1. Connecting Finder to an Engine

In this page you will get the details about how to connect a NEXThink Finder to a NEXThink Engine.

1.1. Creation of the connection profile

Launch NEXThink Finder, then select File then connect in the menu bar.

Once connect is selected a connect dialogue box will open

A new connection can be established to a running NEXThink engine by selecting Create new

Then entering the required information

• A session name
• The engine IP address or name and used TCP port (999 on a default install)
• A User name and a password

Note: refer to your Nexthink administrator to obtain credentials ( username and password). Check also the configured TCP port# to connect to the engine

Before connecting, the Save session button can be used to save the session context for a future use.

Then click on Connect button to establish connection.

Note: After a fresh install only the admin account is pre-configured to access the Engine

1.2. See the Finder Connection Status

The finder connection status can be directly seen on Finder windows application bar. Possible states are:

• disconnected
• connecting to ...
• connect to 10.10.10.10 (username)