User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Remote Console Switch Software User’s Guide
- Product Overview
- Installation
- Basic Operation
- Launching the Remote Console Switch Software
- Navigating the Remote Console Switch Software
- Remote Console Switch Quick Setup Checklist
- Adding a Remote Console Switch or Avocent Remote Console Switch
- Accessing Your Remote Console Switch
- Accessing and Managing Your Servers
- Interacting With the Server Being Viewed
- Adjusting the Viewer
- Adjusting the Viewer Window
- Adjusting the Viewer Resolution
- Adjusting the Video Quality
- Minimizing Remote Video Session Discoloration
- Improving Screen Background Color Display
- Setting Mouse Scaling
- Minimizing Mouse Trailing
- Improving Mouse Performance
- Reducing Mouse Cursor Flickering
- Viewing Multiple Servers Using the Scan Mode
- Scanning Your Servers
- Thumbnail View Status Indicators
- Navigating the Thumbnail Viewer
- Using Macros to Send Keystrokes to the Server
- Creating New Macros
- Grouping Macros
- Session Options General Tab
- Screen Capturing
- Preemption
- Preemption of Remote User by a Remote Administrator
- Preemption of a Local User/Remote Administrator by a Remote Administrator
- Connection Sharing
- Changing Server Properties
- Accessing a Server via a Browser Window
- Organizing Your System
- Deleting and Renaming
- Customizing the Explorer Window
- Managing Your Local Databases
- Managing Your Remote Console Switch
- The Management Panel
- Viewing and Configuring Remote Console Switch Parameters
- Changing Global Network and Session Parameters
- Setting Up User Accounts
- Locking and Unlocking User Accounts
- Viewing the SIPs and Avocent AVRIQs
- Enabling and Configuring SNMP
- Enabling Individual SNMP traps
- Viewing and Resynchronizing Server Connections
- Resynchronizing the Server Listing
- Modifying a Server Name
- Viewing and Configuring Tiered Switch Connections
- Adding and Modifying Tiered Switch Connections
- Viewing Remote Console Switch Version Information
- Upgrading Firmware
- Controlling User Status
- Rebooting Your System
- Managing Remote Console Switch Configuration Files
- Managing User Databases
- Changing Remote Console Switch Properties
- Changing DirectDraw Support (Windows Operating Systems Only)
42 Basic Operation
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Session Options General Tab
The General tab in the Session Options dialog box allows you to control the Keyboard
Passthrough option in non-full screen mode, the Menu Activation Keystroke and the
Background Refresh selection.
The Keyboard Pass-through check box allows you to specify whether Keyboard Pass-through
mode is enabled, or not. The Keyboard Pass-through option is not selected by default.
Figure 3-23. Session Options - General Tab
The Menu Activation Keystroke list allows you to select a keystroke that activates the toolbar.
The Background Refresh check box allows you to specify whether background refreshing occurs.
When this option is selected the Viewer is sent a constant stream of data from the device
whether or not a change has occurred on the device.
Screen Capturing
The Viewer allows you to capture the contents of the screen and to save it to a file or to copy it
to the clipboard.
To capture a screen as a file:
1 In the Viewer, choose File - Capture to File. The Save dialog is displayed.
2 Browse to the location where you want to save the file.
3 In the File Name field, type a file name and click Save.
To copy a screen to the clipboard:
In the Viewer, choose File - Capture to Clipboard. The image is saved to the clipboard and can
be pasted into a document or image editing application.
NOTE: The Capture to Clipboard function is not available in Linux.