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YES tation User's Guide for Linux-Based Terminals Models 2214, 2614, and 2814 2614 2214 2814 Copyright 2003 Affirmative Computer Products ® December 2003[...]

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2x14 User’s Guide YES tation Limited Warranty General Terms and Conditions Limited Product Warranty. Affirmative Computer Pr oducts warrants that the Y ES tation Hardware Product (Logic unit and keyboard) shall be free from defects in materials and workm anship that arise under proper and normal use and service for three years from the date of pu[...]

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2x14 User’s Guide Table of Contents Installing Your Terminal .................................................................................................. 1 Mounting ................................................................................................................................................ 1 2214 Terminal ................[...]

2x14 User’s Guide Creating a New Co nnection ........................................................................................... 31 Citrix ICA Client .................................................................................................................................. 32 Name ...................................................[...]

2x14 User’s Guide Editing an Existing Connection ..................................................................................... 83 Citrix ICA Client .................................................................................................................................. 83 Client VNC ...............................................[...]

2x14 User’s Guide How To… ........................................................................................................................ .............. 107 Create a Custom Language Code Page ...................................................................................... 107 Create a Custom Keyboard Map .........................[...]

2x14 User’s Guide Firmware Upgrades ...................................................................................................... 143 “Push” ................................................................................................................................................ 143 “Pull” ..................................[...]

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2x14 User’s Guide—Installing Your Terminal Installing Your Terminal • Your terminal has no internal fan, and relies on natural airflow for cooli ng. W hen you mount it, make sure to keep as many ventilation holes, as possible, uno bstructed . • DO NOT use any AC-DC adapter other than the one provi ded with the terminal or acquired from Affi[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Installing Your Terminal Another possibility is shown here. 2214 Monitor Mounting We have done some testing with the provide d screws, and have the following suggestions: • In soft wood, such as pine, no pilot holes are needed. • In hard wood or plastic, such as the si de of a monitor, create pilot ho les by: • Drilling [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Installing Your Terminal M ounting the 2614 on a desk or a wall Mounting the 2614 under a table 3[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Installing Your Terminal 2814 Terminal The 2814 terminal can be mounted in two ways: • Vertical Mounting . Place the terminal in the p rovided stan d as shown in the picture on the front cover of this manual. • Horizontal Mounting . Adhere the provided rubber feet to the four corners of the bottom of the terminal, and plac[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Installing Your Terminal 2214 Front Connectors 2614 Terminal Please make all cable connections before turni ng on the power. The following figure shows the 2614 connectors on the rear panel . Note: If you want to connect an external speaker to the Line Out port, it must have auxiliary power. 2614 Rear Panel 5[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Installing Your Terminal 2814 Terminal Please make all cable connections before turni ng on the power. The following figures show the 2814 rear and front connectors, indicators, and controls . Note: If you want to connect an external speaker to the Audio Out port, it must have auxiliary power. Note: The Smart Card and PCI opti[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Installing Your Terminal 2814 Rear Panel Power On 2214 Terminal 1. Power on the terminal after all c a ble connections have been made. 2. The Power LED, incorporated into the Power button will, change from fa int orange to light green. 3. After several seconds, you will hear a beep and the bootup process will begin. 2614 Termi[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Installing Your Terminal 2814 Terminal There are three LED indicator lights on the front panel: • Power (on the right or top). This indicator is on when the terminal has been powered up. • Network Activity (in the m iddle). This indicator flashes to indicate LAN activity. • Smart Card . Since the Smart Card option is not[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Installing Your Terminal • In the WBT viewing mode, the bl ack screen will be quickly f ollo wed by a blue screen that is overlaid with the Connections tab of the Connections Management screen. If you have already configured an Autostart session (see Connections Management|Configuration|Startup ), you will see a screen for t[...]

