Running the GUI on a Local System

You can install the Group Manager GUI on a local system and run the GUI as a standalone application. This provides a fast, convenient way to start the GUI, uses less system memory, provides more usable window space, and eliminates browser security issues. If desired, you can have GUIs for more than one group installed on a system.

Note: A system must be running Sun Java version 1.4 or a later version to run the GUI as a standalone application.

Follow these steps to install the GUI on a local system:

1. On the system on which you want to install the GUI, specify the group IP address in a Web browser window and log in to a group administration account (for example, the grpadmin account).
2. In the Group Summary window (Figure 2: Group Summary), expand Tools in the GUI and click Run as application.
3. When prompted to install the GUI on the local system to manage the current group, click Yes.
4. In the Create Shortcut dialog box (Figure 7: Create Shortcut), choose whether to create a shortcut on the desktop.

Figure 7: Create Shortcut

If you click Yes, the GUI will be launched locally. In addition, a shortcut will be installed on your desktop for managing the current group, and the GUI will appear in the Startup menu of Microsoft Windows systems.

If you click No, the GUI will be launched locally, but no shortcut will be created. You can launch the GUI by using the Java Control Panel or Java Web Start, depending on your version of Java. For example, using the Java Control Panel (available in the Windows Control Panel), click the General tab, Settings, and View Applications and then double-click the applet.

If you click Configure, the Java Control Menu will appear, enabling you to modify the Java settings.

Once the GUI is installed locally, it will be automatically updated when you update the PS Series firmware.

Note: If you change the IP address of a group for which you are running the GUI locally, you must uninstall the GUI from the system and then reinstall it.

To uninstall a standalone GUI application, you can use the Java Control Panel or Java Web Start. For example, in the Java Control Panel, click the General tab, Settings, and View Applications. The GUI application for a group has two components, the applet and the library; both are prefaced with the group name. Be sure to delete both components.