User's Guide

MC909X Integrator Guide4-44
Log On/Off Application
When the user launches the Log On/Off application, the mobile computer may be in two states; the user may be logged onto the
mobile computer by already entering credentials through the login box, or there are no user logged on. Each of these states have a
separate set of use cases and a different look to the dialog box.
User Already Logged In
If a user is already logged into the mobile computer, that user may launch the login dialog box for the following reasons:
• Connect to and re-enable a cancelled profile. To do this, a user would:
• Launch the password dialog
• Select the cancelled profile from the profile list
• Login to the profile.
NOTE: Cancelled profiles can also be re-enabled by using the Profile Editor Wizard and choosing to connect to the cancelled
profile. Cancelled profiles are also be re-enabled when a new user logs on.
• Logoff the mobile computer - to prevent another user from accessing the current users network privileges.
• Switch mobile computer users - to quickly logoff the mobile computer and allow another user to log into the mobile
computer.
No User Logged In
If no user is logged into the mobile computer, a user must launch the login dialog box and login so that user profiles may be accessed.
Login Dialog box
The dialog displays with slightly different if it is:
• Launched by WCS, because the service is connecting to a new profile that needs credentials.
• Launched by WCS, because the service is trying to verify the credentials due to credential caching rules.
• Launched by a user, when a user is logged in.
• Launched by a user, when no user is logged in.
Table 4-27. Log On/Off Options
Field Description
Wireless Profile Field When a user launches the login application, the Wireless Profile field has all the wireless profiles that require credentials
available. This currently includes profiles that use EAP TLS, PEAP, LEAP, and EAP-TTLS.
Profile Status Icon The profile status icon in the dialog (shown next to the profile name) would show one of three states.
• The profile selected has been cancelled.
• The profile selected is enabled but is not the current profile
• The profile is the current profile (always the case for WCS Launched)
Network Username and Password
Fields
The Network Username and Network Password fields are used as credentials for the profile selected/shown in the
Wireless Profile field. Currently these fields are limited to 159 characters.
Mask Password Checkbox The Mask Password checkbox determines whether the password field is masked (i.e. displays only the '*' character) or
unmasked (i.e. displays the actual text being entered). If the box is checked, the password is unmasked. Unchecking the
box causes the password to be masked. The default state is unchecked to cause masked passwords.
Status Field The status field is used for displaying status that is important to the login dialog. If the user opens the dialog and needs
to prompt for credentials for a particular profile at this time, it can use the status field to let the user know that the network
is being held up by the password dialog being open.