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2x14 User’s Guide—Terminal Setup Terminal Setup The 2x14 can be operated in one of three viewing modes: TBT (Tex t Based Term inal), WBT (Windows Based Terminal), or Desktop. The default is Deskt op, which presents a desktop screen with a Taskbar and a Start button very similar to a standard Windows de sktop, and the mechanics of Desktop setup [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Terminal Setup • Product ID . This is a unique product identification code th at also happens to be the terminal MAC address. Every device on every LAN in th e world is supposed to have a unique MAC address. • Kernel Version . This is the version of the Linux kernel used on the terminal. • Software Version . This is the [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Terminal Setup • IP Address . Enter a static IP address in this field. • Subnet Mask . Enter the subnet mask of the local network • Default Gateway . Enter the IP address of a gateway if any server is not on the local sub-net. The second supplemental screen is: Setup Wizard Screen #2b Check Activate DNS and enter your Do[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Terminal Setup 4. The fourth screen commends you on your successful setup. Setup Wizard Screen #4 14[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Viewing Modes Viewing Modes You can choose one of th ree viewing modes (see Editing Term inal Properties|Desktop ) to be used during configuration and terminal operation. NOTE: In the remainder of this document, a reference to the Ctrl key actually m eans the LeftCtrl key, a reference to the Alt key actually means the LeftAlt [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Viewing Modes Terminal Properties The Terminal Properties screen can be acces sed with one of the following m ethods: • Select from the Start menu. • Press F2 while in the Connec tion Manager screen. • If you are using an Affirmative Computer Pr oducts 122-key keyboard and are in an active emulation session, press the Se[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Viewing Modes Connections Manager Screen in Desktop Viewing Mo d e Navigation • To open the Start menu, use either of the following m ethods: • Click on the Start button in the Taskbar. • Right-click on any unused portion of the Desktop. • To access Terminal Properties, use one of the following m ethods: • Press F2 w[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Viewing Modes • Click on the appropriate button ( I, II, III , or IV ) in the tool bar. • Return to Connections Manager and select another session. • Move your mouse cursor to a new session if you are showing multiple sessions on the screen. • Click on the placeholder in the Taskbar. Note: The first two hot key methods[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Viewing Modes WBT (Windows Based Terminal) The Windows Based Terminal m ode presents the kind of screens that you normally see in an Affirmative Computer Products YES tation that uses the Windows CE op erating system. Sessions are launched from the Connections Manager, although they can be configured to Autostart at bootup. Al[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Viewing Modes Connections Manager • The Connections Manager screen in the WBT view ing mode has separate tabs for connecting and configuring. To open the Conn ections Manager screen, use e ither of the following methods: • This is the default screen at boot up, unless you have Autostart sessions. • Press Ctrl+Alt+End at [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Viewing Modes • To move among active emulat or sessions, use one of the following m ethods: • Press Alt+PgUp for 101 keyboards or Alt+PgDn for 122 keyboards. • Press Ctrl+Alt+UpArrow/DownArrow for all keyboards. • Press RightAlt+Up/DownArrow for all keyboards , if enabled in Editing Terminal Properties|Desktop . • Cl[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Viewing Modes TBT (Text Based Terminal) The Text Based Terminal mode is designed to allo w terminal operation and basic configuration without a mouse. The screens are very f amiliar to those users who h ave stared at dumb term inal “green screens”. Sessions are Autostart at bootup by default, and normally only one session [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Viewing Modes Connections Manager The Connections Manager screen is accessed from the Connections category of the Term inal Properties screen. Since sessions are Autostart by default in TBT m ode, Connections Manager need be accessed only when adding, deleting, or editing an emulation session. You can preven t a session from b[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Viewing Modes • Click on the appropriate button (I, II, III, or IV) in the tool ba r. • If your display session is configured to hi de the Menu and Tool bars, you can invoke the File menu by pressing Alt . Then you can get to other menus by using the RightArrow and LeftArrow keys. • To close a display session, go to the [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Connections Manager Connections Manager Note: The terms “connection” and “session” are used interch angeably in this document. The Connections Manager window is used to manage or activate your terminal sessions in WBT and Desktop viewing modes. In WBT mode, Connec tions Manager has both a Connections tab and a Configur[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Connections Manager Add Activate the Add button to create a new session. A Ne w Connection dialog box is displayed. New Connection Dia log Box Click on the drop-down arrow to see a lis t of possible connection types. See Creating a New Connection for inform ation on adding specific connectio ns. As sessions are added, they wil[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Connections Manager Startup Activate the Startup button to configure startup options when the terminal boots up. The Startup Options dialog box displays after the Startup button is pressed. Using th e dialog box, your term inal can be set to automatically connect to a server when the terminal is booted. Any or all sessions can[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Connections Manager In Desktop viewing mode, you will see a Connect button in addition to the four buttons previously discussed. This allows you to st art a session from Connections Mana ger even though the Connections tab is not available. 28[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Connections Manager Connections Connections Tab in WBT Viewing Mode The Connections tab is used to make or end network connections with the server(s). Connect . Highlight the session name and activate the Connect button to make a network connection. You can also activate a conn ection by double-clicking on it. End . Highlight [...]

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2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection Creating a New Connection Note: The terms “connection” and “session” are used interch angeably in this section. Connections are created in the Configure tab of Connections Manager. Click on Add to see the New Connection dialog box. Then click on the drop-down arrow to see the drop-down list of[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection Citrix ICA Client This client is used to run applications from a Citrix MetaFrame server. When you click on OK after selecting Citrix ICA Client , the ICA Connection Confi guration sheet will appear with eight property tabs. Name ICA Name Propert y Sheet The name you enter here will be the nam e of th[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection ICA Server Property Sheet The procedure for using th is property sheet is: 1. Select Server or Published Application . 2. If your server or published applicatio n is on the local sub-net, click on Refresh . 3. The terminal will search the local su b-net for all Citrix servers or published applicatio n[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection functions as the master ICA Browser when your networ k configuration uses rout ers or gateways, or to eliminate broadcasts on your network. To configure server location: 1. Select the required network prot ocol from the drop-down list. • HTTP browser and HTTPS +SSL browser . The default server addre[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection on to the Citrix server, Notepad begins. In No tepad, if you click the File menu, the directory C:My Documents is displayed. Authentication This page allows you to enter login de tails of your ICA connection so that you do not need to type them in each time you connect . ICA Authentication Proper ty [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection • Window Colors allows you to set the numbe r of window colors to 16 , 256 , 32K , or 16M . Your display must be capable of displaying the resolution and color depth you select. • Color Mapping . If you choose 256 colors, Color Mapping is enabled to allow you to set up 256 color sessions to use ap[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection • Enable sound . Check this box to enable sound support. Re mote applications will be able to play sounds on your client. From the pull-down list, select a sound presentation quality level. Remember that network bandwidth requi rements go up as sound quality goes up. Note: If you wish to use an exte[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection To configure a proxy server: 1. Check the Connect through Proxy box. 2. In the Proxy type drop-down list, select SOCKS or HTTPS (secure) . 