Terminal tuning

This manual describes next step after selecting terminal boot way. If you've not selected WTware boot way yet and haven't started the terminal read the manual about WTware boot.

Configuration file

Terminal settings are stored in configuration files. These files are ordinary unicode text files, they can be edited by any text editor, that supports unicode, Notepad will do. All possible parameters and their values are listed in the configuration file parameters manual.

Full terminal configuration is the union of parameters from:

• Common configuration file all.wtc
• Terminal configuration file
• Included files listed in list.wtc (not supported by WTware configurator)

If terminal finds its MAC-address in list.wtc or its configuration file it tries to connect to terminal server. Otherwise Terminal configuration wizard starts.

Common configuration file

Common configuration file name is all.wtc. Terminal searches for it int directory Everyone in data directory, that you selected during installation. By default it's C:\users\all users\WTware\Everyone\. Place in all.wtc parameters with common values for all terminals, for example server.

Terminal configuration file

Terminal configuration files are stored in Terminals directory in WTware data directory, that you selected during installation. By default it's C:\users\all users\WTware\Terminals\.

Terminal with network card MAC-address 00:01:02:aa:bc:8e, searches for it's configuration in directory ÌÀ.ÊÀ.ÄÐ.ÅÑ.ÒÅ.ÐÌ, file should be named config.wtc. Pay attention to letter register if your TFTP-server is on Unix-computer!

Pay attention to include files, that are placed in directories Templates and Connections in WTware data directory. Using keywords template and connection you can include additional files into terminal configuration file.

Included files list

ListIncludes directory (in data directory, specified during installation) contains common configuration files with terminal parameters. Terminal includes these files using list.wtc file.

ATTENTION! Edit list.wtc only manually. Graphic configurator doesn't work with list.wtc, can't read or edit files from ListIncludes directory. So be careful not to configure one terminal using configurator and list.wtc.

Included files list is stored in Everyone/list.wtc file. Syntax:

01.02.03.04.05.06[([username@][terminalname])] [file [file ...]]] [# comments]

02.03.04.05.06.07 file1

03.04.05.06.07.08(john@) file2

04.05.06.07.08.09(term5) file6 file7 # Chief computer.

File reading order, parameter values priority

Terminal reads configuration files in this order:

1. all.wtc
2. Files listed in list.wtc
3. Files included by template and connection directories in terminal configuration file
4. Terminal configuration file

Parameter value is overwritten as new value becomes available. I.e. if server parameter value is specified both in all.wtc and in terminal configuration file, value from terminal configuration file is used.

Terminal configuration wizard

If you:

(1) installed WTware from distributive,
(2) haven't created configuration file yet (individual or using list.wtc),

You can specify terminal settings using "Terminal configuration wizard". Main wizard screen is:

Select terminal video settings and press "Continue with these settings". Appears screen:

Press F10. Terminal video test starts. Successfull test looks so:

The smaller time - the faster terminal works in this mode with this driver.

When you determined optimal video parameters for your terminal press F10 and connect to terminal server. Then you'll be able to save settings in terminal configuration file. And WTware will help you. Screen to specify terminal server address:

When terminal connects to terminal server in popup screen in right bottom corner you'll see selected in wizard terminal parameters:

Also if you use configurator to edit terminal configurations run it after terminal boots on terminal server. After terminal wizard work WTware configurator at start suggests to create terminal configuration file and save there selected settings:

After saving settings terminal configuration wizard won't run during boot anymore. If you want to run it later to select better settings, press Del during terminal boot and select menu item:

To be continued

Configuration file parameters manage terminal disks and printers using, login menu configuration, desktop background etc. Full parameter list and their descriptions are available at the next article.