WinConnect S User Manual
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1. hinSoft THINSOFT PTE LTD 23 Tai Seng D tive 06 00 Singapore 535224 Fax 65 6289 7308 www hinsoftinc com WnConnect S User Manual Document Version 1 4 Copyright 2004 2009 ThinSoft Pte Ltd All rights reserved WinC onnect S User Manual Copyright 2004 2009 ThinSoft Pte Ltd All rights reserved ThinSoft Pte Ltd 23 Tai Seng Drive 06 00 singapore 535224 Fax 65 6289 7308 This documents is being furnished by ThinSoft Pte Ltd for information purposes only to licensed users of the WinConnect S software product Efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented but is subject to change without prior notice Changes if any will be incorporated in future releases WinConnect is the registered trademark of ThinSoft Pte Ltd WinConnect S is the registered trademark of ThinSoft Pte Ltd Other brand and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective holders Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows Windows X P Windows Server 2003 Internet Explorer are the registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc Unix is a registered trademark of the O pen Group No part of this document may be reproduced for commercial purposes unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder Visit our Web Site at http www thinsof2. RegE dit and browse to HKEY LOCAL MACHINE System CurrentC ontrolSet Control Terminal Server WinStations RD P Tcp and add aD WORD value ColorD epth 4 To make a Windows XP Professional system visible to the WinConnect S browser run RegE dit and browse to HKEY LOCAL MACHINE system CurrentC ontrolSet Control Terminal Server and add or edita DWORD entry TSAdvertise 1 The easiest way to set these options is to download the registry file posted on our web site at http www thinsoftinc com EnableRem Adv Col reg Select O pen When you are asked Are you sure you want to add the information in filename to the registry answer Y es This will automatically update the registry with the required values so you not need to run RegE dit On the Advanced O ptions tabs there are check boxes for disabling mouse motion and drag events which help to improve performance The options are e Disable Window Manager Decorations borders etc To set the override redirect window property to turn off the window manager frame The window will be displayed in the extreme top left of the screen rather than being positioned by the window manager This option is designed to allow a full screen mode Disable Mouse Motion Events To stop WinConnect S from sending mouse motion events to the remote computer except when a mouse button is pressed Disable the option conserves bandwidth but may cause some Windows applicat
3. http Avyw thinsoftinc com The ThinSoft License Server software runs on a Windows computer on the network and dispenses WinConnect licenses to WinConnect clients To use the ThinSoft License Server 1 Check the Use License server button 2 Enter the IP address of the computer running the ThinSoft License Server software You can leave Use License Server for licensing Server IP address 10 0 88 146 Server port Automatic Step 4 Enter the IP address of the computer running the ThinSoft License Server software Alternatively you can leave the server IP setting to Automatic WinConnect S will try to locate the License Server on the network Step 5 Enter the Listening port number used by the License Server Alternatively you leave this setting to Automatic and the default port number 29309 will be used With this option enabled when WinConnect S is launched it will contact the ThinSoft License Server to request a valid license token for proper operation If it is not issued a valid license token it will display an error message and terminate 18 For more information on ThinSoft License Server kindly refer to the License Server User Manual 6 Technical Support Technical support offered by ThinSoft Pte Ltd WinConnect S products must be registered with ThinSoft before technical support may be offered Registration may be completed by registering online at our World Wide Web site Free support via fax
4. is FI 2 Select RDP version Automatic Select RDP port 3389 Specify client name a Cancel On the Drives tab are entry fields for enabling the local drives in the Linux machine to be able to access from the Remote Desktop session Check the Export path box and supply the Linux path to the file system location that you wish to map The software supports up to four mappings Currently removable media such as floppy or CD drives are not supported VW Connection Settings HOME _ Export path C Automount mntfloppy Automount mnt cdrom as List the local paths to be made available to the Windows system Requires a Windows XP RDP 5 1 or better connection Cancel On the Printing tab are entry fields for enabling a printer connected to the Solaris machine to be able to print from the Remote D esktop session The local printer must first be installed and configured to print normally from the Solaris computer prior to configuring WinConnect S for local printing For printer setup refer to the section Configuring a Printer v EET TE Local Printer Setup The local printer named POS is configured as Windows printer name HP DeskJet 660C and prints locally using the print command lera n I List the local printer devices to be made available to the Windows system Cancel On the Serial tab are entry fields for enabl