3. In the Proxy IP address boxes, enter the proxy server’s IP addr ess in the first box and the server’s port number in the second box (t ypically 1080) in the[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection Client VNC VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is , in essence, a remote display sy stem which allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environm ent from anywhere on th e Internet. It is platform-independent. A desktop running on a Linux machine may be di splayed on a PC, or on your YES tation .[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection 2. VNCviewer Server Property Sheet • Server Address . Enter the network name or the IP address of the device that you wish to view. • Display . Enter the display number on the devi ce (display 0 always works for m e. NOTE: You must enter a display number; the vi ewer will not default to 0. • Pas[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection Internet Browser The 2214 and 2614 terminals incorporate the Nets cape 4.78 browser; the 2814 incorporates the Netscape 7.x browser. When you select Internet Browser , you will see the Browser Connection Configuration sheet wi th two property tabs. 1. Browser Name Configurati on Sheet The name you ent[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection Microsoft Remote Desktop Client This client is used to run Windows applications fr om a Microsoft Term inal Server. When you click on OK after selecting Microsoft Remote Desktop Client , th e RDP Connection C onfiguration sheet will appear with five property tabs. Name RDP Name Proper ty Sheet The nam[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection RDP Server Proper ty Sheet The procedure for using th is property sheet is: 1. Select Server . Published Application is not supported for RDP connections. 2. If your server is on the local sub-net, click on Refresh . 3. The terminal will search the local sub-net for all Te rminal Servers, and will p r[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection Authentication This page allows you to enter login details of your RDP connection so that you do not need to type them in each time you connect . RDP Authenticati on Property Sheet Type a valid user name, domain, and password. If you leave these fields blank, you are prompted for your user name, domai[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection • Keyboard Layout . Choose a country from the drop-down list . This will define the input locale used by the Terminal Server for this session. • Window Size allows you to select from Maximize, Fixed Size , or Full Screen . • Maximized . This will display th e RDP session in the available desktop[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection Options Telnet Options Property Sheet • Host name . Enter the IP address of the host. • Port . Leave at 23 unless directed otherwise by your network administrator. • Protocol . • Telnet . Select this radio butt on for unsecured communication. • SSH . Select this radio button for secured (Sec[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection TNXXXXe The YES term IP TN3270e and TN5250e emulat ors provide users with a power ful capability to connect to an AS/400, iSeries, or IBM mainframe via the TC P/IP protocol. They pr ovide enhanced emulation functions for a wide range of IBM terminals and “true” IB M 3812 or 3287 Prin ter emulation[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection New Connection Dia log Box Display Sessions In the Add drop-down list, you are faced with a choi ce of TN3270e or TN5250e emulation types. After choosing one, a wizard will guide you through s etup. The Setup Wizard will take you through three dialog boxes. Activate Next to go to the next box, Back to[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection 2. Display Setup Wizard D ialog Box #2 • Connection Name . This is the friendly name that wi ll appear in the Connection Manager screen and at the bottom of your session scr eens and in the Taskbar (in Desktop Mode). • Device Type . Select one from the drop-down list. The default 3477-FC works wel[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection This concludes the configuration parameters c overed by the Wizard. However, you can custom ize many more parameters in each display session b y hi ghlighting the connection name in the Configure tab of Connection Ma nager and activating Edit . See Editing an Existing Connection|TNXXXXe|Display Sessio[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection 2. Printer Setup Wizard Dialog Box #2 • Connection Name . This is the friendly name that will appear in the Connections Manager screen and at the bottom of your session scr eens and on the Taskbar (in Desktop mode). • Device Type . Only 3287 (3270) or 3812 (5250) is available for TCP/IP devices. ?[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection This concludes the configuration parameters c overed by the wizard. However, you can customize many more parameters in each printer session by hi ghligh ting the connection name in the Configure tab of Connection Manager and activating Edit (see Editing an Existing Connection|TNXXXXe|Printer Sessions [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection Add Session Menu Select the desired menu type to begin the a ppropriate Add Wizard. In each wizard, press F3 to advance to the next screen, or F12 to cancel the add. 53[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection Display Sessions Use TN5250e protocol to connect to AS/400 or iSeries hosts. Use TN3270e protocol to connect to IBM mainframes. You will be led th rough two configuration screens. 1. Display Session Add Wizard Screen #1 • Host Name/IP Address . If you are using a Hosts table (see Editing Term inal P[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection 2. Display Session Add Wizard Screen #2 • Code Page . Choose the applicable country from the list. • Language . Choose a keyboard language. • Keyboard Type . Choose Terminal if you are using the Affirmative Computer Products 1010T, 1019T, 1023T, or 1027T 101-key keyboard; choose 122 keys if you [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection When you add a printer session, you will be led through three configuration screens. 1. Printer Session Add Wizard Screen #1 • Host Name/IP Address . If you are using a Hosts table (see Editing Term inal Properties|Network|Advanced Parameters|Hosts Table ), you can type in the host network nam e. Ot[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection 2. Printer Session Add Wizard Screen #2 • Host Code Page . Choose the applicable country from the list. 57[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection 3. Printer Session Add Wizard Screen #3 • Time Out . This parameter defines a timer (in sec onds) that starts to count down every time, during a printing job, that the host system stops sending data. If no more data are received within the timeout value selected, th e printer sess ion will assume th[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection • COM1/2 . If you chose one of the COM ports, you can click on Port printer configuration to see the COM Port configuration screen. COM Printer Configuration Screen • Bits/s . Select a data ra te in bits/second. • Flow Control . Select the type of data flow control. • Parity/Stopbits . These p[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection • Network . If you chose a network printer, you can click on Port printer configuration to see the Network Printer configuration screen. Network Printer Configuration Screen • Printer type - LPR . Choose LPR (Line Printer Remote) to a ssign print jobs to a network printer that is configured as an [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Creating a New Connection Configure tab of Connection Manager. See Editing an Existing Configura tion|TNxxxe|Printer Sessions for more information. X Window Session (X11) X Windows emulation provides a gra phical look and feel in connectio ns to UNIX or Linux hosts, in contrast to the older command-line interface seen in Telne[...]

