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Examples:
Seattle-%d(generatesIDssuchasSeattle-4)
Seattle-%05d(generatesIDssuchasSeattle-00004)
TerminalIDsettingsareconfiguredinthemobiledeviceserverprofile.Onceyouconfigure
thesettingsandupdatethemobiledeviceserver,theserverwillupdateyourmobiledevices
accordingtothesettings.
To configure the terminal ID settings:
1 FromtheProfilestab,clickthenameofthemobiledeviceserverprofile.
2 ClickEdit.
IntheMobile Device Server Profiletab,findtheServer Resourcesarea.
3 IntheTerminal IDtextboxes,configurethelowerandupperlimitsfortherangeof
terminalIDsthatthemobiledeviceserverwillassigntomobiledevices.
Alternately,configureyourownmethodusingtheOptional templatetextbox.
4 Saveyourchanges.
IfyouareusingAvalancheSE,themobiledeviceserverisupdatedwiththechanges.Ifyou
areusingAvalancheMC,youmustdeploythechangestotheserver.
Contacting Mobile Devices
FromtheAvalancheConsole,youcansendmessagestothedeviceuserorpingadevicetosee
ifitisreachable.
• SendingMessages
• PingingMobileDevices
Sending Messages
Youcansendatext-basedmessagetodevicesthatarecurrentlyinrangeandrunningthe
Enabler.
To send a message:
1 IntheAvalancheConsole,selecttheInventorytab.
2 Enablethecheckboxtotheleftofthedevicethatyouwanttosendamessageto.
3 ClickMessage.
4 TheSend Messagedialogboxappears.Typethemessagetowanttosendtothedeviceuser
inthetextboxandclickSend.
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