PowerTerm WebConnect 5.5 For Linux (Released March 2006)
New Features
Linux
- Auto login as for Windows edition.
- Support for Linux Thin Client (LTC).
- Support for LDAP server.
- Support for fail-over.
- Ability to upgrade from previous versions.
Enhanced Application Publishing includes the following components:
- Application Zone: Window with icons of all published applications.
- Application Portal: Web site with icons of all published applications.
- Published Applications Wizard.
- Access through the Administration Tool.
- Publish single or multiple applications.
- Create icons for each connection and place them either on the Desktop or in the Start menu.
- Publish applications, documents and URLs.
- Publish remote, local, or both applications.
- Modify existing connection application properties.
- Host Connections are also published now. It is possible to configure their publishing properties by clicking Publishing in the Add Host Connection/ Connection Properties dialog.
- Application Load Balancer: directs the connection to an available server with the specified application, according to the PowerTerm Load Balancer configuration.
General
- Network traffic optimized by using compression.
- Portlet for IBM WebSphere Portal.
- Plugin for IBM Workplace Managed Client.
- Environment Variables also for connections.
- Place shortcuts to connections on the Desktop and in the Start menu.
- JNI and COM support for Web portals.
- Self-update and download facilities customization.
- Agent auto-relogin.
- Also runs Agent without system tray icon.
- Configurable RDP Splashscreen
- True Seamless Windows for Terminal Server (RDP) sessions
- Proper z-order on local desktop.
- Support for upper-most windows.
- Support for notification windows, e.g., Microsoft Outlook appointment windows.
- New PowerTerm WebConnect Environment Variables
- PRIV_RunSupport - Privilege to receive support from either Technical support and/or administrator when value is set to 1 (default).
Emulations
- 3-color Keyboard mapping dialog.
- Gray = Virtual (terminal) Key.
- White = OS character.
- Yellow = OS Dead character.
- New psl commands
- button right left-dbl-click: The right single click will act as left double-click in the terminal emulation's UI.
- button right left-action: The right button will act exactly as the left button in the Terminal emulation's UI.
- recv-file zmodem: Sends a file from the host to the PC using the zmodem communication protocol.
- IBM emulations only
- set select-key-highlight on | off - Selection with arrow keys.
- set ibm-history-scroll on/off: Enables the IBM history scroll bar
- set pccmd: Enables the STRPCCMD.
- set pccmd-pause: Performs a pause after the command STRPCCMD is executed.
- The auxiliary port is a valid device for slave printing (autoprint and controller mode), instead of it being another print type in addition to autoprint and controller mode. Also, read (send to host) and write (print) can be opened/closed indepedently of each other. The status will now show the aux port state:
- "Status" [Description...]
"<AUX " [Host < PC (send)]
">AUX +" [Host > PC (print)] [printer + screen (Auto)]
">AUX -" [Host > PC (print)] [printer + screen (Controller)]
"=AUX +" [Host = PC (bidi) ] [printer - screen (Auto)]
"=AUX -" [Host = PC (bidi) ] [printer - screen (Controller)]
- Supports TVI955 program answerback:
- Supports TVI955 Screen on/off commands where off is a blank screen.
- New escape sequences for VT
- Select dim (not bold): esc 2 m
- Select a port number for the auxiliary port: esc [ number * u
- Supports bidirectional printing (COM only):
- Allow auxiliary input mode Esc [7i
- Allow auxiliary input mode Esc [6i
- New code page 620 - Polish (Mazovia).
- Supports TAPI (Telephony Application Program Interface).
- Enhancement to multiple hosts.
- host1(lu-rule1a,lu-rule1b,...),host2(lu-rule2a,lu-rule2b)
- Up to 10 lu-rules for each host
- "lu-rule" is any valid data that can be put in the lu/device-name field such as DEV*, DEV+++, DEV3-, etc.
- "LF->CRLF" in Terminal Setup, Printer properties tab.
- Faster serial connection speed.
- Communication LEDs on the status window to indicate communication activity.
- Copy Table.
- Evaluation of strings from the communication dialog to PSL.
- New SSL and SSH dlls.
- New XTerm terminal type.
- SCO request current color sequence.
Windows only:
- Caps-lock always on: turned on caps-lock, nothing release it.
- Num-lock on, same for num-lock key, setup option only, no GUI.
- 3-modes of Caps Lock in Terimnal Setup, Keyboard properties tab (Windows only):
- Caps-lock (Unix) - Locks alpha keys on main keypad in uppercase.
- Shift-lock - Locks alpha and numeric keys on main keypad in shifted setting.Touching Shift will release shift-lock mode.
- Reverse-Lock (Win) - Same as caps-lock, but Shift reverses the Caps operation.
