Tree Pane

The tree pane shows the members of the ACP Thin Client Network in an expandable tree.

ACP ThinManager With Tree

The current version of the Tree separates the Terminals and nested groups of terminals, Terminal Servers,  Terminal Server Groups, and Users. Although a single computer can be a ThinManager Server, a Terminal Server, and a member of a Terminal Server Group, as shown in the example, these are three distinct functions that are displayed in the tree to reflect its function.

The Terminals branch can be expanded to show the Groups and Terminals under them. Groups can be expanded to show the Terminals underneath them. ThinManager 3.0 now has a multi-level hierarchy that allows several levels of nested groups. The Terminals can be expanded to show the Terminal Servers or Terminal Server Groups they are assigned to. Terminal Server Groups can be expanded to show the member Terminal Servers.

Icons

Tree Icons

Several of the menu tools and other features are dependent on what icon is highlighted in the tree.

The tree is divided into four branches, Terminals, Terminal Servers, Terminal Server Groups and TermSecure Users.

Four ThinManager Tree Branches

Each of the branches, shown as a blue icon, can be expanded.

Expanded Tree Showing Icon Variety

The tree in the example has been expanded to provide greater detail about the status of the terminals.

Group and Terminal Nesting

• Each Group can be expanded to show the subgroups and terminals that are members of the group.
• Each Terminal can be expanded to show the Terminal Server Groups or Terminal Servers that it is assigned to.
• Each Terminal Server Group can be expanded to show the Terminal Servers that are assigned to it.
• Each TermSecure User Group can be expanded to show the TermSecure Users that are members of the group.

Each of the branches of the tree can be expanded.

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ThinManager Server Icons

ThinManager Server Icons

ThinManager can connect to several ThinManager Servers and display their trees, but only one ThinManager Server tree can be displayed at a time. This branch shows the local ThinManager Server by default. Other ThinManager Servers can be added to the ThinManager Server Drop-down box by selecting Edit>Add ThinManager Server from the menu bar.

• A Green ThinManager Server icon represents a ThinManager Server that has an active communication link with the program. These can be collapsed or expanded to show the Group and Terminal icons that nest under the ThinManager Server icons.
• A Red ThinManager Server icon represents a ThinManager Server that is not communicating with the program. Right clicking on a red ThinManager icon and selecting Reconnect will reinitiate communications to the ThinManager Server.

Terminal Icons

Nested under the ThinManager Server icons are groups and terminals.

Group and Terminal Icons

• A Group is represented by an icon of two monitors with a blue screen. Subgroups can be nested under Groups.
• A Terminal is represented by an icon of a single monitor.
• A Red terminal screen indicates that the Terminal is off or not communicating with the ThinManager Server.
• A Green terminal screen indicates that the Terminal is on and communicating with the ThinManager Server.
• A Terminal with a Head indicates that a TermSecure User is logged onto the terminal. The TermSecure User name will be displayed in parentheses.
• A Locked terminal or group icon means that that terminal or group is being modified and cannot be changed by another user. If the Group or Terminal remains locked after its configuration wizard is closed, it can be unlocked by using Edit>Unlock from the menu bar.
• A Terminal with a Red Cross indicated that the terminal has been disabled by an administrator.

If a Group or Terminal is disabled using the Tools>Disable function, it will be displayed with a red X over the terminal icon. An entire ThinManager Server or an entire Group can be disabled, but the ThinManager Server icon and the Group icon will not show an X, just the terminal icons.

Disabled Terminal Icons

• A Red terminal screen with a Red X indicates that the Terminal is disabled and is either turned off or rebooted and waiting to be enabled.
• A Green terminal screen with a Red X indicates that the disabling has been applied to terminal that is turned on. The terminal has a disabling screen and is waiting for enabling.

If a Group or Terminal is disabled using the Tools>Disable function, it will be displayed with a red X over the terminal icon. An entire ThinManager Server or an entire Group can be disabled, but the ThinManager Server icon and the Group icon will not show an X, just the terminal icons.

Once a terminal is disabled, a disabling screen will appear on the terminal until the terminal has been enabled.

• A Red terminal screen with a Red X indicates that the Terminal is disabled and is either turned off or rebooted and waiting to be enabled.
• A Green terminal screen with a Red X indicates that the disabling has been applied to terminal that is turned on. The terminal has a disabling screen and is waiting for enabling.

Disabling Screen

If a terminal is active when it is disabled, it will display the Disable Screen with a message indicating the disabled status in the upper left corner.

Disabled Terminal

If a terminal is booted when disabled, the boot process will be halted until the terminal is enabled.

See Disable Terminals for details.

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Terminal Server Icons

Under each Terminal are icons representing the Terminal Servers that they connect to. The lightning bolt color indicated the connection status.

Terminal Server Connection Icons

• A Red lightning bolt represents a lack of connection to the terminal server.
• A Green lightning bolt represents a connection to the terminal server with an active session.
• A Yellow lightning bolt represents a connection to the terminal server with an active session that is the backup in Instant Failover mode.

Terminal Server Nesting

The Terminal Server branch can be expanded to show the Terminal Servers that have terminals connected to them. The monitor screen color and the lightning bolt color indicate the terminal’s status on the Terminal Server.

The Terminal Server Group branch can be expanded to show the Terminal Server Groups that are configured. The terminal server groups can be expanded to show the member terminal servers. The member terminal servers can be expanded to show the terminals connected to them. The monitor screen color and the lightning bolt color indicate the terminal’s status on the Terminal Server.

Terminal Connection Status

The monitor screen color indicates the ThinManager Server connection status. The lightning bolt color indicates the Terminal Server connection status.

• A Red monitor screen indicates that the terminal is off or unable to communicate to the ThinManager Server.
• A Green monitor screen indicates that the terminal is on and able to communicate to the ThinManager Server.
• A Red lightning bolt represents a lack of active connection to the terminal server.
• A Green lightning bolt represents a connection to the terminal server with an active session.
• A Yellow lightning bolt represents a connection to the terminal server with a session that is the backup session in Instant Failover mode.

Terminal Server Group Icons

The Terminal Server Group branch can be expanded.

• A Two-Server icon represents a Terminal Server Group. It can be expanded to show member terminal servers.
• A Single-Server icon represents a terminal server that is a member of the Terminal Server Group. It can be expanded to show terminals assigned to it.

Monitor icons represent terminals that are assigned to the terminal servers. The red/green color of the screen and lightning bolt follow the guidelines shown by the Terminal Server Connection Icons.

Terminal Server Group Icons

TermSecure User Icons

The TermSecure Users branch can be expanded.

TermSecure User Tree

The TermSecure User branch expands to show TermSecure User Groups

• A Two-headed icon represents a TermSecure User Group. This can be expanded to show member TermSecure Users.
• A Single-headed icon represents a TermSecure User. This can be expanded to show any Terminal Server Groups that are assigned to the TermSecure User.
• A Single-head with Terminal icon represents a TermSecure User that is logged in on a terminal. The terminal name is shown in parentheses. This can be expanded to show any Terminal Server Groups that are assigned to the TermSecure User.

A TermSecure User that is not active or logged into a terminal server will show the normal Terminal Server Group icon of two servers.

A TermSecure User that is active and logged into a terminal server will show an icon of the TermSecure User head with the terminal Server Group icon of two servers.

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(Updated 7/19/2007)