How to Create Firmware Customization in the IGEL UMS

You can customize the user interface of your IGEL OS devices to suit your corporate design using the firmware customization function in the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS). For details, see Firmware Customizations in the IGEL UMS.

To create a Firmware Customization, proceed as follows:

1. Move the cursor to Firmware Customization in the structure tree.
   

2. Select Create New Firmware Customization in the context menu.
   The Firmware Customization Details dialog window will appear.
   

3. Give a Name for this firmware customization.
   

4. Select an Use case. The following can be selected:

   Start Button

   Start Menu

   Taskbar Background

   Screensaver

   Screensaver (Custom Partition)

   Bootsplash

   Background Image

5. Click on Next.
   The Firmware customization assignment dialog window will appear.
   

6. Highlight one or more directories or devices and click on in order to assign the firmware customization.
   

7. Click on Done.

The firmware customizations created are listed in the structure tree under the Firmware customizations node. If you click on a firmware customization, the associated files and assigned objects will be shown.

The files used in a firmware customization are marked with a

If you want to delete a file marked with , you must first remove it from the associated firmware customization.

The settings for an Use case can be enabled or disabled for a firmware customization as you will already know from the profiles:

	The parameter is inactive and will not be configured by the firmware customization.
	The parameter is active and the set value will be configured by the firmware customization.

Exception: The file path for screensaver (custom partition) cannot be disabled.