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February 8th, 2022 19:00
$TN not getting asset tag? thinOS 9.x
I've just copied settings from 8.x to 9.x in the WMS, We're trying to get the new devices working and looking like the old devices as much as possible
The 8.x devices all get identified as the asset tag we enter in bios manually (Txxxxx).
I've done $TN in the 9.x settings, which I assumed would be the setting to set the terminal name to the asset tag but it's not happening.
How do I set this in the 9.x? (/ the 8.x?)
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vIQleS_TDHB
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February 13th, 2022 11:00
OK - turns out I was being an [redacted], but the process is different in the new OS.
In the 8.x, you have to change the device name manually on the device (I had done this previously but had forgotten about it)
In 9.x you have to change Host Name (not Device Name because why would anything be consistent or obvious) in the WMS. And then reboot it looks like
lolix2
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February 25th, 2022 03:00
Isn't it called "Terminal Name" in WMS ?
My problem is that I apparently can't set it to the DNS name ($DN does not exists)
ThinOS 8 defaults to DNS name, for good IMO.
ThinOS 9 naming defaults to WTC but the worst point is that it's not even possible to revert to DNS name.
Why the most obvious naming scheme (i.e. DNS) is not an option ? This is flabbergasting.
vIQleS_TDHB
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February 27th, 2022 13:00
Its referred to as Terminal, Device or Host depending on where you look. As far as I can tell they're all the same thing.