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	Benson	2008-09-03 , 15:54
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Originally Posted by caldersm

Just a few questions from a upcoming newbie.....

At my company we are using a software package called Wonderware. It has an HMI that we access through terminal Services. I want to get an N810 to access this on the go....but I have a few questions, if you could spare a minute of your time.....

1. I currently use Cisco VPN client version 4.8 on my laptop. Do you think the applications: VPN-GUI and VPNC will connect to my office VPN...? They are supposed to even pull in the .PFC files from my cisco VPN client....but I am not for certain.
2. I want to use PyRdesktop to connect to our terminal server running on windows server 2003.....will this work ok....? And will it work with the VPN software above...?

Should work fine, if the VPN works; no actual experience with NT5.2 or VPN though.

3. Now the big question.....just give me your thoughts: Our HMI software runs at a resolution of 1280x1024, so when I connect into our terminal server, if I am on a monitor that shows that resolution, then it goes full screen. But if I log into the terminal server at a resolution lower than 1280x1024, it will cut it off part of the application. So my question is: Does the Rdesktop application give you scroll bars to move around the screen if the resolution you are connecting at is lower than the application is setup to display, as the N810 is only 800x480.

Short answer: No.

Long answer: You can specify the desired resolution for the connection with the -g option on the command line; not sure if there's an option in the GUI, but if not it would be simple enough to add. Unfortunately, there are no scrollbars; it just extends beyond the N800's screen, so not real useful.

Two options still exist:

Using a command-line option, rdesktop can embed itself into a window; a wrapper with scrollbars could be made, into which it could embed itself. This would also make non-fullscreen work a touch better.
Using FVWM, you can scrollbar any window; you can also use a virtual desktop larger than the screen, so really there's two fixes. FVWM is pretty easy to get working, especially on the N810 where you don't have to muck about with making sure everything is touchscreen-operable. But it is a bit advanced, so you may not want to get in that deep.

Really, their app ought to deal with small resolutions gracefully (i.e. with its own scrollbar(s)), but I doubt you'll get that fixed easily.

My work said they would buy me one, if I was sure it would work for me in the field......so I want to make sure it should work ok, before I have them invest the money.

Cool. Hope it works out for you.

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