5. the focus application The default is not to use this option and leave the box unchecked Note that when WinConnect S is running in full screen mode this option is automatically selected The sound feature of WinConnect S requires a connection to a Windows Server 2003 This includes the Remote D esktop capabilities built into Windows XP Professional v Connection Settings sound Enable sound _ Use safe sound instead of enhanced sound Keyboard Override local window manager keyboard shortcuts Keyboard map english us Cancel Menu Options Additional options are available from the menu bar at the top of the WinConnect S user interface File License Help The File menu has several features New Connection Connect Delete Configure Connection Exit N ew Connection is used to create new Connection profile Connect establishes the connection to the Terminal Server using the properties of the Connection profile D elete removes the existing Connection profile 11 Configure Connection allows users to configure the properties of the Connection profile that has been created The License menu is used to register the WinConnect S software Lucene License Server To license WinConnect S using the ThinSoft License Server software select License from the WinConnect S menu and then select License Server For more information on ThinSoft License Server kindly refer to the Thin
6. Soft License Server User Manual The Help menu provides the WinConnect S version information Help About WinConnect 16 Configuring Connection Profiles for Multiple Users Profiles are stored in the winconnectdb file By default this file is stored in the user home directory As a result the profiles are private and can be customized on a per user basis Y ou can also configure your system to use global profiles The p parameter can be used to specify the location of the winconnectdb file If you path to a location that all users can access they will use the same profile database An example would be winconnect p opt winconnect un Quotation marks are required and there should be no spaces surrounding the 2 Configuring a Printer 2 1 Setting Up a Printer in Windows Terminal Server After connecting to the Windows Terminal Server you will have a new printer available to Windows applications Under Windows XP this printer will be called something like lp from XXX where XXX is the Solaris station name Under Windows 2000 server it will be called lp XXX Session 2 where XXX is the Solaris station name Printing to this printer from the Windows applications will send print data to your local Solaris printer You may be asked to install printer drivers on the Windows Terminal Server if your Solaris printer model is not already available on the server To install the printer drivers on the Windows Terminal S
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8. cal printer devices to be made available to the Windows system Cancel If you are not able to locate the Windows printer drivers in the WinConnect S user interface and it is installed on the Windows Terminal Server you can enter it manually in the WinConnect S user interface As the printer driver must be specified exactly including spaces and punctuation the easiest way to do this is to make use of the WinConnect S cut and paste functionality Logon to your Windows server with WinConnect S in windowed not full screen mode If your server is Windows 2000 select Settings gt Printers from the Start menu If the server is Windows XP select Printers and Faxes from the Start menu Right click on the appropriate printer driver Highlight the printer name on the G eneral tab right click and select copy On the Solaris system open another copy of the WinConnect S Connection Manager Select the profile that you wish to edit and select Configure Place the cursor in the Windows printer name field and press CTRL V to paste The correct printer name will be pasted into the printer configuration Alternately you can add it to the drop down list in WinConnect S user interface by editing the file usr local share winconnect tsprinters 16 3 Automating a Terminal Connection You can run WinConnect S from your Solaris startup scripts If the terminal is to be used by multiple users you can customize each user s connection indivi
9. d to install them A Solaris 8 10 These libraries are libglib libgdk libgtk libesd libgmodule libgdbm libstdc so 2 10 0 You can obtain these from www sunfreeware com or download them from our website at www thinsoftinc com winconlibs tar qz winconlibs tar gz will place the libraries in opt winconnect lib You can move these libraries to a directory in your library path or you can alter LD LIBRARY PATH to include opt winconnect lib For a permanent change you can edit our user profile to include the lines LD LIBRARY PATH LD LIBRARY PATH opt winconnect lib export LD LIBRARY PATH B Solaris 9 These libraries are e libstdc You can obtain these from ftp ftp sunfreeware com pub freeware sparc 9 libgcc 3 3 sol9 sparc local gz 1 2 Installing the WinConnect S Remote Desktop Client Software for Solaris System Installation is simple By following these steps aWinConnect S system should take less than 15 minutes to set up Each step is explained in detail in the following pages We recommend that WinConnect S be installed while logged in as system administrator To install WinConnect S copy the WinConnect S package file to your Solaris system and run gunzip winconnect 2 6 sparc pkg 2z pkgadd d winconnect 2 6 sparc pkg This will install to the directory opt winconnect 1 3 Running the WinConnect S Remote Desktop Client Software on Solaris System You can run WinConnect S from a ter
