NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)
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Working with sessions
The
Starter
allows you to manage sessions. In a session you can define the server address, which
Observer application to start and the user/password details. Thus you can store and run different
sessions easily.
The
Session editor
is opened when you press
Add new
or
Modify
and allows you to define the
session details:
Element
Description
Session name
Name under which the session is stored.
Application
You can either choose
Observer Client
or
Layout Navigation
Tool
(for further details on the Layout Navigation Tool please refer
to
14 Working with Layout Navigation
on page 126). The selected
application will start when you press
OK
.
Previous Connections
Offers you the list of previously active sessions.
Hostname or IP address
Enter the name or IP address of the server you want to connect to.
Use secure connection
Select this checkbox if you want to use an encrypted connection
between the client and the server (TLS HTTPS).
Please be aware that an encrypted connection needs more CPU
resources on the server and on the client. See also
1.3 Observer data
security
on page 7.
Username
Enter the login name of the user.
Password
Enter the password for the user.
Remember password
Select the checkbox if you want the password to be remembered
for the next start of the application.
Alternative Session
Here you can select another session out of the already defined
session that should be started automatically when the server of this
session is not accessible.
Show message if
alternative session started
Select this checkbox if a message should be shown when the
alternative session is started.
Download client without
asking
Select this checkbox if you want updated versions of the client to be
downloaded automatically.
Note
: Enabling this option is particularly recommended for systems
without a mouse and keyboard.
Reconnect count
Here you can set how many times the client will try to reconnect to
a server which it has lost its connection to.
Note
: This does not handle situations in which no connection is
available upon the initial start of the client.
