Specifications

3 How to Use the WCM Application
GUI
Only administrators can open and use the WCM Application GUI (double-click the Wyse
Configuration Manager icon on your desktop).
In this chapter, you will learn:
• "How to Create New Configuration Files"
• "How to Edit Existing Configuration Files"
• "How to Store and Use Your Configuration Files"
Notable items in the WCM Application GUI include:
• Configuration Explorer - Contains the Configurations tab (default for new
configurations) and other configurations tabs (for each open configuration file):
· Configurations tab and other open configurations tabs - The Configurations tab
contains the names of the areas you can configure for your configuration files
(detailed settings for a highlighted area are shown in the details pane).
• Toolbar icons - Selected items on the Configurations tab also provide icons for use
within that configurations area. Each icon has a pop-up description for easy
identification; including Check all, Uncheck all, Add New Settings Group (Add RDP,
Add WLAN), Copy RDP, Copy WLAN, Delete RDP, and Delete WLAN.
• Right-Click menus - Right-click menus provide easy access to get things done. You
can right-click on an item to display the menu of available tasks you can do.
• Details pane - Displays the detailed configuration settings (for the Connections,
Device Configuration, and OS Configuration areas checked and highlighted) that you
can use with your thin clients.
• Menu bar - Provides the following command buttons (and drop-down arrows) for use
(items shown depend on the functions available for use):
· New Configuration: Use to select the operating system you want to use with your
new configuration file.
· Load Configuration: Use to load your finished configuration file to the folder you
want as a .xml file.
· Save Configuration Profile: Use for Save and Save As functions with your
finished configuration file.