10. dually The script that automatically runs on login can be found in home user name bashrc As each user runs a different script these scripts can be customized on a per user basis If WinConnect S is placed in the bashrc script with no parameters it will run automatically and display the standard user interface There are several command line parameters supported by WinConnect S that can be used to customize the connection on a per user basis These are C If there is a default connection profile defined WinConnect S will automatically connect to the server using that profile If there is no default profile WinConnect S will seek out a Windows Terminal Server on the network If one is found it will automatically connect to it Example winconnect c Connection name If you specify a connection profile name WinConnect S will automatically connect using that profile Example winconnect accounting n This parameter can be used to specify the local machine name Local machine name is used by the Windows terminal server to keep track of your terminal session Y our session will be identified in the server administration tools by that name In addition Terminal Server Client Access Licenses are managed based on the local machine name This option should be used with caution as the use of multiple machine names will result in having multiple Terminal Server Client Access Licenses assigned to your computer Using the connection name
11. ences Print Test Page 2 2 Setting Up a Printer in WinConnect S Remote Desktop Client Step 1 On the Solaris desktop select Main Menu Button on the Panel gt Programs gt Applications gt WinConnect You can also run WinConnect S from a terminal session window by running the command winconnect Step 2 Once a Connection profile has been created refer to Connecting to a Windows Terminal Server click on Configure icon J WinConnect _ x File License Help Stored Profiles Peo e B Connect New Configure Delete Connection SE7500 User1 M Available Terminal Servers NetBIOS DNS WIN2000 203 127 218 38 WINXPPRO 203 127 202 118 WIN2003 10 88 18 4 Welcome to WinConnect Step 3 All existing Solaris print queues can be seen by clicking the drop down arrow After selecting the desired print queue associate it with a Windows printer driver 15 For example if you had a HP DeskJet 656C printer connected to your Solaris system as lp click on the drop down arrow of the Windows driver and select the HP DeskJet 656C Click Save to quit from the connection settings connection settings General Display Printer Drives Serial Advanced S5nd Kba Local Printer Setup The local printer named hp 656c is configured as Windows printer name HP DeskJet 656C and prints locally using the print command fpr List the lo
12. erver Step 1 Connect to a Windows Terminal Server Step 2 On the Windows desktop select Main Menu Start Button on the Panel gt Settings gt Printers 12 and Faxes Right click on the Ip from XXX printer icon where XXX is the Solaris station name and select Properties Step 3 ip from WINBOX Properties Color Management Device Settings General Sharing Ports Always available O Available from Priority 1 a x Driver HP DeskJet 970Cxi E Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster Start printing after last page is spooled Start printing immediately Print directly to the printer C Hold mismatched documents Print spooled documents first C Keep printed documents V Enable advanced printing features Under Advanced tab Windows will try to detect what printer is attached to the printer device as shown below Select the appropriate printer driver from the list and click on the OK button to save the settings If you are not able to locate the Windows printer drivers from the list click on the New Driver button to start the Add Printer D river Wizard Click Next to proceed Add Printer Driver Wizard Welcome to the Add Printer Driver Wizard This wizard helps you install a new printer driver To continue click Next i Cancel 13 Step 4 Select the manufacturer and model of your pri
13. ing a serial printer or modem connected to the Solaris machine to be able to print or communicate from the Remote Desktop session Enable the serial port where the device is attached in the Connection Settings For more detail on the serial device setup refer to the sections Configuring a Serial Printer and Configuring a Serial Port Modem vw Connection Settings Serial Port Forwarding Enable serial 0 dev ttySO idevatys1 C Enable serial2 dev ttyS2 C Enable serial 3 dev ttyS3 List the local serial port devices to be made available to the Windows system Requires a Windows 2000 RDP 5 0 or better connection Cancel On the Sound Keys tab are entry fields for setting desired audio quality and keyboard mapping The options are e Enable sound To enable the sound feature e Use safe sound instead of enhanced sound On some systems sound enhancement techniques used by WinConnect S may result in distorted sound Selecting this option may correct the problem The default is not to use this option and leave the box unchecked e Send PC scan codes directly Under most circumstances this option should not be selected under Solaris 10 Override local windows manager keyboard shortcuts When WinConnect S is running in windowed mode hotkeys are used by the local Solaris computer Select this option if you wish to pass on the hotkeys to Windows when WinConnect S is
