SHARE - Two Devices share an individual session

Overview

• Input from either device is sent to the session, Output from the session is displayed on both devices
• Similar to the Session Administrator "Shadow" feature but developed for Team Members.

All done from the devices - No System Administrator Intervention Required * Continue exactly where you left off * Takes less than 60 seconds 

This feature has several applications. One is to allow a user to work with two devices in the same session. Another application is when one team member needs to help another team member. Share can also be used for quality control purposes. You may have ideas for your own environment.

In the diagram below we have two devices and one person - Tom. Tom's device is a truck mount device. He is the only one working in the warehouse today and also wants to have a wireless mobile device to scan items his truck mount device cannot reach. Tom needs all his work be in a specific session and he does not want to log on and off each time he uses each device. Tom can use the TS Share feature and have two devices connected to the same session. With each scan he can use the most convenient device

Tom obtains the wireless mobile device. He is already connected with his truck mount device. Tom wants to allow his truck mount device session to be shared. From the truck mount device he enters Team Services (Figure 75) and then initiates the task Accept Share by pressing F5. The truck mount device display shows his session id is “s5” and waiting for a partner(Figure 76).

Tom's Truck Mount Device
Figure 75 - Team Services Task Menu		Figure 76 - Accept Share Mode

Wireless Mobile Device
Figure 77 - Team Services Task Menu		Figure 78 - Selects 2 to Share session ID s5

Tom takes the wireless mobile device and connects creating a temporary session. Tom enters Team Services on his wireless mobile device and presses F6 to initiate the Share task(Figure 77). The list of sessions in Accept Share mode is shown(Figure 78). Tom sees s5 is listed by the number 2. He presses 2 to join session s5. Tom's mobile device is now connected to the same session as the truck mount device. The result is shown in Figure 79

Undo Share

Tom's original temporary session is maintained and he can return to it by undoing the share by pressing control-x from the wireless mobile device (Pressing control-x from the truck mount device does not undo TS Sharing). The truck mount device continues in its session. This is shown in

This can be useful when a Team Member is working and needs to temporally join another team member's session (for assistance, support, quality assurance, etc.) and then needs to resume his work.

Note: If you exit (Either by typing EXIT or any other means of closing the session) the session (from either device) the truck mount session is closed and the mobile device is returned to its original session as shown below.

No System Administrator Intervention Required

All done in less than 60 seconds!

GSW TEAM SERVICES - SHARE OVERVIEW