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Group Settings

For ease of use devices can be grouped. It helps in

  • Identifying group to which devices belong

  • Keeping common settings for the group of devices

  • Applying settings to only group of devices

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

Configurations

Following settings can be configured in Configurations screen of Group dialog:

  • Group Name:

  • Description:

  • Volume: Default value 'Inherit'

  • USB Redirection Driver: Default Value 'Inherit'

  • Default Language: Default Native

  • Connection Profiles: Default Value 'Inherit'

Login Settings

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

Devices belonging to the group and inheriting the Group Setting will be rebooted to take effect of configured Auto Login settings.

UI Controls

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

Devices belonging to the group and inheriting the Group Setting will take new configuration on next heartbeat.

Desktop Mode & Protocol

Desktop mode configurations in Group 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

  • HY3000 - Inherit (Default Value), KIOSK, Desktop

  • HY3020 - 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

  • HY3000: Inherit (Default value)

  • HY3020: Inherit (Default value)

  • 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.

Upgrade Settings

Upgrade Settings are used to enable automatic upgrade of HyWorks Client hotfixes.

Devices inheriting Upgrade Settings from Group Settings will be affected. Following configurations are possible for Upgrade Settings in Add/ Update Group 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 group

  • 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 group of devices, the objective can be achieved from Group 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 Group 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 Group 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, groups inherit the Default settings however administrator can always alter these configurations as per group requirements.

Devices

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

  • Add: To add Devices into this group

  • Remove: Remove already added devices

  • Search: To search any already added Devices

  • Refresh: To refresh the list of already added Devices

Add Devices to Group

For adding devices to a group:

  1. Click Add button.

  2. Select single or multiples devices from the Available devices list.

  3. Click OK to add selected devices in the group.

Remove Devices from Group

To remove added Devices from group, 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 group will become member for Default group of that organization

  • Devices cannot be removed from Default group of specific organizations

  • Default group 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.

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 endpoints 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 endpoints, which are inheriting Custom URLs, follow the below steps:

  1. Go to Group Settings -- Custom Links - Inherit (Default value)

  2. Provide appropriate Name and URL for links to publish

  3. Choose an icon by clicking on Browse button from a predefined list

  4. Click Add

  5. Click Save to update configurations.

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

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