WinSun Terminals at UD

• Introduction to WinSun Terminals
• Using WinSun Terminals
• Smart Cards
• Starting a WinSun Terminal Session
  
• USB Mass Storage Devices
• Audio
• Printing
• Ending a WinSun Terminal Session

The WinSun terminals are special Sun Ray terminals used to connect to a Microsoft Windows server. WinSun terminals are located in Smith Hall, Student Centers (SC), Christiana Commons and Dickinson computing sites.

• Smith Hall and Student Centers (SC)

The WinSun "express" terminals in Smith Hall provide an excellent working environment for Windows applications for creating, editing and printing your documents using a USB key to access your files. All Microsoft Office applications are available in addition to web browsing, reading mail and using ssh to connect to Copland and/or Strauss.

The WinSun "SC express" terminals in the Trabant and Perkins Student Centers provide an excellent working environment for Windows applications when you are ready to print your final version of your documents using a USB key to access your files. The Microsoft Office application viewers are only available in addition to web browsing and reading email.

• Christiana Commons and Dickinson

The WinSun terminals in Christiana Commons and Dickinson provide an excellent working environment for Windows applications for creating, editing and printing your documents using a USB key to access your files. All Microsoft Office applications, SPSS and Maple 10 are available in addition to web browsing, reading mail and ssh to connect to Copland and/or Strauss.

As a WinSun user, you start a session by selecting an application from the standard welcome kiosk panel by clicking one of the three buttons: MS Windows, Help or Restart. The welcome kiosk panel is displayed and controlled by the Sun Ray server. Selecting the MS Windows button starts a terminal service connection to the Windows server. The Help and Restart buttons run applications on the Sun Ray server to display a Firefox help web page and refresh the welcome kiosk panel.

Smart Cards

Sun Ray smart cards are not available for use on WinSun terminals.

1. Find a WinSun terminal with the standard welcome kiosk panel displayed on the screen.
   • Smith Hall welcome kiosk panel

     

     The welcome message will refer to one of the WinSun Express terminals (Express1 ... Express15).
   • Student Center welcome kiosk panel

     The welcome message will refer to one of the Student Center Express terminals (Trabant1 or Perkins1).

   • Christiana Commons welcome kiosk panel

     

     The welcome message will refer to one of the WinSun terminals (Commons1 ... Commons18).
   • Dickinson welcome kiosk panel

     

     The welcome message will refer to one of the WinSun terminals (Dsonray1 ... Dsonray16).
   • No welcome kiosk panel

     You might see an unoccupied WinSun terminal without a standard welcome kiosk panel. It could be in a MS Windows desktop or a Browser window.

     This occurs when the terminal's previous user leaves the WinSun terminal after selecting the button MS Windows or Help. If the user doesn't return within a reasonable time, you may end the current WinSun terminal session. For details, see Ending a WinSun Terminal Session

2. Select an application by clicking one of the three buttons.
   • MS Windows

     This will bring up the MS Windows desktop.

   • Help

     This will display help about using the WinSun Express terminal.

   • Restart

     This will refresh the standard welcome kiosk panel.

If you print your file, it will be sent to the print release station. The monitors attached to these stations list the print jobs currently waiting to be printed. When you go to the station to claim your print job (have it printed), you can confirm the print job you want and delete duplicate print requests (if applicable). If you have questions about how to use a Print Release Station, consult a site assistant or if one is not available view Printing Fee Plan Overview for Students.

• Smith Hall

  Look for the computer name winsun1 and the user as express1 ... express15. This is the WinSun Express terminal number on your standard welcome kiosk panel (Express1 ... Express15) and also appears as the name you are logged into on MS Windows.

• Student Centers

  Look for the user name trabant1 if you are in the Trabant Student Center or perkins1 if you are in the Perkins Student Center. This is the WinSun terminal number on your standard welcome kiosk panel (Trabant1 or Perkins1) and it also appears as the name you are logged into on MS Windows.

• Christiana Commons

  Look for the computer name winsun2 and the user as commons1 ... commons18. This is the WinSun terminal number on your standard welcome kiosk panel (Commons1 ... Commons18) and also appears as the name you are logged into on MS Windows.

• Dickinson

  Look for the user name as dsonray1 ... dsonray16. This is the WinSun terminal number on your standard welcome kiosk panel (Dsonray1 ... Dsonray16) and also appears as the name you are logged into on MS Windows.