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2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Editing Terminal Properties If you are in TBT viewing mode, you can edit many te rminal properties using the property sheets in Terminal Properties. However, you can see a more com prehensive set of term inal properties in the Terminal Properties window of the W BT or Deskt op viewing modes, and tha[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties General This property sheet is informational except for Restore… . General Property Sheet • Product ID . This is a unique product id entification code that also ha ppens to be the terminal MAC address. Every device on every LAN in the wo rld is supposed to have a unique MAC address. • Kernel V[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Network The Network property sheet lets you control the terminal IP addre ss, nam e server addresses, and network speed, as well as provi ding the useful ping function. Network Property Sheet • Obtain an IP address from a DHCP Server . Select this radio button to enable DHCP addressing. • Insert[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Ping Dialog Box • Address . Enter the network name or the IP address of the device to be pinged. • Ping . Activate this button to begin the ping action. Results will be displayed in th e scroll box. • Stop . After you start pinging, the ping action will continue un til you press Stop . • Cle[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties • Advanced parameters . These entries will be active only if you have selec ted the radio button for Insert static IP address. For typical networks, nothing need be entered here. But some networks will require that you enter the first three octets of the network IP address in Network and the IP ad[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties DHCP Log File Activate this button to see the DHCP Log File.box. DHCP Log Fi le Box This file logs the steps encountered by th e terminal in obtaining a DHCP address. DHCP Leases Activate this button to se e the DHCP Lease File box. DHCP Lease Fi le Box This file shows the curre nt state of the DHCP[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Wireless Parameters (2214, 2814 models) If you have a 2214 with an attached Actiontec US B wireless adapter, you will see a button labeled Wireless Parameters instead of Ethernet Mode . Click on this button to see the Wireless Network Parameters dialog box. Note: Only the Actiontec wireless adap ter[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties • Speed . You have three choices. • Auto . The adapter uses the 11Mbps data rate wh en possible but drops to lower rates when necessary. • 11M . The adapter uses the 11Mbps data rate only. This offers the greatest throughput, but the shortest range. • 5.5M . The adapter uses the 5.5Mbps data[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Input This property sheet allows you to confi gure your keyboard and mouse parameters. Input Property Sheet • Keyboard • Layout . Use the scroll list to se lect a language for the keyboard. • Enable Numlock at startup . Check to force Numeric Pad NumLock when the 2x14 boots up. • Mouse . •[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Display Use the Display property sheet to configure the terminal's display screen properties. Display Prope rty Sheet • Video Resolution . Use the drop-down list to select the te rminal display resolution, and the radio buttons to select th e color depth. The terminal will support resolutions[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties • Advanced Parameters . Click on this button to see the following dialog box. Advanced Display Parameters Di alog Box • Enable Power Saving . If you check this box to enable power saving, you will activate the following three settings: • Standby . Enter the number of minutes (1-999) fo r the S[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Desktop This tab provides a number of desktop a ppearance and session-jump Hot Key options. Desktop Property Sheet • Terminal Modality . These are the three viewing m odes discussed in Viewing Modes . Change to a different mode here if you wish. • Desktop mode-Taskbar . If you choose Desktop mod[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties • Alt-Tab List . This is very similar to Alt-Ta b task switching in Windows. Press Alt+Tab to see an iconed list of tasks. Each depression of the Alt key will highlight the next icon, and lifting the Tab key will select the highlighted task. Enable Right Alt… . Check this box to allow the hot ke[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Firmware Use the Firmware properties sheet if you wish to upda te your terminal's firmware over the netw ork. For more information, please refer to the Firmware Upgrades section . Firmware Property Sheet 76[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Security A 2x14 provides four levels of security. Security Property Sheet • Hide connections configuration tab . Check this box to hide the Connections tab in Connections Manager. This prohibits a user from adding, deleting, or editing sessions. Note: In Desktop viewing mode, this renders the Conn[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties • Remote Authentication… . This is not supported in the 2x14 terminals. Note: Even if a user password is required, the us er can still access Terminal Properties without entering the correct password. