Managing terminals
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On the Terminals page, you can manage YSoft SafeQ terminals that are connected to devices.
See Adding and editing printers for more information.
YSoft SafeQ terminals (YSoft SafeQ Terminals) are essential for several key features in YSoft SafeQ. See Terminal features in detail.
Displaying and using the Terminals page
Go to Devices > Terminals. The Terminals page contains a list of terminals that have been added to your YSoft SafeQ system, along with a description of each terminal and the version of the firmware installed on the terminal.
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Server groups
Filter options
Action buttons
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Working with hardware terminals
| Update firmware log. (See Update firmware log) |
| Edit terminal settings. |
| Check the box to schedule a firmware update for the terminal. |
| Change Terminal settings via the Web interface. |
Filtering information to display on the Terminals page
To display only the information you need, use the Terminals page filter options.

Filter Name | Filter Description |
Device properties | Restrict the list of terminals to a specific device based on:
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Group or ORS name | Restrict the list of terminals to a specific Group/ORS name based on:
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Terminal type | Restrict the list of terminals to a specific terminal type with following states:
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Queue | Restrict the list of terminals to a device which used queues or terminals based on:
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Search in group | If field is checked all search results will be sorted via their parent group and you can browse through them. |
Clear button | Cancels any selected filter and refreshes page with devices. |
Scheduling terminal firmware updates
To schedule a firmware update, click Schedule firmware update.
NOTE: You can select to update an entire Device Group or only one terminal.

Field name | Description |
Date and time of update | Select the date and time the terminal update will be performed. |
Update firmware to version | Select the terminal firmware to update.
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Only lesser versions | If you want to update a later version of terminal firmware to an earlier version, clear the Only lesser versions checkbox. |
Schadule update | Save the terminal update settings. |
Actions available on the Terminals page
To open action options, click Actions.
NOTE: If only hardware terminals are selected options for embedded terminals are not available in Actions bar.

Actions you perform by selecting an Actions option will be applied to all terminals.
Embeded terminals | |
Open embedded terminals installation monitor | Displays an overview of any pending embedded terminal deployment activity. |
Reinstall embedded terminal for selected devices | Select devices (via checkbox next to the device's record) and use this action to reinstall embedded terminal for these devices. This action can be used for example when reinstallation of multiple devices is required by change in the system configuration or after application of the new embedded terminal settings via Tools - Batch editing page. Embedded terminals are reinstalled in small batches. You can set how big this batch is in System settings (expert option "bulkEmbeddedReinstallationBatchSize", default batch size is set to five devices). |
Hardware terminals | |
Schedule firmware update | An windows for scheduling updates will be opened, same as Schedule firmware update button. |
Groups/ORS | |
Select all groups | Selects all device groups.
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Move ORS to another job roaming group | Moves the selected ORS device group to a defined job roaming group.
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Export group list to CSV | Exports the list of groups to the file DevicesGroupsList.csv. The CSV file contains: Group Name, Group Type (ORS, CML), ORS version if available, ORS IP address if available, Number of devices registered to the group, ORS server GUID if available, spooler limit for ORS if available. You can select the character set encoding for the exported file.
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Devices | |
Select all devices | Selects all the printers in the opened group. |
Delete selected devices | Removes the selected printer(s) (after confirmation). |
Move devices to new group | Creates a new device group (virtual or ORS) and moves all selected printers to this group.
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Move devices to another group | Moves all selected printers to another device group (virtual or ORS).
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Move devices to new monitor | Creates a new Local Device Monitor and groups selected printers into it. This applies only to printers added automatically via the YSoft SafeQ Local Spooler Monitor. |
Move devices to another monitor | Groups selected printers into a new Local Device Monitor. This applies only to printers added automatically via the YSoft SafeQ Local Spooler Monitor. |




