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Chapter 4: Managing Devices from the Avalanche Console
ThissectionprovidesinformationaboutusingtheAvalancheConsoletomanagemobile
devices,including:
• UpdatingMobileDevices
• ConfiguringtheTerminalIDSettings
• ContactingMobileDevices
• ConfiguringMobileDeviceProperties
Updating Mobile Devices
UpdatesarethemethodthatAvalancheusestodownloadnewinformationtomobiledevices
withanEnabler.Theupdatemightincludeaconfigurationchange,anewapplication,an
updatetoanexistingapplication,orinstructionstodeleteanexistingapplication.
Communicationoccursbetweenmobiledevicesandthemobiledeviceserver,andifthemobile
devicemeetstheselectioncriteria,itdownloadstheupdatefromtheserver.
Thissectioncontainsthefollowinginformation:
• UnderstandingSoftwarePackages
• BeforeYouUpdate
• UpdatingMobileDevices
• RemovingPackagesfromDevices
Understanding Software Packages
AnupdateisoftenanAvalanchesoftwarepackage.Softwarepackagesaredividedintothe
followingcategories:
• Control.AninternallyusedpackagespecifictotheAvalancheConsole.Anetworkprofile
isanexampleofacontrolpackage.
• Application.ThesepackagesinstallanapplicationwhichcanberunfromtheApplication
Menuscreenonthemobiledevice.AnexampleofanapplicationpackageistheTelnet
Client.
• Support.ThesepackagesdeliverfilesanddonotaddnewitemstotheApplicationMenu
screenonthemobiledevice.Anexampleofasupportpackageisapackagethatupdatesan
existingfile.
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