Printer ......................................................................................................................................56

5.8.7 Firewall .................................................................................................................................... 57

5.8.8 Logon ......................................................................................................................................58

5.8.9 Options ....................................................................................................................................59

5.9 RDP (Global RDP Settings) ..............................................................................................................60

5.9.1 Window ................................................................................................................................... 60

5.9.2 Server ...................................................................................................................................... 61

5.9.3 Drive Mapping ......................................................................................................................... 61

5.9.4 COM Ports ..............................................................................................................................62

5.9.5 Printer ......................................................................................................................................62

5.9.6 Sound/Keyboard ......................................................................................................................63

5.9.7 Performance ............................................................................................................................64

5.9.8 Options ....................................................................................................................................64

5.10 Devices .......................................................................................................................................... 65

5.10.1 Serial Ports ...........................................................................................................................65

5.10.2 USB Info ............................................................................................................................... 66

5.10.3 USB Storage Hotplug ...........................................................................................................66

5.10.4 Automount Devices ...............................................................................................................67

5.10.5 Automount Devices ...............................................................................................................69

5.11 Printer ............................................................................................................................................70

5.11.1 LPD Printer ........................................................................................................................... 70

5.11.2 LPD Hosts .............................................................................................................................72

5.11.3 ThinPrint Client ..................................................................................................................... 73

5.12 Security .........................................................................................................................................74

5.12.1 Password ...............................................................................................................................74

5.12.2 User Permissions ..................................................................................................................75

5.12.3 Commands ............................................................................................................................ 76

5.12.4 RSH Remote Access .............................................................................................................77

5.12.5 Shadow .................................................................................................................................78

5.12.6 Smartcard .............................................................................................................................. 79

5.12.7 Hotkeys .................................................................................................................................80

5.12.8 Kerberos ................................................................................................................................ 81

5.13 Registry .........................................................................................................................................83

6 Application Launcher 85

6.1 About ...............................................................................................................................................85

6.2 “Applications” Page (Starting Sessions) .........................................................................................86

6.2.1 “Reboot” or “Shutdown” the Thin Client ............................................................................... 86

6.3 “Config” Page (Creating Sessions) ................................................................................................87

6.3.1 Add, edit or delete Sessions ...................................................................................................87

6.4 Session Configuration ....................................................................................................................88

6.4.1 Application Launcher ............................................................................................................... 89

6.4.2 Setup ....................................................................................................................................... 89

6.4.3 Lock Screen .............................................................................................................................89

6.4.4 Sound Control ..........................................................................................................................89

6.4.5 ICA ...........................................................................................................................................90

6.4.5.1 Server ..............................................................................................................................90

6.4.5.2 Application ....................................................................................................................... 90

6.4.5.3 Logon ..............................................................................................................................91

6.4.5.4 Window ...........................................................................................................................91

6.4.5.5 Firewall ............................................................................................................................92

6.4.5.6 Options ............................................................................................................................ 92

6.4.6 ICA - Program Neighborhood ..................................................................................................94

6.4.7 RDP .........................................................................................................................................95

6.4.7.1 Server ..............................................................................................................................95

6.4.7.2 Application ....................................................................................................................... 95

6.4.7.3 Logon ..............................................................................................................................96

6.4.7.4 Window ...........................................................................................................................96

6.4.7.5 Options ............................................................................................................................ 97

6.4.8 Browser ...................................................................................................................................98

6.4.8.1 Mozilla .............................................................................................................................98

6.4.8.1.1 Kiosk Mode .............................................................................................................98

6.4.9 Powerterm (Terminal Emulation) .............................................................................................99

6.4.10 XTERM (Local Application) ..................................................................................................100

6.4.11 Application via RSH .............................................................................................................100

6.4.12 Application via SSH .............................................................................................................101

7 Appendix: Hardware Configuration 103

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1 Introduction

Welcome

Congratulations on purchasing one of the MAXDATA Linux-based Thin Client models. The MAXDATA Thin Clients are composed of state-of-the-art hardware and an operating system based on the MAXDATA Flash Linux Technology. We have done our best to deliver an excellent product and we promise to provide support and service of the same quality. Please refer to the “Software Feature Comparison List” on page 2 to get an overview of the supported software features and protocols of the different MAXDATA Thin Client models.