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you also enable Require Password… if you are going[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Printers Printers Property Sheet In addition to using local printers for TNXXXXe printer emulation sessions, 2x14 terminals can be configured as network print servers for use from Windows sessions or from other stations on the network. Either local printers or network printers can serve as the print[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties • Configure . • COM1/2 . If you chose a COM port, you can change the default port settings to match your serial printer. Click on the appropriate Configure button to see the Serial Devices Configuration dialog box. Serial Devices Configur ation Dialog Box for LP D Printing Select the desired set[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Serial Devices Configur ation Dialog Box for RAW Printing Select the desired settings from the drop-down lists. ThinPrint ThinPrint enables direct printing fro m the terminal a nd other network devices to local printers. W ith the ThinPrint Client and a ThinPrint server (usually, but not necessarily[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing Terminal Properties Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Property Sheet • Network File System . This is a p arameter for mounti ng network drives as local drives. • None . Do not mount network drives locally. • SMB . Mount Windows drives. Enter the ap p ropriate settings in the entry boxes. • NFS . Mount UNIX/Linux driv[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Editing an Existing Connection For all connections except Internet Browser a nd TNXXXXe, properties must be edited from the Configure tab of Connections Manager. Highl ight the session of interest and click on Edit . For TNXXXXe connections, there is a choice of view ing modes, as discussed in TN[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Internet Browser When you click on Edit , you will see the same Br owser Connection Configuration sheet that you saw when creating the session. See Creating a New Connection|Internet Browser for property details. However, many more properties can be configured from within an open browser session.[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Microsoft Remote Desktop Client When you click on Edit , you will see the same RD P Connection Configuration sheet that you saw when creating the session. See Creating a New Connection|Microsoft Remote Desktop Client for property details. Telnet Connection When you click on Edit , you will see th[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection TNXXXXe Editing an existing emulation connec tion is quite different in TBT and non-TBT viewing modes. Many more configuration parameters are accessible in a non-TBT mode, and you m ay have to edit from one of those modes in order to get the emulation settings you need. Settings m ade in non-TBT [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection General General Property Sheet fo r TN5250e Code Page YES term /IP supports numerous language Code Pages. Th e Code Page selected here from the drop- down list should be the same one configured on the host fo r this specific device. It is also possible to create a new custom Code Page Table. See [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Keyboard Map Page fo r 5250 122-Key U.S. English Keyboa rd You can check the current mapping in one of two ways: • Scan Codes. The keyboard sends a unique scan code to the terminal when a key is pressed. If you want to see what key is associat ed with a specific scan code, type that code in the[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Options Keyboard Opti ons Dialog B ox This button opens a special dialog box where you can specify the Host Keyboard Language Option, and enable the Multinational character set. Font Select one of two Font styles to be used as the default Font for the display session. Print Screen From the drop-d[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection • Error Message Beep . If this option is enabled, you can hear a "Beep" when an input error is made. • System Message Beep . If this option is enab led, you can hear a "Beep" wh en a m essage is received from the Host. Lock NumLock . This option has no effect since NumLock[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection white, peach, or gray. All colors are automatica lly re-mapped to present maxim um contrast, and readability. Advanced View is the most productive way to ope rate in non-TBT viewing modes since all menu items, Function Keys, sub-file options , and custom hot spots are always visible and accessibl[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection A Hot Spot is an area of the session window on wh ich you can single-click the left mouse button to execute a command or function. Actuall y, a Hot Spot is the result of a text search by the emulator for the specified Keyword on the screen. The Function Key and Numeric fields (from 1 to 99 follow[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Emulation Screen with Adva nced View and Hot Spots To Edit a Hot Spot: 1. Select the Function Key you want to modify. 2. Click on Edit. 3. If you want to send a Text String to the host ever y time you press the Functi on key, type it into the Text String field. 4. Select the Action from the Drop-[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Key Pad A Key Pad is a small window with several cust omizable push buttons, each having an assigned function. You can make it visible on the screen by clicking on the Key Pad button on the Buttons toolbar, or selecting View/Key Pad from the Menu bar. You can choose a function from the Key Pad wi[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection To Edit a Key Pad button: 1. Select the Function Key you want to modify from the Button Label list. 2. Click on Edit . 3. If you want to send a Text String to the host ever y time you press the Functi on key, type it into the Text String field. 