User guide

Number Description

2 Thumbtack: Locks the display of the menu and toolbar so that it is visible at all times.

Menu and toolbar: Allows you to access many of the features in the Video Viewer window. The

menu and toolbar will be in a show/hide state if the thumbtack has not been used. Place your cur-

sor over the toolbar to display the menu and toolbar. Up to ten commands and/or macro group

buttons may be displayed on the toolbar. By default, the Single Cursor Mode, Refresh, Automatic

Video Adjust and Align Local Cursor buttons appear on the toolbar.The Macro button displays

when a user specifies icons for macros and indicates that the icons should appear on the toolbar.

See Toolbar profile settings on page 294 and Macros on page 313.

Minimize button: Minimizes the display of the Video Viewer window into the task bar at the bottom

of the local computer.

Maximize button: Changes the window to Full Screen mode, which expands the accessed device

desktop to fill the entire screen. When you expand the window, the following occurs:

• The title bar disappears.

• The server name appears between the menu and toolbar.

• The Maximize button is changed to a Normal Window Mode button and it appears on the

toolbar. Clicking the button will toggle the Video Viewer window to Normal Window mode.

• The Close button appears on the toolbar.

Close button: Closes the Video Viewer window. This button may not be present on all operating

systems.

7 Accessed device desktop: Interacts with your device through this window.

8 Frame: Resizes the Video Viewer window by clicking and holding on the frame.

NOTE: On supported Macintosh system clients, the placement of some buttons is different. The Minimize, Maximize

and Close buttons are located on the left side of the screen, and the frame can be resized by clicking in the lower

right corner.

NOTE: On supported Macintosh system clients, the Video Viewer opens in a self-contained window and is not

included in the Macintosh Application Menu.

Opening a KVM Session

See Connecting to an existing session on page 288 for information about what occurs if the

device you are attempting to access is currently being viewed by another user.

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