How to use this Guide

In this MAXDATA User‘s Manual we describe the setup screens and options as well as the boot procedure. We do not describe common functionalities like TCP/IP, NFS, SMB, XDMCP, DHCP, and BOOTP etc. If you have any questions concerning these matters please ask your system administrator or if you would like to know more about protocols please refer to the according documentation

This guide is divided into the following chapters:

1. Introduction Welcome and User Guide Information

2. Software Features Quick Overview of the Software Feature

3. Quick Installation Instructions for a Quick Installation

4. Boot Procedure Information about the Boot Process

5. Setup Conﬁguration of the Global Settings

6. Application Launcher Conﬁguration of particular Session Types

7. Appendix Hardware Information

 IMPORTANT NOTE:

Chapter 4 “Boot Procedure” and the major part of chapter 5 “Setup” are valid for all MAXDATA Linux based Thin Clients without separation into device-speciﬁc sections. Software features (better known as “Software Feature Comparison List”; see next page) to see which sections of chapter 6 Client model.

Since the MAXDATA FALCON 300 L model supports nearly all available features, we have used it as the reference for screenshots of windows and dialog-boxes.

All shown screenshots and descriptions based on ﬁrmware version 3.04.200. In case you need further support that your dealer or distributor cannot provide, please contact us

via our website www.maxdata.com.

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Please refer the list of supported

(“Application Launcher”) are relevant for your particular MAXDATA Thin

2 Supported Software Features

MAXDATA Model Name FALCON 200 L FALCON 300 L

Embedded Operating System

ICA Client Version 8.2 8.2

Citrix Program Neighborhood Full PN Full PN

RDP Client Version

PowerTerm Emulation Suite

Kerberos (within PowerTerm)

SAP Gui - -

X11R6

XDMCP (number of max. displays) 2 4

Extended Local Xfonts

Font Service (XC + NFS)

CONNECTIVITY

SMB / NFS Mounting

Devicemapping Daemon

ThinPrint Client

Printing via Line Printer (LP)

Printing via TCP/IP

Local Browser Firefox Mozilla

Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

Acrobat Reader

Media Player - -

Flash Player

Real Player - -

INTERNET

Messenger -

PPTP (VPN)

PPPOE (DSL)

Cisco VPN

Smartcard Application

USB Hotplug Automounting Feature

MISC

KVK Support

Full Remote Managability

Shadowing / VNC

Remote RSH / SSH Access

ADMIN

Setup via Bootp / DHCP

PXE Netboot

Flash Linux Flash Linux

5.1 5.1

- -

 Note: Hardware Conﬁguration

In the appendix you will ﬁnd a detailed overview of the hardware conﬁgurations and technical speciﬁcations of the different models.

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3 Quick Installation

If you carry out the following steps, the terminal can be installed in your network environment within a few minutes.

• Connect the terminal to a VGA monitor, an AT compatible keyboard with PS/2 or USB connector, a PS/2 or USB mouse, the LAN via RJ45 and AC power.

• Turn on the terminal and wait until the graphical desktop has started (around 30 seconds) and the window of the application launcher appears on the screen. Highlight the setup entry and start the Setup either by pressing the START button or double clicking on the setup entry.

• Select your keyboard layout in the “Input/Keyboard” menu.

• Select your display settings in the “Display” menu.

• Complete the terminal setup program by entering a local IP address in the “Network” sec tion or keep the default DHCP mode for automatic network conﬁguration.

• Finally “save” the settings, press “OK” and conﬁrm with “Yes”.

The unit will reboot now and will come up with the new settings.

 Note:

For detailed session conﬁguration refer to Chapter 6.4. Virtually every setting is “equipped” with a meaningful Tool Tip. Simply move the pointer over the

setting/option you want to know more about and wait a second.

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4 Boot Procedure

4.1 System BIOS

The BIOS looks for extensions in the appropriate memory area. If there is a DOC (Disk On Chip) in use, the BIOS extension will be detected and executed. If there is a DOM (Disk On Module) or CF (Compact Flash) in your unit, they are IDE devices and directly treated as hard disks. The next step is the execution of the master boot record, which starts a secondary stage loader.

4.2 Secondary Stage Loader and Boot Menu

The secondary stage loader provides the user with a menu, which is reached by pressing the “ESC”key when the “Loading Kernel …” message appears on the screen. You can then choose between 3 boot-options and the possibility to reset the Thin Client to its factory defaults.