4. Select the Action from the Drop-Down list 5. Sele[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection For this feature to work to your benefit, the "R emote Signon" parameter of the AS/400 configuration should be enabled. To verify if this parameter is enabled, use the WRKSYSVAL comm and. To enable this parameter, you may use the following command : CHGSYSVAL SY SVAL(QRMTSIG N) VALUE(&a[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Security Configuration YES term /IP provides extreme flexibility in allow ing, or prohibiting, the user to view and change the characteristics of the display screen. If you choos e to show the Menu and Tool bars in Appearance above, you can choose to individually enable or hide every option item [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Connection (5250) Connection Property Sheet for TN5250e Six of the seven parameters on this propert y sheet were already configured in the Setu p Wizard when this session was created, although you can change them here if you wish. The additional parameter is: • Use this session to support… . [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Six of the eight parameters on this propert y sheet were already configured in the Setu p Wizard , although you can change them here if you wish. The additional parameters are: • Use this session to support… . If this session is used for Print Screen Extended Local Printing , check this box. [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection • COR Line Spacing Reduction. This feature solves the problem of nonprintable m argin area on the printer. Note : It is recommended that this feature be used only with laser printers. • COR Override . This function corresponds to the IBM 3812 configurat ion parameter and defines that a job wi[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Output The Output properties define the communication with the printe r. Output Prope rty Sheet for TN5250e • Time Out. This parameter defines a timer (in seconds) th at starts to count down every time, during a printing job, that the host system stops sending data. If no more data are received[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Euro Printin g Mode Dial og Box Select the Use Euro ready printer radio button and choose a Code Page character. Printer Port Choose and configure the local or network printer port used in this session. Choose Parallel port , COM1/2 (2614 only), or Lan printer . Direct USB printing is not ye t su[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection • Lan Printer . Click on Lan Configuration to see the Lan Printer Configuration dialog box. Note that SMB printe r is grayed out, since it is not supported in emulation sessions. LAN Printer Confi g ur ation Dial og Bo x • LPR printer . Make this selection to assign prin t jobs to a network p[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection 1. Set up the printer as an LP D printer, as described in Editing Terminal Properties|Printers|LPD . 2. Select Lan printer under Printer Port. 3. Configure the LAN printer as an LPR printer . • Host name/IP Address . Enter the IP Address of this terminal. • LPR queue name . Enter the queue na[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Advanced (5250 only) The Advanced Tab allows you to set Default paramete rs and enable the Host Print Transform feature. Advanced Property Sheet for TN5250e • Queue Name/Queue Library/Default Font . These are host parameters and should be given to you by your host administrator. Host Transform [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Property Sheet for TN5250e • Security Configuration . Default mode is to hide the Prope rties entries from the Tool bar and the Menu bar so that the user cannot make configur ation changes. Check this box if you wish to provide user access to the configuration parame[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection How To… Create a Custom Language Code Page This procedure is the same for e ither a display or a printer session. To do this, select one of the available Code Pages (the one that comes closes t to the one you want to create) and click on Edit . Assuming that your base Code Page is Inte rnationa[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection EBCDIC Code Page In this code page, the top row corresponds to the fi rst digit of the EBCDIC he x character pair, and the left row corresponds to the second digit. For example, the hex pair 5B represents an $. 108[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection ASCII Code Page for Termi nal Font In this code page, the top row corre sponds to the first digit of the ASC II hex character pair, and the left row corresponds to the second digit. For ex ample, the hex pair 24 represents an $. 109[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Create a Custom Keyboard Map To do this, select, in Display Session Properties>General>Keyboard Type , one of the available Keyboard Layouts (the one that best matches the one you want to create) and click on Edit . Assuming that you chose the 101 PC keyboard for U.S. English, the following[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Modify a Printer Passthrough Driver Any Passthrough Driver can be customi zed, and it is also possible to cr eate a new Driver. To edit an existing Passthrough Driver, do the following: 1. Highlight the connection name in the Confi gure tab of Connection Manager and activate Edit . 2. Follow the [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Transcode Table Driver Transcode Property Sheet This sheet allows you to: • Define the Default Code Page . If you want, you can also edit the Code Page by clicking on Edit Code Page . Select a value that you wish to modify, click on Edit , and a Code Page screen will appear where you can ente r[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Escape Sequences Driver Escape Sequences Proper ty Sheet This sheet allows you to customize all the Escape co mmands used to perform specific functions. Select a function, activate Edit , and an Edit Passthrough Sequence di alog box will appear. Make your changes there. Edit Passthrough Sequence [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Euro Driver Euro Property Shee t This sheet allows you to customi ze the Escape command used to print the EURO symbol. This special function allows you to print the EURO symbol even on those printers that are not EURO ready. Select the command you wish to customize, then activate Edit , and an Ed[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Editing an Existing Connection Font ID Driver Font ID Property Sheet This sheet allows you to customi ze the Escape commands used to call a Printer Font that has been associated with a Host System Font ID. To edit a Font ID, select the item, activate Edit , and an Edit Font ID and Sequence dialog box will appe ar where you can[...]

