User guide

Using RGS 81
• Display help: Click Help to display the online help. On Linux, the online help is displayed separately in a
web browser, such as Mozilla. On Windows, the online help is displayed using the CHM file viewer
hh.exe.
• Display program information: Click About to display RGS program and copyright information.
The Receiver Control Panel contains a status bar at the bottom of the window. The status bar provides information
that describes the current state of the RGS receiver. For example, it displays the messages “connection in
progress”, “connection succeeded”, and “connection failed.” The status bar can be useful in diagnosing
connection problems because it also displays the general reason for a connection failure, such as “Authorization
Failed” or “Authentication Failed”.
5-1-2 Setup Mode
Depending on how you configure RGS on the Local Computer, the Remote Display Window may cover the entire
Local Computer monitor. Furthermore, the Remote Display Window may be set to borderless—therefore, the
window won’t have the title bar and borders that normally allow the window to be moved, minimized, and
resized. Such a configuration raises a number of questions, including:
• How do you move or resize the window absent a title bar and borders?
• If multiple Remote Display Windows are covering each other, how do you select a particular Remote Display
Window to view?
Complicating the situation is that all keyboard and mouse events in the Remote Display Window are sent to the
Remote Computer for processing. Therefore, the keyboard and mouse cannot be readily used to interact with the
Remote Display Window.
To address this situation, RGS provides Setup Mode. In Setup Mode, transmission of keyboard and mouse events
to the Remote Computer is suspended—instead, the keyboard and mouse can be used to interact with the Remote
Display Window on the Local Computer. In Setup Mode, you can perform a number of operations, including:
• Move a borderless Remote Display Window
• Raise a particular Remote Display Windows that is being obscured by another Remote Display Window
Setup Mode can be activated in two ways:
• By clicking the Setup Mode button on the Receiver Control Panel (see Figure 5-2). This presumes, of course,
that the Receiver Control Panel is visible.
• By typing a special key sequence on the keyboard, called a hotkey sequence.
The hotkey sequence method of activating Setup Mode is required in situations where, for example, the Remote
Display Window is borderless, and is covering the entire Local Computer monitor, including the Receiver Control
Panel. Because the Receiver Control Panel is obscured, its Setup Mode button is inaccessible. The default hotkey
sequence to enter Setup Mode is:
Shift press, space press, space release
NOTE: In Normal Mode, only a single Remote Display Window can be displayed on the Local Computer.
Displaying multiple Remote Display Windows on the Local Computer requires using Directory Mode (see
Chapter 7, “Using Directory Mode
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