Chapter 1: Product Overview

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Chapter 1: Product Overview

Features and Benefits

Avocent’s LongView® Wireless Extender connects Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM) and audio peripherals wirelessly to your computer, from up to 100 feet away. LongView Wireless is a digital system that processes analog video, inbound and outbound, utilizing a unique, proprietary compression engine. At the heart of the compression engine is a multimedia DSP and an FPGA that are coupled to an IEEE 802.11a radio board.

Its industry standard design makes LongView Wireless compatible with virtually any PC, display technology and operating system. Installation is essentially Plug and Play requiring no new drivers or software.

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Figure 1.1: LongView Wireless Model

The LongView Wireless On-Screen Display (OSD)

The LongView Wireless OSD makes it simple to set up and adjust your video parameters. Accessed from the receiver side, the OSD makes tuning your video fast and convenient.