14. ions to behave in unexpected ways e Disable Mouse Drag Events To stop WinConnect S from sending drag events to the remote computer Windows applications will see the drag start and end but they will not see any intermediate mouse movements Disable the option conserves bandwidth but may cause unexpected effects e Enable Data Compression Selecting this option allows data sent between WinConnect S and the remote computer to be compressed It helps to conserve bandwidth at the cost of some processing time Connect to Server Console Session Selecting this option allows WinConnect S to connect and take over the server console session instead of creating anew RDP session This function will only work with Windows Server 2003 D efault is Disabled e Enable Zoom The zoom feature is intended for use on devices with small displays such as handheld however it will only work on desktops in a window Using the resolution options you can instruct WinConnect S what size the Windows desktop should be In the zoom mode the height and width of the WinConnect S window will be one half that size Use the Zoom key to zoom the display in and out abd Connection Settings General Display Printer Drives Sera Advanced Options C Disable Window Manager decorations borders etc C Disable Mouse Motion Events C Disable Mouse Drag Events C Enable data compression C Connect to server console session _ Enable zoom Zoom key
15. minal session window by running the command winconnect 1 4 Connecting to a Windows Terminal Server When the WinConnect S user interface is invoked the browser results are displayed in the Available Terminal Servers section of the WinConnect S screen All Windows Terminal Servers located on the same subnet as the WinConnect S computer should be displayed listed by both their NetBios name as well as their IP address Highlighting the desired server will un gray the lower right hand Connect button and clicking this button will establish the connection to the server Y ou will connect to the server using the default connection parameters Please see section 1 4 Customizing a Terminal Connection for instructions for editing default parameters File License Help Stored Profiles Oo 6 w Connect New Configure Delete Connection SE7500 User1 v Available Terminal Servers NetBIOS DNS WIN2000 203 127 218 38 WINAPPRO 203 127 202 118 YWIN2003 10 88 18 4 Welcome to WinConnect 1 5 Customizing a Terminal Connection The Stored Profiles section of the WinConnect S screen contains four icon buttons Connect New Configure and Delete Once a Connection profile has been created its name will appear in the Connection listing window Clicking the Connect icon will establish the connection using the properties of this connection profile If more than one connection profile exists clicking the drop dow
16. n arrow will display all the profiles In addition to creating and managing your own connection profiles you can also edit the default settings To do so select N ew Connection Settings and click on the C onfigure icon Follow the instructions below for editing the profile The settings you select will be the initial settings for any new profiles that you create In addition these will be the session settings when you connect to a server from the A vailable T eminal Servers list To create a new connection profile click New File License Help Stored Profiles OS Bw Connect New Configure Delete Connection SE7500 Usert Available Terminal Servers NetBIOS DNS WIN2000 203 127 218 38 WINXPPRO 203 127 202 118 WIN2003 10 88 18 4 Welcome to WinConnect On the General tab there are required entry fields for naming the connection profile and the address of the server desired There are also optional fields for a User ID and automatic login to the server It is also possible to click the box to make a profile the default profile The profile that is made the default will always be the one to show in the Connections listing window when WinConnect S is first invoked Also if WinConnect S is run from a terminal session window with the c switch winconnect c a connection will be established to the server using the default connection profile without invoking the WinConnect S user interface Finally there is a drop d
17. nter Then click on Next button Add Printer Driver Wizard Printer Driver Selection The manufacturer and model determine which printer driver to use lt your printer driver is not listed you can click Have Disk to select a Windows XP printer Select the manufacturer and model of the Windows XP printer driver you want to install If driver supplied by your printer manufacturer n Manufacturer Printers Apple S Brother MFC 5000 Ki Brother MFC 5500 ATRI E Brother MFC 5550 Brother EG This driver is digitally signed Tell me why driver signing is important Step 5 You have now successfully installing the printer drivers Click on Finish to quit from the Add Printer D river Wizard Add Printer Driver Wizard Completing the Add Printer Driver Wizard You have successfully completed the Add Printer Driver Wizard You are about to add the following drivers Brother MFC 6000 Intel Windows 2000 or XP To close this wizard click Finish Step 6 Set the printer as the default printer and print a test page to ensure the configuration is correct 14 a ip from WINBOX Properties a General Sharing Ports Advanced Device Settings Location f Comment Model Brother MFC 6000 Features Color No Paper available Double sided No Letter Staple No Speed 6 ppm Maximum resolution 300 dpi Printing Prefer