• Quiet Boot

• Verbose Boot

• Emergency Boot (setup only)

• Reset to factory defaults

4.2.1 Quiet Boot

“Quiet Boot” is the standard boot mode; it suppresses all messages from the kernel and starts up the graphical desktop.

4.2.2 Verbose Boot

If the “Verbose Boot” is chosen, the boot messages are shown and you will have a diagnostic shell, from which common debug commands (like “ifconﬁg” etc) can be executed. To leave this shell type “init 3” and the boot process continues.

4.2.3 Emergency Boot

If you choose “Emergency Boot” (setup only with standard parameter values), the secondary stage loader looks for a bootable system in the ﬂash and continues the boot process as in the other boot modes. Emergency Boot basically starts the X Server without the network driver at a resolution of 640 x 480 - 60 Hz and ﬁnally starts directly into the setup. This is very useful, if you selected a too high screen resolution, or chose a wrong mouse type.

4.2.4 Reset to default factory settings

All your personal settings including your password and conﬁgured sessions will be lost if you choose this option. Before the reset will be applied, a warning message is displayed on the screen where you have to explicitely conﬁrm your decision. If the terminal is protected by an administrator password, you will be prompted to enter it. In case this password is not known anymore, you will have to contact us via our website www.maxdata.com. Provide the displayed “terminal key” and the stated ﬁrmware version and of course your contact data. Our support will provide a so called “reset to factory defaults key” for this speciﬁc unit. (Every key is valid for one single unit only, to keep this process the most convenient, but still secure.)

4.3 Networking

After loading the kernel the network conﬁguration follows. Three different ways can be chosen to include the terminal into the network environment. According to the settings of the terminal DHCP, BOOTP or manual conﬁgured IP address can be used.

4.4 X Server

The last step of the boot procedure is the start of the X-Server and the local window manager.

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5 Setup (Global Settings)

After the boot procedure has completed, such a desktop will be displayed on the screen. The “Application Launcher” starts automatically because it‘s set to “autostart & restart” by default. Because the “Setup” program is the central conﬁguration tool for all global settings of the Thin Client, a “Setup”-Session is also predeﬁned.

5.1 Starting the Setup

You can reach the Setup in three different ways:

• Select the “Setup” entry in the “Application Launcher” and double click it or press the “Start” button in the lower left corner of the window.

• Click on the “MAXDATA” icon in the very lower left corner and in the popup select “Setup”.

• Clicking on any free space on the desktop with the right mouse button will cause a dropdown list to appear; again select the “Setup” entry to proceed.

These are the default settings to reach the Setup. You can conﬁgure it to be reachable in every com bination of this three possibilities within the “Application Launcher” (see Chapter 6).

5.1.1 Leaving the setup

In general, every particular setup page provides an “OK”, “Cancel” and “Save” button.

After all conﬁgurations in a particular setup section are made and you want to save your settings without leaving the setup program,

click on the “Save” button. If you did not change any settings and you want to exit the setup, click on the “Cancel” button. In case you changed settings, leaving the setup with “OK” will prompt you with the above “Apply Settings” Popup. Decide if you want to let the changes take effect immediately (“Yes”), save and let it become effective on next reboot (“No”), or “Cancel” to stay within setup.

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5.2 General

When the “MAXDATA Setup” has been started, ﬁrst the “General” page appears on the screen. Some system information additionally to the product name are provided on this page. Some vital informations like the ﬁrmware version, the memory size (RAM) and the ﬂash size.

• Language Select the appropriate language from the list. (Currently “German” and “English” only.

 Note:

The chosen language is the user interface language, so it‘s valid for all local applications.

• Tooltips These are small dropdown windows with a short description of the pointed menu entry. This tooltips

open up if you stay on a menu entry with your mouse pointer for the entered amount of “Tooltip Delay” time (in tenth of seconds).

• Set Time and Date …

Click on the “Set Time and Date” button to open up this dialog-box.

Make your changes and conﬁrm it by pressing the “Set time and Date” button once, then close this page.

If such a Time Server is available in your network, you may also use the “Network Time Protocol” (NTP) to request the proper time and date automatically during each bootup

Setup (Global Settings)

5.3 Input

5.3.1 Keyboard

• Keyboard Layout

Select your “keyboard layout” here. The layout will be valid for all parts of the

system including emulations, window sessions and X applications. (Table to the

right shows all currently supported layouts.)

