Using the Management Console

To access the Validation Client Management Console, complete one of the following steps:

1.    Right-click the Validation Client icon in the system tray () and select Management Console, or

2.    Click Start → Programs → HID Global → Desktop Validation Client → Validation Client Management Console

The Management Console includes the following configuration tabs, each of which covers a specific area of Validation Client operation:

  • General – enable or disable the Validation Client, configure user notifications, register or unregister the CAPI plugin, configure logging, and display information about the Validation Client

  • OCSP – configure OCSP request parameters, how OCSP responders are determined, OCSP response acceptance parameters, and OCSP response caching and buffering parameters

  • CAPI – list the applications that will have their CAPI requests serviced by the Validation Client.

  • CRL Cache – specify the location of CRLs that will be downloaded and used to verify certificate revocation status

  • Network – configure network settings including proxy settings and the network timeout

  • Support – provides instructions to follow in the event of a problem.

Each tab includes the following buttons:

  • Apply – saves configuration changes without exiting the Management Console

  • OK – saves configuration changes and exits the Management Console

  • Cancel – exits the Management Console without saving any changes

  • Help – displays this Administration Guide for administrators or the User Guide for non-administrator users

  • Use Default Settings – resets the user’s personal settings to be the Default settings. This option is only available when the user’s personal settings are selected from the User drop-down list. Refer to section Reverting to Default Settings for more information.

  • Create Installer – saves the configuration in an Installer Customization or a Settings Installer that can be deployed to other computers. This option is only available when Default is selected from the User drop-down list. Refer to chapter Deploying the Validation Client for more information.

Note: Except where noted in the Management Console, changes do not take effect until you click the either the Apply or the OK buttons.

To ensure that all of your changes are saved, apply all the changes you need to make on each tab, and click OK after you have completed the configuration.

When making configuration changes to the Validation Client, a user may change the settings that affect how validation requests generated by that user are handled. If the user is an administrator, they may also choose to change the default settings that affect all users on the computer. To change the default settings, select the Default user from the User drop-down list.

If the user has made configuration changes to their individual user setting, the Validation Client will use those settings during validation. If the user has not made any configuration changes to their individual user settings, the Validation Client will use the default settings during validation.