Vxl GIO 6 User guide

Gio6

User Manual for X86

Version 2.0.0

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Last Updated: 16/06/2015.

Version: G6/UM-13-15

VXL Instruments Ltd.,

House of Excellence,

No. 17, Electronics City,

Hosur Road,

Bangalore– 560 100, INDIA.

www.vxl.net

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Table of Contents

Product Overview 1

Update License 2

Configuration Wizard 3

Control Center 5

System 6

Date-Time 7

Fonts 8

Language 9

Shutdown Procedure 10

Tools 11

Crontab 13

Network 14

Ethernet (Wired Network) 15

Wireless 16

Hosts-XHosts 17

TC Name Settings 18

Administration 19

Services 20

Shortcut keys 21

Certificate Manager 22

Authentication 23

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FUDM Settings 24

Custom Scripts 25

Environment Variables 26

USB Device Manager 29

Custom Partition 30

Peripherals 31

Keyboard 32

Mouse 33

Display 34

Serial Port 35

Touch Screen 36

Printers 37

Printers (CUPS) 38

Jet Direct 39

LPD Printers 40

Global Settings 41

RDP Global 42

ICA Global 43

Browser Global 45

Firmware Updates 46

Firewall Configurator 47

Storage 48

SMB/NFS 49

USB/ CD ROM 50

Appearance 51

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Screen Saver 52

Background 53

User Interface 54

Taskbar Elements 55

Connection Manager 57

Common Options for All Connections 58

2X Client connection 59

FreeRDP Connection 60

ICA Connection 62

Mozilla connection 63

PNAgent connection 64

Powerterm connection 66

RDP connection 68

REXEC connection 70

SSH connection 71

ShellScript connection 72

Spice Connection 73

VMView connection 74

VNC Connection 75

VPN Connection 76

X11 Connection 78

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Applications 79

System Information 80

Repository Manager 81

Setting up DHCP Scope IDs 83

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Product Overview

Gio6 OS is an Embedded Linux Operating System for x86 Motherboards developed by

VXL Instruments Ltd. This OS is designed for embedded terminals e.g. Thin Clients,

Network Terminals, Information Appliances, Media Appliances, POS Terminals, Kiosks

& Headless Appliances.

Gio6 OS provides features of Network & Connectivity Protocols, Local Window

Manager, Local Configuration & Management Utilities, Local Productivity & Media

Applications, Communication & Messaging Applications, Office Applications, Internet

Browser with plugins, Provision for Legacy Clients & Customized Applications.

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Update License

When the user boots up the system for the first time, a trial license of 150 hours will be

automatically activated. The user can update the license at any time with a valid license

key. Once expired, system will display the message “License not available. Do you wish

to update license now ?”

 To update the license, click on the “Yes” upon which the following screen will be

displayed.

 License can be updated using Local (USB or Network Drive), HTTP or FTP

method.

 Network Settings can be configured for license updation via HTTP or FTP.

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Configuration Wizard

Configuration Wizard appears on the 1

st

boot or after Restoring Factory Defaults. This

wizard helps you to quickly configure your basic system settings. Once the wizard quits,

the system will reboot and desired system settings will be available.

Three options have been provided to configure system settings and the default is to

configure automatically.

 In the Automatic option, defaults system settings will be applied after 15 seconds

timeout.

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 In the Manual option, user can select various settings provided (Language,

Keyboard, etc)

 At the end a Summary of settings selected is displayed after which the system

reboots

 In the Import option, user can import previously exported settings via USB,

HTTP(S) or FTP(S)

 Settings can also be import settings generated by the Configuration Generator.

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Control Center

User can configure general system settings using the Control Center. All the settings

are grouped under 8 heads which are explained in detail below.

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System

Under the System group, user can configure Date-Time, Fonts, Language, Shutdown

Procedure, Tools & Cron settings. Each one of these are explained below:

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Date-Time

 Date & Time can be configured either Manually or via Network Time Protocol

(NTP).

 NTP server can either be fetched via DHCP or entered manually.

 Option for Time-zone & Daylight saving selection is available

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Fonts

 Fonts can be added locally from USB or configured Network Drive (SMB, NFS,

etc)

 Fonts can also be added by downloading from a URL (HTTP, FTP, etc)

 Added fonts can also be deleted

 Font server can also be configured by specifying the required details

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Language

 UI language can be selected

 Languages can be selected from Languages options among English, German,

French and Spanish

 Keyboard layout / settings can also be modified from here

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Shutdown Procedure

 Option to configure an action upon pressing the Power button on thin-client or

clicking on Shutdown.

 User will be prompted as below if the ‘Prompt User’ option is selected

 User can set system bootup as Quick / Normal. Quick bootup will boot the

system in around 15 seconds and Normal bootup will boot the system in around

40 seconds.

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Tools

 Network Tools :

o Ping, Traceroute & DNS lookup are available.

o Parameters to the command can be passed using the Options field.

 System Tools :

o Restore Factory Settings – Using this option the system can be

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 Restored to Factory Settings

 Restored to Factory Settings but saving Connections & Applications

 Restored to User Snapshot (if available)

o Generate Snapshot – Snapshot of the user configured settings &

applications can be taken for future restoration. Only one snapshot can be

stored at present. Snapshot can also be deleted.

o Import Settings / Snapshot – Previously exported Configurations /

Snapshots can be imported using this option. Imports can happen via

USB, Network Drive, FTP(S) or HTTP(S).

o Export Settings / Snapshot – Current Configurations / Snapshots can be

exported to USB, Network Drive or FTP(S) for later use.

 Logs :

o Various logs can be viewed (Configuration & Firmware, Kernel, XServer,

CUPS, USB & PCI bus information, Complete H/w information)

o Logs can be exported to USB, Network Drive or FTP(S) for analysis.

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Crontab

 User can schedule a specific job on a particular Date / Time or at a specific

interval.

 Fcron service needs to be started before scheduling a cron job.

 Command, Application, Connections or Shell-script can be job to be scheduled

 Multiple jobs can be scheduled

 Scheduled jobs can be deleted

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Network

Under the Network group, user can configure Ethernet (Wired Network), Wireless

Network, Hosts/XHosts & TC Name Settings. Each one of these are explained below:

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