• Keyboard Layout

Choose your keyboard type from the available

from this drop box:

• Character Repeat

In this section you can set the auto repeat behavior for the keyboard:

o Repeat Delay Sets the delay time (in milliseconds) between pressing a key and the start

of the auto repeat mode.

o Repeat Rate Sets the number of repeated characters per second.

• Enable Dead Keys

Enable this function if the chosen keyboard layout uses dead keys for special

characters.

• Disable Xkeyboard extension

Activating this button disables the language speciﬁc keymappings of the local

X-Server. (Thus you will in fact have US keyboard layout.)

Within an XDM connection, keys may though be mapped by the server.

• Start with Numlock on

Enable this checkbox, if you want Numlock to be activated during the boot process automatically.

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5.3.2 Mouse

• Mouse Type and Mouse Port Set the type and port of the attached mouse

device from these two drop down boxes:

• Lefthand mode Changes the orientation of the mouse to left handed by swapping the mouse buttons.

• Emulate 3 Button Mouse (not supported with serial mouse) Enable/disable the emulation of the third (middle) mouse button for mice which only have two physi

cal buttons. The third button is emulated by pressing both buttons simultaneously.

• Emulate 3 Button Timeout Sets the timeout (in milliseconds) the driver waits before deciding if two buttons where pressed

“simultaneously”, if 3 button emulation is enabled.

• Hide Cursor In case you don‘t use a mouse or you want to show some self-running presentations, you may set a

mouse cursor idle timout. To completely disable the Mouse Cursor, set timeout to zero.

• Mouse Resolution Here you set the resolution of your mouse in counts per inch.

• Mouse double click time The maximum interval (in milliseconds) between two successive mouse clicks to recognize a double

click may be altered here.

• Mouse double click Range The maximum distance (in pixels) between two successive mouse clicks to recognize a double click

may be altered here.

Setup (Global Settings)

5.3.3 Touchscreen



Note:

To get into and navigate within the setup, it‘s recommended to do the initial

attached Mouse. You may also use the “Emergency Boot” and navigate through the setup with the

keyboard by using t

• Touch Screen Type

The supported types are currently “Elographics” and “MicroTouch”.

• Touch Screen already calibrated

After enabling the touchscreen functionality, you have to calibrate it minimal once. As long as you do

not activate this checkbox, the calibration will automatically start at every boot up.

• Swap X and Y Values

Activate this option in case you rotate the panel by 90 degrees (Portrait mode).

• Minimal and maximal X and Y Values.

These will be set by the calibration tool. (You may also manipulate them manually)

• Untouch Delay

The maximal time (in milliseconds) allowed between two touch events still beeing interpreted as

one. E.g. while moving Windows by drag&drop, unintentional untouch events may occur. Increasing

this value prevents the Thin Client from interpreting this as two separate touchs.

• Report Delay

Deﬁnes the time (in milliseconds), the Screen must be touched to recognize it as touch event.

• Baud Rate

Set the communication speed via the selected port. (In doubt, refer your panel‘s manual.)

he cursor arrows, t

ab and space bar.

conﬁguration with an

• Touch Screen Interface Port

You can attach the Touch Screen to wether COM1 or COM2. Set the selected port here.

• Set driver speciﬁc defaults

Click here once after changing the Touch Screen Type or to reset the settings to it‘s defaults.

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5.4 Display

5.4.1 Global Display Settings

• Set driver speciﬁc defaults This menu allows you to specify the dekstop color depth from these available:

- 8 bits per pixel (256 colors)

- 16 bits per pixel (High color / 65k colors)

- 24 bits per pixel (True color / 16,7million colors).



Note:

Make sure that the display unit connected to the Thin Client supports case you accidently set it too high, refer section 4.2.3 “Emergency Boot”.)

Desktop Area and Refresh Frequency

• Physical Desktop Size and Frequency Select the needed resolution from this menu. The available resolutions depend on

the previously chosen color depth and the hardware model of your Thin Client.

• Virtual Desktop Size The virtual resolution is used for panning. That means that the virtual screen is bigger than the physical screen. So the “Virtual Desktop Size” can never be smaller than the chosen entry of the “Physical Desktop Size”.

