Adder Technology Switch Logging access activity, Disabling mouse acceleration, XPLOG datalog.txt

Disabling mouse acceleration

Certain operating systems, such as Windows XP provide an option to use ‘mouse acceleration’ or ‘Enhance pointer precision’. If this option is enabled on a computer connected to the SmartView World it can cause problems when accessed via a remote IP link. Generally, the remote mouse pointer becomes erratic and difficult to control. For this reason, you are strongly recommended to disable such features on systems that will be accessed remotely.

To disable mouse acceleration

1On the computer connected to the SmartView World, access the Mouse driver within the Control Panel.

2Locate and disable the setting variously labelled as ‘Mouse acceleration’ or ‘Enhance pointer precision’.

Note: If a remote system has mouse acceleration enabled and you need to disable it remotely, then it can be difficult to accurately position the remote

cursor. In this case, display the KVM on screen menu (). While it is displayed, you can move the your local cursor to the required screen position and then deactivate the on screen menu.

Logging access activity

By connecting the SmartView’s serial port to a computer, a time stamped log of the SmartView’s activity can be generated. This is useful for applications where it is necessary to keep track of which users have accessed which computers. A simple data logging program, called XPLOG.EXE, may be downloaded from the Adder Technology website (www.adder.com). This enables the activity log to be saved to a file or printed to a printer. This logging program uses the Excel- compatible file XPRODATA.CSV to cross reference the port and user information to computer and user names in order to generate an informative activity log.

To make use of the activity logging features

1Download the program XPLOG.EXE from the support section of the Adder Technology website.

2Follow the instructions in the section Saving and restoring KVM configuration settings to create the Excel compatible file XPRODATA.CSV that contains a list of user and computer names and port numbers.

3 Copy the XPRODATA.CSV file into the same directory as the XPLOG.EXE file.

4 Run the XPLOG file using the following command format:

XPLOG {activity_log_destination} {com_port}

where:

•{activity_log_destination} is the file name where the

log is to be stored or the word PRINT if the log is to be printed on a printer attached to the computer’s parallel port. LPT1

•{com_port} is the computer’s serial port that is connected to the SmartView. Options are 1 (for COM1) or 2 (for COM2).

For example:

•XPLOG datalog.txt 1

would log activity information received on COM1 to the file datalog.txt.

•XPLOG PRINT 2

would print activity information received on COM2 to the printer attached to the computer’s LPT1 printer port.

These programs will run continuously until you press .

More information

If you wish to integrate activity data logging with your own applications, contact Adder for a list of serial data logging codes and their associated meanings. It

is possible to use the activity logging and SmartView World synchronisation features together but this requires a specially constructed serial cable. Please contact Adder for further details.

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