18. own menu of different keyboard language options Clicking Save will preserve any changes ay Connection Settings General General Configuration Connection Name SE7500 Useri Server Address 10 88 27 5 Browse Login Configuration Z Automatic Logon UserID User O User Password User Domain e7500 Default Command Resolution Settings 640 x 480 C User Defined Resolution 600 x 600 Width 640 g 1024 x 768 i ici 1280 x 1024 Height 480 1600 x 1200 Full sceen resolution Color Depth 24 bit 16M colors for XP Pro or Server 2003 Cancel In full screen mode the Windows desktop will occupy the entire Solaris screen All hotkeys are passed on to Windows In this mode your WinConnect S session will most closely resemble an actual Windows computer In addition WinConnect S is optimized for full screen mode so you will see the best performance When running in full screen mode you cannot switch between WinConnect S and other Solaris applications This could be an advantage if you are a network administrator who wish to restrict the user to running WinConnect S only The enhanced Color Depth option of WinConnect S requires a connection to a Windows Server 2003 This includes the Remote D esktop feature built into Windows XP Professional To enable 24 bit color under Windows XP Professional you must also add a Registry entry on the XP computer Run
19. parameter you can edit each user s bashrc file to automatically connect them to a Windows Terminal Server using a different connection profile Upon termination of the Remote Desktop session the user will return to the Solaris desktop If you wish the user to return to the Solaris login you should add the command logout to the bashre file following the winconnect command As an example if you wanted user Rosa to automatically connect to the accounting server on logging in you would edit the file home Rosa bashrc You would add the lines winconnect accounting profile logout to the end of the file You would then use the WinConnect S user interface to create a connection profile named accounting profile without the quotes If your profile name consists entirely of alpha numeric characters no hyphens for example the quotes aren t required 17 Uninstalling WinConnect S Remote Desktop Client Software WinConnect can be uninstalled by running pkgrm winconnect WinConnect S License Service Activation Step 1 Run the WinConnect S user interface on the machine to be licensed Step 2 Select License from the WinConnect S menu and then select License Server Step 3 Check the box Use License Server for licensing v WinConnect License Server Activation Licensing procedure This procedure is for licensing WinConnect using the ThinSoft License Server software available from
20. tinc com Table of Contents Introduction to WinConnect S Product Description Hardware Requirements 1 WinConnect S Remote Desktop Client Setup 1 1 Required Libraries for WinConnect S 1 2 Installing the WinConnect S Remote Desktop Client Software for Solaris System 1 3 Running the WinConnect S Remote Desktop Client Software on Solaris System 1 4 Connecting to a Windows Terminal Server 1 5 Customizing a Terminal Connection 1 6 Configuring Connection Profiles for Multiple Users 2 Configuring a Printer 2 1 Setting Up a Printer in Windows Terminal Server 2 2 Setting Up a Printer in WinConnect S Remote Desktop Client 3 Automating a Terminal Connection 4 Uninstalling WinConnect S Remote Desktop Client Software 5 WinConnect S License Server Activation 6 Technical Support on oa ARABALHRA Introduction to WinConnect S Product Description WinConnect S is a software solution that enables Solaris based terminals to connect to Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 Terminal Servers or Windows XP via Remote Display Protocol RD P The connection can be over a local area network LAN or over the Internet A broadband Internet connection over digital subscriber line DSL AD SL or Integrated Services D igital Network ISD N connection improves performance but it is not necessary because Remote D esktop transfers only the minimal data such as display data and keyboard data to remotely control your Host computer Therefore even low band
21. width Internet connections or a wired or wireless TCP IP connection local area network LAN wide area network WAN dial up Internet virtual private network VPN connection allow you to remotely connect to your office computer Users on the Solaris based systems may run the same or different applications simultaneously and independently to create and edit documents and to share peripherals for example CD RO M printers and other hardware installed on the Host computer All users can also surf the Internet and access emails at the same time and even share network access with unique customized desktop and login Manufacturer s N otice The WinConnect S allows multiple users to simultaneously and independently share the same hardware and software installed on the Host computer Some software is licensed for use on a single computer while other software may be licensed for single or multiple users It is the responsibility of the WinConnect S purchaser user to read and comply with the licensing agreements of any software that may be used on the RDP devices Terminology The H ost is the Windows Terminal Server The Client is the Solaris based computer 1 WinConnect S Remote Desktop Client Setup 1 1 Required Libraries for WinConnect S WinConnect S is dependent on a number of libraries that are not distributed with the Solaris operating system If they have not been installed already to support other third party packages you will nee
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