 Note:

Both of the desktop size entries but also the value of the color each other, as well as the used hardware (Thin

Client model).

depth depend on

the selected settings! (In

Screensaver and DPMS

• Blanking Screensaver If the screensaver function is activated a blanking screensaver is used after the

period of time (in minutes) you have deﬁned.

• DPMS See 5.4.2.2.

Setup (Global Settings)

5.4.2 Advanced Display Settings

Depending on on the Thin Client model, you may start up to four local X servers.

By default, the ﬁrst X server is enabled and preconﬁgured. The settings in the dialog-box

are identical with the global display settings (see previous page).

Changes in display 1 will automatically be set in the global display page and vice versa.

“Display 2”, “Display 3” and “Display 4” are the corresponding pages of the three additional X

server, which are disabled by default. (Not all models do in fact have four but only one additional.)

The available dialog-boxes are all the same for the four displays (except the “enable Display” check-

box), so we used “Display 1” as reference for the descriptions.



Note:

Remember t

RAM, you must be careful here! In doubt, upgrade the installed RAM.

hat every display consumes a certain amount of memory! If

your unit is low on

“Display 1”

5.4.2.1 Resolution

• Access Control

If enabled (default) this option prevents other hosts to have access to your display (see also section

5.4.2.4 for details on how to grant access for speciﬁc hosts).

• Exit sequence

This option allows you to disable the sequence <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Backspace> to exit the X server.

• Console Switching

Press this button to disable the console switching with <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Fn>

• Alternate switching sequence

Here you can choose between <Alt>+<SysRq>+<Fn> and <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Fn> to switch between

displays.

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5.4.2.2 DPMS

If your monitor supports “Display Power Management Signaling” it allows more functions (energy saving) than just a screensaver.

There are three different modes called are activated after their adjustable time loops (in minutes) ran off.

Enabling DPMS with the default time settings activates the “power off mechanism” of the monitor as follows:

After 10 minutes the display switches to “blank” (Standby mode), after further 10 minutes it sets the ﬁrst current savings level (Suspend mode: Switch off the high voltage), and after further 10 minutes the monitor changes into the “Off” mode.



Note:

All levels are passed through naturally only if t runtime.

“Standby mode”, “Suspend mode” and “Off mode”, which

he X server receives no ne

w inputs during this

Setup (Global Settings)

5.4.2.3 XDMCP

Click the corresponding button to enable the XDMCP functionality for the “Display 1”.

• Connection type

Select the appropriate “Connection Type” here.

If you select

vided from the ﬁrst XDMCP server answering on the broadcast

request.

In the case you select

at boot-up time. From this list you must select the host which provides the “Graphical Logon”.

• Name or IP of Server

If you select

Specify the Name or the IP address of the XDMCP server you want to use.

In the “direct” mode you will get your “Graphical Logon” directly from the XDMCP server you have

speciﬁed in the entry ﬁeld, in the case you have selected the “indirect” mode a list of available

XDMCP servers will be provided from the server you speciﬁed.



Note:

Make sure that your Display Manager Daemon (XDM, KDM, GDM, …) is running and the access

permission is given on the remote host.

“broadcast” the “Graphical Logon” will be pro-

“indirect via localhost” connection type a list of XDMCP hosts is displayed

“direct” or “indirect” connection type, the “Name or IP of Server” ﬁeld is enabled.

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5.4.2.4 Access Control

The Thin Client provides an access control that is activated by default. If you disable this “Access Control” it will be possible for everybody from any UNIX host to have access to your terminal‘s display.

• Fixed X-key You can allow speciﬁc users to get permanent remote access to the Thin Client. Therefore you need to activate this option, press the “calculate” button and enter that 32 digit key into the Xauthority ﬁle of the user‘s machine.

List of Trusted X Hosts

Click the “Add…” button to open the “X Host Entry” box. Enter the name of the remote host (not the IP address) you want to add and conﬁrm with “OK”.

Setup (Global Settings)

5.4.2.5 Appearance

The following ﬁve dialog-boxes allow you to conﬁgure the appearance and the behavior of the “Desk-

top”, “Windows”, “Task Bar”, “Pager (Virtual Screens)” and the “Start Menu”.



Note:

Except the “Pager”, these masks are not described in detail, please refer t

o the tool tips.

Desktop

The “Desktop” dialog-box contains two additional properties of the mouse behavior, allows you to

manipulate the tool tip timings and the appearance of the desktop.

