Group Settings

For ease of management, devices can be grouped into Device Sets. It helps in

Identifying devices according the device sets
Keeping common settings for the group of devices
Applying settings to only group of devices

Device set can be managed from Devices > Device Set and consists of:

Administrator can configure Device Set settings by modifying an existing Device Set (Update Device Set dialog) or by adding a new Device Set (Add Device Set dialog). Following configurable settings are provided in Device Set Settings:

Configurations

Following settings can be configured in Configurations screen of Device Set dialog:

Name: Logical name for the device set.
Description: Description of the device set
Volume: Default value 'Inherit'
USB Redirection Driver: Default Value 'Inherit'
Default Language: Default Native and can be configured to have specific configurations.
Connection Profiles: Default Value 'Inherit' from default settings, but a device-set can be applied with specific connection profile as well.

Login Settings can be configured from Add/ Update Device Set dialog to enable/ disable automatic login on devices.

Devices belonging to the device set and inheriting the Device Set will be rebooted to take effect of configured Auto Login settings.

UI Controls

UI Controls screen in Add/ Update Device Set dialog enables administrator to customize the device login screen by showing/ hiding/ password protecting UI controls.

Devices belonging to the device set and inheriting the Device Set Settings will take new configuration on next heartbeat.

Desktop Mode & Protocol

Desktop mode configurations in Device Set settings, determines the desktop mode in which devices belonging to this group will be running.

By default, groups inherit the desktop mode settings from Default settings, but administrator can alter the configurations as per group requirements.

Devices belonging to group and inheriting Desktop mode settings will be rebooted to take effect of new Desktop Mode configurations.

HY1000 - Inherit (Default value), KIOSK, Desktop
HY2000 - Inherit (Default Value), KIOSK, Desktop
HY4000 - Inherit (Default Value), KIOSK, Desktop
macOS Client - Inherit (Default Value), KIOSK, Desktop
Linux Client - Inherit (Default Value), KIOSK, Desktop
Windows Client - Inherit (Default Value)
Windows on-demand Client: Inherit (Default Value)

Display Protocol Configurations of Display Protocol in Group Settings are as follows:

HY1000: Inherit (Default value)
HY2000: Inherit (Default value), Display Protocol v7, Display Protocol v8
HY4000: Inherit (Default value), Display Protocol v7, Display Protocol v8, Display Protocol v10
macOS: Inherit (Default value)
Ubuntu Client: Inherit (Default value), Display Protocol v7, Display Protocol v8, Display Protocol v10
Windows Client: Inherit (Default value)
Windows on-demand Client: Inherit (Default value)

By default, groups inherit the Display Protocol settings from Default settings, but administrator can alter the configurations as per group requirements.

Older platforms are moved to legacy platforms, select Legacy Platforms checkbox to view and edit desktop mode and protocol for following legacy platforms:

HY3000
- Desktop Mode: Inherit (Default Value), KIOSK, Desktop
- Display Protocol: Inherit (Default value)
HY3020
- Desktop Mode: Inherit (Default Value), KIOSK, Desktop
- Display Protocol: Inherit (Default value)

Upgrade Settings

Upgrade Settings are used to enable automatic upgrade of HyWorks Client hot-fixes.

Devices inheriting Upgrade Settings from Device Set settings will be affected. Following configurations are possible for Upgrade Settings in Add/ Update Device Set dialog:

Inherit (Default Selected): Inheriting the upgrade settings from default settings which means Default Settings will determine the effecting upgrade settings
Enable: Upgrade will be enabled for all devices belonging to this device set
Disable: Upgrade will be disabled for all devices belonging to this group

Power Saving Mode

If administrator requires to configure power saving mode for a specific set of devices, the objective can be achieved from *Device Set* settings > Power Saving Mode screen.

Administrator has following options:

Inherit the settings from Default Settings: Use the Power Saving Mode settings as configured in Default Settings
Set Manually
- Enable and Configure the Turn-Off time out in Minutes
- Disable: Devices will not get turned off

Updating the Power Saving Mode configurations in Device Set settings will affect the following devices:

Devices going to be inserted into the group
Devices currently member of this group and inheriting the Power Saving Mode settings from Device Set settings

Windows Client devices will not be affected by the Power Saving Mode settings.

Advanced Settings

Advance Settings screen consists of Remote Session settings for the devices. By default, device sets inherit the Default settings however administrator can always alter these configurations as per device set's requirements. The details of configurations are given in Default Settings.

Devices

Device screen in Add/ Update Device Set dialog provides the following options to administrator:

Add: To add Devices into the device set
Remove: Remove already added devices
Search: To search any already added Devices
Refresh: To refresh the list of already added Devices

Add Devices to Device Set

For adding devices to a device set:

Click Add button.
Select single or multiples devices from the Available devices list.
Click OK to add selected devices in the device set.

Remove Devices from Group

To remove added Devices from a device set, select the devices and click Remove. Selected devices will be removed and will be available in Available Devices list now.

Important

Devices removed from any device set will become member for Default device set of that organization
Devices cannot be removed from Default device set of specific organizations
Default device set of any organization cannot be deleted

Search Any Device in Added Devices list

For searching any specific device(s) in added devices list, enter any appropriate search text in Search text box and press Enter key or click on Search icon displayed.

The devices matching the search criteria will now be highlighted and be displayed first.

Custom Links

Some organizations have web applications which must be available to end-users all the time even when they are not able to access assigned desktop or applications. Such URLs can also be managed from Devices page and published on HyWorks Clients.

On clicking on these URLs, HyWorks Client launches default browser of the system, opens the published URL.

To publish URL for all Devices, which are inheriting Custom URLs, follow the below steps:

Go to Device Set settings > Custom Links > Inherit (Default value)
Provide appropriate Name and URL for links to publish
Choose an icon by clicking on Browse button from a predefined list
Click Add
Click Save to update configurations.

All devices will get published URLs on device registration call and users can click on Links to access provided URLs.

By default, device sets inherit the Custom Links from Default settings, but administrator can alter the configurations as per device set requirements.