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2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Using a Connection Connections are typically opened, or activated, in one of four ways. 1. In Desktop viewing mode, display connections in the Start menu and then click on the connection of choice. 2. In Desktop viewing mode, open Connections Manager, highlight the connecti on of choice, and then click on Co[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Internet Browser No doubt you are familiar with Web browsing in general. However, here are som e details about using the Netscape 4.78 browser. When you open the br owser session, you will go to your designated initial page and see something like the following screen Browser Screen Example Basic operations c[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection File Browser File Menu • Navigator Window . Click on this selection to go to your Home page. Note: Your Hom e page is the one designated in Edit>Preferences . It is not necessarily the Initial page designated in the Browser Connection Configuration dialog box when the session was created. • Open Page [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Print Click here to open the Print dialog box. Browser Print Di alog Box Browser printing uses a derivati on of a popular Open Source progr am called Ghostscript. The Print Command box automatically contains a Ghostscript comman d line that allows you to print to the f irst printer configured in Terminal Pro[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Device Type Compatible Printers ibmpro IBM 9-pin Proprinter ijs HP InkJet Server laserjet HP LaserJet lj5gray HP LaserJet 5, 6 lj5mono HP LaserJet 5, 6 ljet2p HP LaserJet IId, IIp, III, IIIp ljet3 HP LaserJet III, IIIp ljet3d HP LaserJet IIID ljet4 HP DeskJet 870Cse, Laserjet 4, 5, 5L, 6L, 1100 ljet4d HP Las[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection • Cut . This selection will seem to be active if you have highlighted some material in the current page. But it is not applicable in a browser sess ion, and you will get an erro r beep if you attempt to use it. • Copy . You can highlight and select material to be copied from an open Web page. Select the [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection View Browser View Menu • Navigation Toolbar . Click here to t oggle the appearance or disappearance of the Navigation Toolbar . • Location Toolbar . Click here to toggle the app earance or disappearance of the Location Toolbar . • Personal Toolbar . Click here to toggle the app earance or disappearance[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Window Browser Window Menu • Navigator . Click here to open a window browsing your Home page. • Radio . Click here to go to the Netscape Radio page. • Server Tools . This is not supported in the 2x14 terminals. Bookmarks Click here to see the Bookmarks (also known as Favor ites in the Windows Inte rnet[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Tools Click here to see the Tools menu. Browser Tools Menu • History . Click here to see the Co mmunications History window. Browser Communicati on s History Window This window shows a list of all the Web sites visited in the last x da ys by all windows in all browser sessions. The number of days, x, is sp[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection • Security Info . Click here to see the Security Info sheet. Browser Security Info Sheet In addition to security information, you can se t many security parameters from dialog boxes opened by clicking on items in the left-hand list. • Java Console . Click here to open th e Java Console screen. Browser Ja[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Multiple Windows It is possible to open up to th ree active windows—two UR L windows and one History file window--in one browser session using the Window menu. But you have to do it in a certain way; the procedure is as follows: 1. Open a Web page other than the Home page. 2. Open the Window menu. You will[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Navigation Toolbar Browser Navi gation Toolb ar with Text The Navigation Toolbar provides quic k and easy access to a number of the m ost popular options in the Menu Bar. If you do not need it, you can hide it to increase the size of your display window. When the toolbar is displayed, a small square appears [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection This button is unusable. If the browser is downloading a new Web page, this button will stop the download. This button loads the generic vers ion of the Netscape home page. Location Toolbar Browser Location Toolbar The Location Toolbar allows you to specify a Web site for browsing or keywords for a Netscape [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Personal Toolbar Browser Personal Toolbar The Personal Toolbar allows you to create your own t oolbar with iconed links to the Web sites of your choice. If you do not need it, you can hide it to increase the size of your display window. When the toolbar is displayed, a small square appears next to the Person[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection TNXXXXe Display Session Menu Bar Menu-bar commands of the display session window consist of commands and functions that are unique for each window (session). Display Session Menu Bar The system administrator m ay disable any or all of the Menu bar commands. See Editing an Existing Connection|TNXXXXe|Display [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Edit Display Edit Menu • Cut (t) . This command copies, into the Clipboard, data contained in the sele cted area and removes it from the display. A mouse is required for this ope ration, since the mouse cursor is used to draw a box around the selected area. The Cut process is: 1. Use the mouse cursor to dr[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Macro Recor di ng Di al og Box When you Stop Recording, the Macro Recording di alog box will be displayed, allowing you to save the recorded keystrokes into a name d file for subsequent playback. • Pause Recording ( p ). Including a Pause command into a rec orded sequence will cause the Playback operation [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection View Commands in the View menu are used to manipulate the Emulator display window . Display View Menu • Toolbar-Menu (t). This toggle command hides or disp lays the Menu and Buttons toolbars. After you hide the toolbars, you will have to use LeftAlt and the Arrow keys to access menu options. • Ruler ( r [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection • Keypad ( k ). This toggle command hides or displa ys the Key Pad. The Key Pad can be repositioned as desired on the screen by dragging and dropping. Partial Emulation S creen Showing Keypad Key Pad is only useful if you have a mouse. For more information on the Key Pad feature, refer to Editing an Existi[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Buttons Bar The Buttons bar is displayed across the top of the a pplication window to the righ t of the Menu bar. The Buttons bar provides quick access to commands you use on a regular basis, if you have a m ouse. If you do not need it, you can hide it and the Menu bar to increase the size of your display wi[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Playback. Displays a list of available macros. Click on the one to be played, and that macro will then be executed. Ruler . Duplicates the function of the menu View>Ruler command. Attributes . Duplicates the function of the menu View>Attributes command. Hot Spots . Duplicates the function of the menu V[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection File (Alt) Printer File Menu • Connect ( n ). A printer session typically comes up in th e connected state. But if, for some reason, the session is not connected, this command will attem pt to connect the printer session to the hos t. • Disconnect ( d ). This command disconnects the printer session from [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Printer Session Buttons Bar The command/button definitions are: Connect . Duplicates the function of the menu File>Connect command. Disconnect . Duplicates the function of the menu File>Disconnect command. Properties . Duplicates the function of the menu File>Properties command. Contents . Duplicate[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection In order to create a macro in a graphics display session, you have to: 1. Open a display session. 2. Place the cursor in the field where you wish to start the sequence. 3. Activate Tools>Start Recording or press the Recrd key or click on the corresponding Toolbar button. You will see, in the right side of[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Using a Connection Play a Recorded Keystrokes Sequence (Macro) Graphics Display Session In order to play a recorded keystrokes seque nce in a graphics display session, you have to: 1. Place the cursor on the screen where you want to play the seq uence. 2. Activate Tools or press the Play key or click on the corresponding Toolb[...]

