This functionality is supported only if you are using the Open Agent.
You can use the
Remote Locations dialog box to add any browsers and mobile devices on a remote location to the set of applications that you can test.
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Click
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The
Remote Locations dialog box appears.
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To add an additional remote location, perform the following actions:
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Click on the arrow to the right of
Add Location to specify whether you want to add a remote location which is using the
Silk Test Information Service,
Silk Central, or the Mobile Center.
Note: You can only configure one
Silk Central as a remote location. If you have already configured the integration with
Silk Central,
Silk Central is listed in the remote locations list.
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Click
Add Location. The
Add Location dialog box appears.
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Type the URL of the remote location and the port through which
Silk Test Classic connects to the information service on the remote machine into the
Host field.
The default port is
22901.
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If you are trying to add a secure connection through HTTPS to Mobile Center, install the Mobile Center certificate.
For additional information, see
Installing the Certificate for an HTTPS Connection to Mobile Center.
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If you are trying to add connection to Mobile Center, specify your
User name and
Password for Mobile Center.
For information on changing the Mobile Center password, see
Changing the Mobile Center Password.
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Optional: Edit the name of the remote location in the
Name field.
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Optional: Click
Test to verify that the remote connection works.
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Click
OK.
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To edit an existing remote location, click
Edit.
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To remove a remote location, click
Remove.
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Optional: To reduce the amount of browsers and devices in the
Select Application dialog, click
Do not show devices and browsers from this location.
The installed browsers and connected devices of the remote location will no longer be displayed in the
Select Application dialog. By default, all installed browsers and connected devices of all remote locations are displayed in the
Select Application dialog.
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By default, remote locations are saved to
%APPDATA%\Silk\SilkTest\conf\remoteLocations.xml. To change the file in which the remote locations are saved, for example to share the file with other team members, perform
the following actions:
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Click
Sharing Options. The
Sharing Options dialog box appears.
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Click
Save to shared file.
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Click
Browse to select the file.
You could also set the full path to the remote locations in a file named
remoteLocationsFileLocation.properties, for example if you want to use a file that is located in a repository. For example, to use the remote locations that are
specified in the file
remoteLocations.xml, under
C:\mySources, create a file with the name
remoteLocationsFileLocation.properties in the folder
%APPDATA%\Silk\SilkTest\conf\ and type
fileLocation=C\:\\mySources\\remoteLocations.xml into the file.
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To load a set of already configured remote locations from a shared file, for example to use remote locations that have been
specified by another team member, perform the following actions:
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Click
Sharing Options. The
Sharing Options dialog box appears.
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Click
Load from shared file.
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Click
Browse to select the file.
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Click
OK.
When you have added a remote location, the browsers that are installed on the remote location, including
Apple Safari on a Mac, are available in the
Web tab of the
Select Application dialog box, and the mobile devices that are connected to the remote location are available in the
Mobile tab of the
Select Application dialog box.