Window

The “Window” dialog-box enables you to deﬁne the window snap behavior, the style how to map/

unmap windows and to enable/disable the animation of window minimizing and maximizing.

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Task Bar

The “Task Bar” dialog-box allows you enable/disable the usage of the task bar and to deﬁne its behavior.

Pager

(See next page, please)

The “Menu” dialog-box allows you to deﬁne the behavior of the start menu.

Setup (Global Settings)

Pager

The “Pager” dialog-box allows you to enable/disable the usage of multiple “Virtual Desktops” like it

is common in Linux.

The “Pager” is a window with “Virtual Screens” that you can use to easily move from one open

application to another. This window is displayed in the upper right corner of the desktop screen.

It could contain a single “Virtual Screen”, or a higher number of “Virtual Screens”.

By using the Pager, you can for instance switch between full-screen Applications by one sole Mouse

click.

To give a little example:

This exemplary Pager contains three virtual desktops.

The ﬁrst of them is active (dark grey) and shows the “Application Launcher” and the “Setup”. On

the second one is a full-screened Browser window.

Two different local shells are running on number three.

Now instead of minimizing and maximizing all that sessions or toggling them via keycombina

tions, you simply mouse-click on the desired Screen and get back to it exactly like you left it before

(except after Reboot).

Have a look at the tool tips in order to modify the pager to your needs.



Note:

Enable the option “Stay always on top” to always have it on top of every window.



Note:

All running sessions of all virtual screens will be accessable via the task bar in each of the

screens.

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5.4.2.6 XC Font Service

If you require fonts in addition to those that the Thin Client provides, the XC Font Service can be used.

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Note:

This is a service that has to be installed and completely conﬁgured on the server.

The advantage of using the XC Font Service instead of NFS is the better performance of XC Font Service.

Click the “Enable XC Font Service” button to enable the following entry ﬁelds.

• XC Font Server Specify the server on which the XC Font Service is running.

• Port Number Specify the port number where the font service is listening. (default is port number 7100)

• Prefer Local Fonts Enable this option to use local fonts before asking the font server.

Setup (Global Settings)

5.4.2.7 NFS Font Service

Another way of importing additional fonts is the usage of the NFS Font service. In addition, there

is the advantage that the mount point for the fonts is conﬁgurable, which is necessary for certain

remote applications that search for their fonts in a speciﬁc path.

If you want to use the “NFS Font Service”, you have to deﬁne and enable an “NFS Font Path Entry”,

which will be added into

To do so, click the

“Add…” button to open the following “NFS Font Path Entry” dialog-box:

“List of NFS Mount Font Directories”.

• Local Path

Specify the “Local Path” to the mount

point.

• NFS Server

Enter the name or the IP address of

the server which provides the font

directories via NFS.

• Remote Path

Specify the path on the server side

where the fonts are available.

• Prefer Local Fonts

Enable this option to use local fonts

before asking the font server.

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Note:

Don‘t forget to click the “Enable” button to activate your entry.

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Note:

On server side you have to export the font directory via NFS read only for the Thin Client.

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5.5 Network

5.5.1 Main Network Settings

The main “Network” page allows you to conﬁgure the network settings on the Thin Client side. Automatic network set up by using DHCP and BOOTP protocols, but also manual network conﬁgu

ration can be chosen.

• DHCP DHCP stands for “Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol” and enables the Thin Client to extract its

IP-address, network mask, DNS, gateway and other network conﬁgurations from a DHCP server.

• BOOTP Using BOOTP allows the Thin Client to obtain the IP address, network mask, DNS, gateway and

other network conﬁgurations from a BOOTP server database.

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Note:

The transfer of either a setup.ini or boot script is supported. BOOTP is boot image from a server and to boot this image like the classical meaning of using BOOTP suggests.

• Specify an IP Address Click this button to set the network settings manually instead of looking for a DHCP server. Make

sure that the ﬁxed IP you enter is not accupied by another machine in your network. If you have to

“Gateway” to route the data packets to and from the target network, so click the “enable”

use a button and enter the gateway IP address.

• Terminal Name Enter the local name of the Thin Client, otherwise the name “MAXDATA-<MAC-address>” will

begenerated.

not used to get a

• DNS Click “Enable DNS” button to conﬁgure the Domain Name Service. Set the “Default Domain” the

unit should work in and the IP of up to two Name Servers, which will be queried after another.

Setup (Global Settings)

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