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Year 2000 Compliance Statement

This product is Year 2000-compliant and carries the “NSTL Hardware 
Tested Year 2000 Compliant” logo.  This product has been tested both by 
Acer’s internal test labs and NSTL using NSTL’s YMARK2000 
certification test.  These tests certify that this product will successfully 
make the year 2000 transition.

For more details, check the Acer Year 2000 Resource Center at http://
www.acer.com.tw/service/y2k/

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Summary of Contents for WT 300

Page 1: ...Acer WT 300 User s Guide Wbt book Page 1 Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 2: ...correspondense concerning your unit should include the serial number model number and purchase information No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in...

Page 3: ...r more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the device and receiver Connect the device into an outlet on a circuit different from that t...

Page 4: ...ng 3 Do not use this product near water 4 Do not place this product on an unstable cart stand or table The product may fall causing serious damage to the product 5 Slots and openings in the cabinet an...

Page 5: ...cord or plug is damaged or frayed b If liquid has been spilled into the product c If the product has been exposed to rain or water d If the product does not operate normally when the operating instruc...

Page 6: ...This product has been tested both by Acer s internal test labs and NSTL using NSTL s YMARK2000 certification test These tests certify that this product will successfully make the year 2000 transition...

Page 7: ...Power Adapter 10 Connecting the Speaker 11 Using the Base Holder 12 Turning On Your System 13 Turning Off Your System 14 Setup 15 Setup Wizard 15 Terminal Connection Manager 21 Microsoft Remote Deskto...

Page 8: ...Table of Contents viii Drivers 42 Application 43 Troubleshooting Your Terminal 44 Wbt book Page viii Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 9: ...Getting Started Chapter 1 Wbt book Page 1 Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 10: ...The Acer WT 300 system is a combination of one Cyrix MediaGX microprocessor a Cyrix s Virtual system architecture enabling XpressGRAPHICS and XpressAUDIO an Ethernet Controller AMD 79C973 one PCI con...

Page 11: ...rference such as radio transmitters television sets copy machines or heating and air conditioning equipment Route cables away from personnel and equipment traffic Avoid dusty areas and extremes of tem...

Page 12: ...of a system unit a base holder power adapter and it may also come with an optional SmartCard Front Panel The figure below shows the system unit front panel Description 1 SmartCard slot 2 Power indicat...

Page 13: ...l The figure shows the system unit rear panel Description 1 Parallel Printer connector 2 Mouse connector 3 Ethernet connector 4 Main power switch 5 Power adapter jack Wbt book Page 5 Monday August 2 1...

Page 14: ...now Windows CE does not support the USB port it will be available in the future 6 USB ports 7 Keyboard connector 8 Serial connector 9 Monitor VGA connector 10 Line out Speaker port Description Wbt bo...

Page 15: ...ish connecting the system components The following sections show how to connect each component to the system Connecting the Keyboard Plug the keyboard cable into the keyboard connector on the rear pan...

Page 16: ...8 Connecting the Monitor Plug the monitor signal cable into the VGA connector on the rear panel Connecting the Mouse Plug the mouse cable into the mouse connector on the rear panel Wbt book Page 8 Mon...

Page 17: ...9 Connecting the Printer If you have a parallel printer connect it to the parallel connector on the rear panel See figure below Wbt book Page 9 Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 18: ...he Ethernet connector to the hub See figure below Connecting the Power Adapter Plug one end of the power adapter to the power adapter jack and then one end to the power cord then plug the other end of...

Page 19: ...11 Connecting the Speaker The figure below shows the connection of the speaker to the system Wbt book Page 11 Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 20: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 12 Using the Base Holder Your system also includes a base holder to save precious table space See figure below for the assembly Wbt book Page 12 Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 21: ...stem needs a SmartCard to power on then insert the SmartCard into the slot in front of the system See your SmartCard manual for more detail Caution The SmartCard should be inserted correctly the circu...

Page 22: ...of the following not use the system for a long period of time install system component s Note If your system is equipped with a SmartCard remove the SmartCard first before turning off the system Warni...

Page 23: ...ogram at any time by pressing the F2 key see Terminal Properties on page 33 There are several dialog boxes that display in succession during the process Each dialog box is self explanatory Some dialog...

Page 24: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 16 Press next to go to the next screen Read the end user s license agreement carefully press Accept to go to the next screen Wbt book Page 16 Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 25: ...provide the IP information Choosing the No I will enter status IP information option press next and you will be asked to supply IP address Subnet Mask and Gateway If you do not know the information y...

Page 26: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 18 After supplying the necessary information press Next and you will have to supply additional information as shown below Wbt book Page 18 Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 27: ...e resolution you select is supported by you monitor otherwise your monitor will only display a blankscreen After choosing your video display resolution choose next and click on Finish to finish the se...