Non-Windows:
- New run-time arg:
- softkey-scale (value %: 50-400): will scale the softkeys height by 50% to 400%.
- New *.kbl files to show correct layout for non OS keys, by saving the scan to VK values of the locale.
- "All Files" filter will show "*" instead of "*.*"
- DBCS code page EBCDIC 1388 - Simplified Chinese: It is a superset of code page 935 and replaces it.
Security (Non-Linux)
- Java Client SSL support is based on JavaTM Secure Socket Extension (JSSE).
PowerTerm WebConnect 5.1 FP 1 (Released April 2005):
New Features
- PowerTerm Load Balancer
A component that distributes the workload between the various Terminal Servers:
- PowerTerm Load Balancer Server gathers real-time information from the Terminal Servers and routes the different clients.
- PowerTerm Load Balancer Agent provides the Load Balancer with the necessary information.
- PowerTerm Load Balancer Administration Tool is a graphical user interface that allows you to manage the Load Balancer.
NOTE: PowerTerm Load Balancer Server should be installed on a separate server other than any of the Terminal Servers.
- Auto login
The Agent login dialog displays an option to save the username/domain/ password. If selected a shortcut containing the user's credentials is created. Next time the Agent starts, the Agent will use the shortcut to login automatically. To delete the shortcut, right-click the Agent system tray icon and select "Reset Autologin". All the credentials are saved in an encrypted format that is user and computer specific.
- New PSL Commands to define action for the mouse right button
button right left-dbl-click - right single click will act as left double click
button right left-action - right button will act exactly as left button.
- New PowerTerm WebConnect Environment Variables
RDP_DisablePrintScreen - create and set to "1" to disable Print Screen while RemoteView is running
RDP_DisableSessionSharing - create and set to "1" to disable RemoteView session sharing feature.
- 64 bit Terminal Server compatible
- PowerTerm WebConnect Agent
Displays a System Tray icon that provides direct access to Agent functionality via a popup menu. To disable this feature, use command line flag /SYSTRAY.
RemoteView client (RDP)
Now supports Linux platforms
RemoteView client (RDP) for Windows
Build: 5.1.3.1000
- True seamless
Better customer experience and improved productivity.
- RDP session sharing
Better utilization of Terminal Server resources and improved startup time of remote applications.
PREVIOUS VERSIONS
Server
Build: 5.1.1.1000
- WebConnect server runs on Linux, on Intel compatible CPU (tested on Red Hat 6.2 and higher, and SuSE 8 and higher)
Administration
Build: 5.1.1.1000
- Browse for files on the server for easier file transfer (upload and download from server).
- Save login data (user name, domain and optionally password) for quick login in to multiple servers.
Agent and Downloader
Build: 5.1.1.1000
- The Agent client downloads the various components only when they are required, thus expediting the initial software installation.
- During component download the Agent client presents the user with a progress bar to indicate the download state.
- Makes it possible to easily rollback to previous versions of components.
- Login to WebConnect once, and activate the other components without having to log in again (Single Sign On).
- Download components to partially locked systems.
HostView client (formerly ActiveX)
Build: 5.1.1.1000
- Runs on Linux, on Intel compatible CPU (tested on Red Hat 6.2 and higher, and SuSE 8 and higher)
- New emulation engine supporting:
- 11 new emulation types
- Multilingual keyboard mapping
- Enhanced scripting
RemoteView client (RDP)
Build: 5.1.1.1000
- The PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView client is a new client-side component of the PowerTerm WebConnect product.
- Enables secure remote access to Windows Terminal Server (2000 and 2003)
- Seamless windows and full remote desktop
- Benefits from all the PowerTerm WebConnect features such as:
- Central management and deployment
- Direct connection or connection through secure gateway
QuickVNC (VNC)
Build: 5.1.1.1000
- The PowerTerm WebConnect QuickVNC client is a new client-side component of the PowerTerm WebConnect product.
- Enables secure remote access to VNC servers.
- Benefits from all the PowerTerm WebConnect features such as:
- Central management and deployment
- Direct connection or connection through secure gateway
- Useful for online training and teleconferencing
Miscellaneous
- Improved client installation to Terminal Server.
- SSH Security Support, build: 1.0.0.3
- SSL Security Support, build: 0.2.5.4
- AS/400 Data File Transfer, build: 1.1.2.13
- Secure FTP, build: 1.0.0.2
LIMITATIONS
- If you run the Administration Tool on Windows 9x, NT4 or 2000, you may not be able to test the RDP connection from within the Administration Tool.
MODIFICATIONS
IMPORTANT things to keep in mind:
Do not edit the .INI, .PTS and .PTK files manually.
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