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2x14 User’s Guide—Firmware Upgrades Firmware Upgrades You will need to use the Affirmative Computer Products remote cen tral management software, YES manager , to upgrade the 2x14 firmware. YES manager is available free of charge; contact Affirmative Computer Products to obtain the latest version. The User Guide for YES manager is available at [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Firmware Upgrades 12. When the term inal status light in YES manager turns green again, select the terminal. If the terminal is on a different sub-net than the YES manager console, you will have to exercise Refresh on the terminal in order to see the status. 13. Right click. 14. Select Special Functions>Factory Default and [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Firmware Upgrades TBT Viewing Mode 9. At the terminal, go to Terminal Properties>Upgrade . Upgrade Property Sheet for TBT Viewing Mode 10. In Upgrade Server, enter th e IP address of the YES manager console. 11. Leave Port at 9999 . 12. Activate Query update server . You will see the Availab le Upgrade information filled in[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Firmware Upgrades Upgrade Property Sheet with Upgrad e Informat ion for TBT Viewing Mode 13. Information about the Available Upgrade is now di splayed. If you do not see this information, your Upgrade Server parameters are incorrect or the . tar file is not in the correc t folder on the YES manager server. • Package . This i[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Firmware Upgrades Non-TBT Viewing Mode 9. At the terminal, go to Terminal Prop erties>Firmware . Firmware Property Sheet for Non-TBT Viewing Mode 10. In Upgrade Server, enter th e IP address of the YES manager console. 11. Leave Port at 9999 . 12. Activate Get list . You will see the propertie s sheet updated with informati[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Firmware Upgrades 13. You probably have more information here than you need, or want, to know. This is a list of th e modules making up the terminal firmware: • Package . This is the module name. • Installed . This is the module version. • Dim inst . This the amount of flash mem ory required for the module. • Available[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Troubleshooting Your Terminal Troubleshooting Your Terminal The following table provides som e solutions to comm on problems that can occur during setting up or using your 2x14 terminal. Problems Solution 1 The monitor screen is blank • Make sure the terminal is turned on. • Make sure the monitor is plugged into an AC ou t[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Troubleshooting Your Terminal 6 Forgot the password setting and cannot reconfigure the terminal. Ask your system administrator to us e the secret hot key sequence to reset Terminal Properties to factory defaults. 7 The mouse cursor is jittery. • Your terminal is being shadowed from the Remote Management console. • Your net[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Specifications Appendix 1. Specifications 2214 ITEM SPECIFICATIONS Processor • SIS 550 200 MHz Communication and Ports • 10/100 dual-speed Ethernet, Twisted Pair (RJ45). • One parallel port (DB-25 Female connector). • Enhanced ps/2 keyboard interface. • Enhanced ps/2 mouse interface. • Two USB ports. • Audio out [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Specifications ITEM SPECIFICATIONS Optional Devices • USB storage • USB to COM port adapter • USB wireless adapter (802.11b) • Software Features • Netscape 4.78 browser with PD F viewer and JVM plug-in • Time zone and SNTP support • Terminal access password for security • Multi-session Autostart • LPD • Ter[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Specifications 2614 ITEM SPECIFICATIONS Processor • National Semiconductor Media Gx1 300 MHz with 5530A support chip Communication and Ports • Microsoft RDP and Citrix ICA protocol compliant • 10/100 dual speed Ethernet, Twisted Pair (RJ45) • One parallel port (DB-25 Female connector) • Two serial ports with RS- 232C[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Specifications ITEM SPECIFICATIONS Software Features • Netscape 4.78 browser with PD F viewer and JVM plug-in. • Time zone and SNTP support • Terminal access password for security • Multi-session Autostart • LPD & ThinPrint support • VNC viewer • Terminal emulation • Remote management software Temperature ?[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Specifications 2814 ITEM SPECIFICATIONS Processor • VIA Eden 733 MHz Communication and Ports • Microsoft RDP and Citrix ICA protocol compliant • 10/100 dual speed Ethernet, Twisted Pair (RJ45) • One parallel port (DB-25 Female connector) • Two serial ports with RS- 232C (DB-9 male connectors) • Enhanced ps/2 keyboa[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—Specifications ITEM SPECIFICATIONS Software Features • Netscape 7.x browser (Mozilla) with PDF viewer and JVM plug- in. • Time zone and SNTP support • Terminal access password for security • Multi-session Autostart • LPD & ThinPrint support • VNC viewer • Terminal emulation • Remote management software Temp[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—TCP/IP Error Codes Appendix 2. TCP/IP Error Codes Here is a comprehensive list of standard TCP/IP error codes that can occu r during network operation. Some of them are quite esoteric and may not be applicable to YES tation operation, but this list should include any networking error code that you encounter. They should be use[...]

2x14 User’s Guide—TCP/IP Error Codes 10042 Bad protocol option. 10043 Protocol not supported. 10044 Socket type not supported. 10045 Operation not supported. 10046 Protocol family not supported. 10047 Address family not supported by protocol family. 10048 Address is already in use. If you attempt to set up a server on a port that is already is [...]

2x14 User’s Guide—TCP/IP Error Codes 10058 Cannot send after socket shutdown. 10060 Connection timed out. Bad IP address or bad LAN connection. 10061 Connection refused. You will usually see this error wh en a server refuses a connection from a client, because the server is not listening on that port, or the server is not a valid host. 10064 Ho[...]