Page 28: ...e successfully completed the Setup Wizard Click Finish to apply the settings that you have chosen After clicking the Finish you will be asked to restart the system in order for the settings to take ef...

Page 29: ...l and want to log onto a server It can support up to seven different server connections This section guide you through the steps on some of the features of the Terminal Connection Manager 1 The Connec...

Page 30: ...te Desktop Client is a Windows NT based type of operating system while Ericom Power Term Terminal Emulator is a Unix system Microsoft Remote Desktop Client To create a new Microsoft Remote Desktop Cli...

Page 31: ...ction Manager Use the Back command button to go to the previous dialog box Click on the Cancel command button to quit this dialog box at any time The following figures show the sequence of the WTS Con...

Page 32: ...shed with the configuration you can get connected to a server by going to the connection option and double clicking on a connection name or you can also highlight a connection name and click on Connec...

Page 33: ...b and then click Add 2 In the New Connection dialog box click Citrix ICA Client in the type of connection list Click OK 3 In the Specify Connection Type dialog box click Network Connection Make sure y...

Page 34: ...shed application in the edit field Click Next to continue and go to Step 6 5 In the Server Location screen the ICA Windows CE Client uses the information entered in the Server Location dialog to help...

Page 35: ...h the application specified in the Command Line field Enter the drive and path of the working directory in the Working Directory field For example if the application Notepad exe is in the C WTSRV dire...

Page 36: ...speed LAN you may not need compression The Cache feature is not supported in this release Click Enable Sound to enable sound support Remote applications will be able to play sounds on your client Fro...

Page 37: ...appear in the title bar of the ICA session window Click Finish Click OK to the confirmation message Creating a Dial In Connection 1 In the Connection Manager dialog box click the Configure tab and the...

Page 38: ...the Network Connection on page 27 Connecting to a Citrix Server 1 In the Connection Manager dialog box 2 Click the Connections tab 3 Select the desired connection description and click Connect If the...

Page 39: ...nal Emulator and click on OK to go to the next dialog box 2 On this dialog box you will be asked to supply some information in order to connect to the server Click on OK to add that to the Terminal Co...

Page 40: ...l Connection Manager b Click on another connection to connect and start another session 2 From the Terminal Connection Manager a Click on another connection to connect and start another session To tog...

Page 41: ...time you press the F2 function key the following screen will be displayed a You can either click on okay to start your system or you can pick one of the options on top of the dialog box 2 Click on the...

Page 42: ...e display option to set the video display resolution and to enable the screen saver Note Make sure the resolution you select is supported by you monitor otherwise your monitor will only display a blan...

Page 43: ...following screen shows the informations that needs to be supplied by the users 5 Choosing the Specify an IP address will require you to supply the IP address Subnet Mask and Gateway And you can go to...

Page 44: ...ted 36 6 Choosing the Misc will enables you to put identification on your computer enable remote upgrade function control the sound volume and set the global ICA Client Setting Wbt book Page 36 Monday...

Page 45: ...37 7 Below are the three screen shots of the Global ICA Client Settings Wbt book Page 37 Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 46: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 38 Wbt book Page 38 Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 47: ...Hardware Specifications Chapter 2 Wbt book Page 39 Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 48: ...rnet Controller AMD AM79C973 which supports 100BaseT and 10BaseT External connectors PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors One serial connector One parallel printer connector One standard VGA port One Et...

Page 49: ...ial Port One high speed Ns 16c550 compatible UART built in NS super I O PC97317 Onboard 9 pin D type connector Parallel Port Standard Mode ECP EPP mode IBM PC AT and PS 2 compatible bidirectional para...

Page 50: ...Term Terminal Emulator Server side Microsoft Windows NT Server Terminal Server Edition Citrix Metra Frame Server Drivers SVGA driver MediaGX 2D acceleration enabled 640 x 480 x 256 at 60 72 75 Hz 800...

Page 51: ...43 Serial and parallel port driver Application Acer customized logon screen Terminal configuration setup program Windows Terminal Client Wbt book Page 43 Monday August 2 1999 4 07 PM...

Page 52: ...panel If the terminal needs a SmartCard to power on make sure that the SmartCard is inserted properly See Turning On Your System on page 13 for more detail When the terminal is turned on the Terminal...

Page 53: ...1 Press the F2 key to call up the Terminal Properties dialog box Select the Network tab and verify that the proper method for specifying the IP address is selected DHCP or static IP If a static IP ad...

Page 54: ...wer of the terminal without logging off there will be an un log off session in the terminal server which causes the terminal to be unable to log on to the server again and since it occupies some syste...

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