Deployment Questions

What desktop platforms does BlueZone run on?
BlueZone can be used on any PC running Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, NT, 98 or 95 operating systems.

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What browsers are supported?
BlueZone can be used with:

  • Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
  • Netscape 4.5, 4.78 or 4.79
  • Netscape 6.0 or higher
  • Mozilla 1.6 or higher
  • Opera 7.2 or higher (with identity set to Opera or Mozilla)

For additional information, please review our more detailed list of client requirements by operating system.

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Which Web servers are supported?
BlueZone can be deployed from any enterprise-quality Web server and does not require a specialized application server.

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How is BlueZone Web-to-Host deployed?
When a BlueZone session is launched from a Web server, an ActiveX or Java control is downloaded to the end user's PC from the Web server. This component unpacks the accompanying CAB file, loads the program and launches the emulation session using the accompanying configuration file. The ActiveX control or Java applet is only downloaded the first time a session is launched, or whenever the server version of the ActiveX control or Java applet component changes to a later version.

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How are BlueZone Web-to-Host sessions configured?
It takes only a few quick steps to start BlueZone:

  • After installing BlueZone’s Web-to-Host Wizard, a site is created in which will ‘house’ your launch pages.
  • Each site will contain a minimum of one to several launch pages. It can contain as many pages necessary to accommodate your varied sets of users.
  • For a launch page you select the type of session that will be available (3270/5250/VT/FTP) and launch a default on the Web server. You can then configure that session ‘live’ in the exact manner you want to represent and deliver it to your users. No more switches or radio buttons that are limited to only a handful of settings, but rather a fully functioning session. No more guess work! What you configure, is what your users will receive.
  • When complete, the configuration file is saved to the Web server.
  • The wizard generates the BlueZone Web pages, and those pages are simply published to the Web server.
  • Upon distributing the BlueZone URL launch page to your users, they simply click a link to launch the session. You may choose to give your users the ability to implement user-specific changes, lock out changes completely, or lock some settings, while others remain available for the user to change. Any local changes made will be retained on the local machine.

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How do end-users launch their BlueZone session?
They open a browser to the BlueZone home page. A user then clicks a session icon that launches their pre-configured session. After the first download, BlueZone may be configured so that a desktop icon is created. This will allow the user to launch their browser by double-clicking the icon. Optionally, a user can double-click the icon to launch one or multiple sessions in the browser and have the browser automatically close.

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Can end-users configure their own settings?
The administrator has the option of allowing or locking the local configuration of the session profile from the end user. If changes are allowed, they remain local on the user’s PC.

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What type of network traffic does BlueZone generate on the Web server?
BlueZone uses an ActiveX control or a Java applet which is downloaded only once from the HTTP server, or whenever a new version of the application is installed on the server. This minimizes the amount of network traffic with regard to the download.

The session profile (around 2KB) is downloaded from the HTTP server each time a session is started. For multiple sessions (e.g., 3270 and 5250), multiple session profiles are downloaded from the HTTP server to launch each session.

Traffic to and from the host (3270, 5250, VT100, VT220, SCO ANSI and Wyse 60) is identical to other desktop or Web-based emulators. This traffic can range from light (for users that may access two or three screens per minute) to heavy (for users performing many large file transfers).

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What is the maximum number of workstations supported from a single Web server?
The number of workstations supported by a single Web server is dependent on the server’s available resources, not on BlueZone.

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What is the size of the download and how much memory does it use?
The total download size is approximately 1.2 MB. That size increases as additional components are added, such as scripting or the FTP client. These files are downloaded to the client desktop the first time they are accessed, or whenever a new version is placed on the Web server

Once the BlueZone software is downloaded to the desktop, approximately 3.5MB-5MB of disk space is used to store the downloaded components. When the BlueZone emulator is running, approximate 9MB of memory is used. Each additional session uses less memory than the first session because the code section is shared by all BlueZone sessions.

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BlueZone Trial Demo or Download Options
There are two ways to evaluate the BlueZone terminal emulator, either:

  • Select Test Drive A to download a BlueZone Web-to-Host client session for the Seagull Software Web server, or
  • Select Test Drive C to download a 30-day trial version of the desktop software

There is no server installation with the trial demo, so you simply download the client and run the application from our Web server. This is a fast and easy way to try out the BlueZone software.

If you want to install BlueZone on your own Web server, you can select Test Drive D and request the CD to receive the fully functional Web-to-Host installation files plus additional components that are part of the BlueZone product suite.

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