Screen Saver
Settings: DISABLED; 2, 5, 7, 10,15, 20 & 30 MINUTES
To avoid burning out the phosphor on CRT monitor screens, the SmartView World can be set to blank the screen after no keyboard or mouse activity has been detected for a selected timeout period. If preferred, the user can blank the screen manually by selecting channel ‘0’ using the keyboard hotkeys or by pressing ESC from the login screen.
Autoscan Mode
Settings: SCAN LIST, ACTIVE PCs, ALL PCs
The SmartView World supports an autoscan mode that automatically scans between the connected computers in sequence. The SmartView World supports three autoscan modes. In the first mode the SmartView World will scan all
the named computers that are defined in the autoscan list (SCAN LIST). The computers defined in the scan list may be connected to cascaded SmartView Worlds. If you wish to scan the ports on the current SmartView World then you may select ALL the available computers or just the available computers that are currently powered on (the ACTIVE computers). Scanning just the active computers avoids blank screens from being displayed and stops the monitor from going into a power down state on every scan cycle.
WARNING - Many modern monitors are fitted with automatic power save relays and will switch off after a few seconds if connected to an inactive PC. If you are using such a monitor you must not set the SmartView World to scan ALL ports. Constant switching on and off of your monitor’s relay will eventually damage your monitor. If you are using the SCAN LIST option then you should ensure that all the computers are active if you are using one of these monitors.
If you choose to use the SCAN LIST option then you may define the computers to be scanned in the following manner.
To define the autoscan list
Note: Ensure that you are logged in as the ADMIN user.
1 From the main
2Select EDIT AUTOSCAN LIST from the menu. A list of defined computers will appear. The starred computers will be autoscanned during the autoscan cycle. To add a computer to the autoscan list, move the selection bar over the computer name and press SPACE BAR. To add all named computers press F1. To remove all named computers press F2.
3When all the computers that you wish to scan have a star to the right hand side of their name, press RETURN or ENTER to save the selections. The selected computers will be autoscanned in alphabetical order when you activate autoscan mode (when the SCAN LIST option is selected).
Autoscan Period
Settings: DISABLED; 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 30 SECONDS, 1, 5 MINUTES
The autoscan time defines the length of time that the SmartView World will display video from an autoscanned computer before changing to the next computer. If the DISABLED setting is chosen then no autoscan functions will be available.
OSD Dwell Time
Settings: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 SECONDS
After a successful computer channel change the SmartView World will display a confirmation message for a few seconds. The length of time that this confirmation message dwells on the screen may be changed.
User Timeout
Settings: 1, 2, 5, 10, 30 SECONDS, 1, 5, 10 MINUTES
When two users are connected to the same computer only one can have access at any one time. When no keyboard or mouse data has been received from the active user port for the user timeout period, the SmartView World will allow other users to access the computer. The new port then becomes the active port until it too times out. To avoid confusion between users it is desirable to set the timeout period to be sufficiently long so that user’s work is not needlessly interrupted by other users and sufficiently short to ensure good overall system efficiency. The user timeout value also controls the timeout between the local and remote access points on user ports 1 and 3.
RS232 Mouse Type
Settings: INTELLIMOUSE, 2 BUTTON, 3 BUTTON
This setting controls the type of RS232 mouse that the SmartView World reports to computers. All the necessary conversions are dealt with automatically with the SmartView World. The IntelliMouse setting sends four byte mouse reports to the computers and is therefore very slightly more sluggish than the others that send three byte mouse reports. RS232 mice are almost always more sluggish than PS/2 types because the data rate is much slower.
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