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)

54 Basic Operation
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Customizing the Explorer Window
The Explorer window can be resized at any time. Each time you launch the application, the
Explorer window opens to its default size and location. You can manually resize the window
while the application is running, but the information is not saved. The next time Explorer is
started, it will come up in its default size and location.
A split-pane divider that runs from top to bottom separates the Group Selector pane and the
Unit Selector pane. You can move the divider left and right to change the viewing area of the
Group Selector pane and the Unit Selector pane. Each time Explorer is started the divider will
appear in its default location. See “Appendix B: Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts” on page 85 for
divider pane and tree view control mouse and keyboard shortcuts.
Modifying the Selected View on Startup
When Default is checked under the Selected view on startup option, the Explorer will
determine which view to display. If you have one or more servers defined, the Servers tab will
appear by default. If you do not, the Remote Console Switches tab will appear.
When Default is unchecked, the Explorer will display the view selected in the drop-down list
shown below the check box. The drop-down list contains the following values: Remote Console
Switches, Servers, Sites, and Folders. The drop-down list is only enabled when the check box is
disabled.
To modify the selected view on startup:
1 Select Tools - Options from the Explorer menu. The Options dialog box appears.
2 Select Remote Console Switches, Servers, Sites or Folders from the drop-down list.
3 Click OK to save the new startup view.
-or-
Click Cancel to exit without saving changes.
Changing the Default Browser
You can specify which browser launches when viewing a server URL in a browser window. You
have the option of using the default browser for your system, or you can select a specific browser
to launch for that server.
To change the default browser:
1 Select Tools - Options from the Explorer menu. The Options dialog box appears.
2 Click to disable the Launch Default Browser check box. The Browse button is enabled.
3 Click the Browse button and navigate to the browser.
4 Click OK to save the new browser selection.
-or-
Click Cancel to exit without saving changes.