Deploy BIOS settings on T620 with Thinpro 7 (HPDM)

[jorin_cvw]

Hi,

I've been trying to configure our ThinClients to enable WakeOnLan in the Bios using the "hptc-bios-cfg" tool with HPDM.
Unfortunately, I keep getting the error: "ERROR: Script file error" as a response from the hptc-bios-cfg tool.

This is the bios config input file I'm using:

I confirmed that the above file is correctly deployed to the /tmp folder of the TC using the "deploy files" sub-task.
Next the "Script" sub-task should be executed, which is "hptc-bios-cfg -S /tmp/t620_BiosConfig.txt".

And that's where the hptc-bios-cfg eventually returns the error, and no BIOS settings have changed.

Any help would be very welcome.

[jorin_cvw]

anyone?

[jorin_cvw]

bump..

[jorin_cvw]

bump.

Using HPDM 5 and ThinPro 7.1 now.

[DM-AJ]

Can you please post the script you use to apply the txt?  Also, can you try running the same script on a thin client and post the output?

[jorin_cvw]

Hello,

This information is provided in my original post.
I use "hptc-bios-cfg -S /tmp/t620_BiosConfig.txt" (without the quotation marks) to apply the new config.

In the log, the response that is recorded is the same that I get when I manually execute this on a thinclient:

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| Copyright (c) 2018 American Megatrends Inc. |
| AMISCE Utility. Ver 5.00.1048.HP v1.0.0.5 (0209) |

--------------------------------------------------------
Error: Script file error

And then it exits without doing (or have done) anything.

[DM-AJ]

If the same script reports the same error on a thin client, I'd assume the config file might be incorrect in format.  

You can receive the BIOS Settings file use below command.

hptc-bios-cfg -G /tmp/BIOS.txt

With a Capture File subtask in File and Registry template, you can retrieve the sample config file and make custom change base on it.

[jorin_cvw]

Hi,

I tried that, and only made the change that I needed without removing everything else, but I get the same error.
I don't think we're going to fix this problem without knowing what input the utility expects, which is not something I can find documentation about.

I tried pretty much everything I could think of, and only came here as a last resort. If you have any contacts with the developers or technical support on this to ask for information about this utility (and provide them with what I posted in the original post) that'd be great.

[DM-AJ]

Could it be that your BIOS is with a password?  If yes you'll need to provide the password before making changes.  You can run the tool with -h to get help on more options.

[jorin_cvw]

Our thinclients do not have a password on their bios.
I am aware of the -h parameter, unfortunately that did not provide any help which could help me solve this issue.