Tools

The Tools menu is owned by the PASSPORT WEB TO HOST Administrator Program and has the following commands:

• Tools>System Admin Information

• Tools>Licensing Information

• Tools>Global Settings

• Tools>Customize Action Log

• Tools>View Action Log

• Tools>View Session Usage

• Tools>View Session List

• Tools>View User/Group List

• Tools>Regenerate All

Tools>System Admin Information
The System Administrator of the PASSPORT WEB TO HOST software is typically the person who installs the software on a web server and configures sessions.  This dialog box allows the system administrator information and password information to be updated.

• System Administrator Information
  When you first launch the PASSPORT Administrator configuration program, you will be prompted to enter the following information about the administrator: name, company, phone, email. The Support.htm file is then modified in the ...\Eclient\ directory to reflect the support contact information. This information is displayed whenever the Help>PASSPORT Help>Online Support menu command in the Client is invoked or the support icon is selected in the client software.

• Change Password
  To protect the configuration data, the System Administrator may select a case-sensitive password of at least six characters or numbers. The password can be changed or deleted by accessing Tools>System Admin Information. 

Tools>Licensing Information
Use this menu to manage the number of users logging on to mainframe sessions using PASSPORT. This menu is also used to add new licenses when they are purchased. The information on this dialog box will vary depending on the type of license purchased, either Per-Seat or Concurrent.

• License Count
  The number of users that are licensed to run the PASSPORT WEB TO HOST client at their workstation.

• License Code
  The license code shipped with your software. To add more licenses to this server installation, you can obtain a new code from your software vendor and enter it here. Click OK for the new changes to take effect.

• Metering Timer Interval
  This timing value is expressed in minutes and can range from 15 minutes to 60 minutes. The default is 30 minutes. Each PASSPORT WEB TO HOST client sends a request to the PASSPORT WEB TO HOST server component at each metering timer interval. This request is made to ensure that the client is licensed to use the software.

• View Licensed Users (Per-Seat licenses only)
  This button displays a dialog box containing the list of users licensed for PASSPORT WEB TO HOST. Each user is identified by the machine name of the computer that downloaded the PASSPORT WEB TO HOST ActiveX component. This dialog box allows you to add, rename or remove licensed users. This is useful if a user gets a new PC with a different machine name, or if a certain user is no longer employed.

Tools>Global Settings
Use this menu command to configure global settings.

• Path to save local settings
  The default path for local keyboard and attributes profiles is My Documents\Zephyr\PASSPORT WEB TO HOST\ on the client PC. However, the administrator can modify this path to allow roaming users to save and access their keyboard and attribute profiles locally. UNC naming conventions, such as \\server\share\, are not allowed. However, environment variables may be used in the path. For example, %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Local Files will place the local keyboard and attribute profiles in the Local Files folder located in the current user's Documents and Settings folder.

Tools>Customize Action Log
This option allows the administrator to create a log file to track all of the changes made to the PASSPORT WEB TO HOST administrator program. Furthermore, the administrator can also clear the log or change the size of the log file here.

• Enable Action Log
  With this option enabled, all PASSPORT WEB TO HOST activity is logged to the Default.log file located in the Logs subfolder on the server.

• Log File Size (KB)
  This enables the administrator to control the size of the log file. The value entered here may range from 64 to 2048 kilobytes. When the Default.log file reaches the specified file size, a backup file is generated called _Default.log and the original log file is cleared. If a _Default.log file already exists when the Default.log file reaches the Log File Size, it will be overwritten by the new backup file. When the Tools>View Action Log menu command is invoked, the two files are merged together before displaying the action log.
  
  Note: because both the Default.log and _Default.log files may reach the file size specified by this value, the amount of disk space used can potentially be twice the value entered.

• Clear Log
  Choose this button to remove both Default.log and _Default.log files and start a new log. These files may be copied or renamed before clicking the Clear Log button for archiving purposes.

Tools>View Action Log
This command will generate a log file displaying the time, message, detail, and total users in HTML format. This log is typically used to track all the changes that were made to the administrator program. This log also tracks when a session is acquired or released.

Tools>View Session Usage
This command will generate an HTML log file that displays session usage information in one of the following formats, depending on the license type (Per-Seat or Concurrent).

• Per-Seat
  Lists the machine name and IP address of each user that has downloaded the PASSPORT WEB TO HOST ActiveX control. Each user listed uses one license. Also shows the date and time of each user's most recent connection to the WEB TO HOST Server.

• Concurrent
  Logs an hourly snapshot of the minimum and maximum usage. This is useful in determining peak hours of operation and will help administrators determine when to purchase additional licenses.

Tools>View Session List
This command will generate a list of all display or printer sessions with their assigned attributes and keyboard profiles in HTML format. This menu command is unavailable and grayed out if Sessions is not highlighted in the navigation pane on the left side of the administrator. Sessions can be highlighted under 3270 Display, 5250 Display, VT Display, Wyse Display, 3270 Printer or 5250 Printer. 

Tools>View User/Group List
This command will generate an HTML list of all Users, Groups, and all the sessions assigned to them. 

Tools>Regenerate All
This command generates HTML files called Eclientsessionlist.htm for each emulation type. This HTML file lists all defined Session profiles, along with a description and name of any Keyboard or Attribute profiles that are associated with the Session profile. These files may be viewed by choosing the Tools>View Session List menu command.