POMS under Mac OS X

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This page only covers use of Mac OS X with POMS. If you have a 68K-based Macintosh running OS 9 or earlier, you are probably out of luck. We don't believe the old Citrix versions available for OS 9 are compatible with the required data encryption and the current POMS server. The directions here have only been tried with Mac OX X version 10.5.2 (Leopard, with current updates at the time of writing). Earlier OS X versions might or might not work; let the webmaster know if you find a problem so the results can be shared. The version of Citrix included in the instructions below is 10.00.600.

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SPECIAL NOTICE: There is a configuration problem that is preventing Citrix from running properly that is NOT corrected in the following information. This problem has evidently existed (but been hidden from some sites) for a long time, so it's not your imagination if you had followed the following steps previously to no avail. --- July 12, 2009

UPDATE: We think we have the configuration change to make POMS on macintosh work properly. Several users across the country are trying this out, if this is OK we'll post new installation files. --- August 11, 2009

Installations on PowerPC or Intel architecture Macintosh

Here is a Macintosh OS X disk image file that contains the needed Citrix installation disk image and the "POMS-OE.ICA" client file (edited for an 800x600 window, as the default 640x480 is very difficult with the Macintosh Citrix):

POMSonMacOSX disk image (5.59Mb)

Save the disk image file to your computer. Double click on the file to open and mount the disk image. Within the disk image, double click on the "MacICA_OSX.dmg" disk image file, and follow the Citrix directions that are displayed when that disk image is opened and mounted on your computer.

From the POMSonMACOSX disk image, copy the "POMS-OE.ICA" file to some convenient place on your Macintosh. After Citrix is installed, this file will have a Citrix icon. Double clicking on this file will bring up Citrix, followed by a connection to POMS.

The very first time you do this may bring up a security message from Mac OS X indicating that an application never before opened is being requested; this is OK.

After logging in to POMS, Citrix may provide a message saying that the application needs access to your disk. POMS does require read/write access to your disk, so allow this.

 

AUGUST 2009 CONFIGURATION STEPS

Some other items (including a new Citrix release we can't get to work for us at all) have come in to the way of posting "clean" configuration information. So that you at least have a chance, here is a prose version of how to change your local Citrix configuration if you are getting the "POMS-OE cannot be found on the network" error.

  • Find the "Applications" folder for your Mac OS X system. Open the folder. Find the "Citrix ICA Client" folder. Open the folder. Click on "Citrix ICA Client Editor" to start this application.

  • With the application open, click on the "Default Settings" in the lower left hand corner of the window. A new window will open.

  • For the "Network Protocol" selection, make sure "TCP/IP" is set in the drop-down list. For the "Encryption Level" selection, make sure "128 bit" is set in the drop-down list.

  • Now, you should have a SAVE button enable (not grayed out) on the bottom right of the window. Press Save. Quit the application.

  • you should now be able to click on the POMS-OE.ica file (wherever you stashed it on your system) and have it establish connection with the POMS server.

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Firewall Issue

The Citrix software (and thus POMS operation) might be prevented from operating by some network firewalls. If you have trouble, the POMS development contractor suggests that "TCP Port 1494" be opened on your firewall.

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