Avocent manual 3 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Mouse Synchronization Introduction

Single port PS2 KVM over IP

activate the ’Exclusive Mouse Mode’ (see Section 5.3.5 for an explanation).

. Options

--Local Keyboard

Used to change the language mapping of your browser machine running the Remote Console Applet. Normally the Applet determines the correct value automatically. However, depending on your particular JVM and your browser machine settings this is not always possible. A typical example is a German localized system that uses an US-English keyboard mapping. In this case you have to change the Local Keyboard setting manually to the right language

. Options

--Video Settings

Opens a panel for changing the PS/2 KVM over IP switch video settings. Have a look at Section 5.4.3 for a detailed description of the available options.

. Options

--Local cursor

Offers a list of different cursor shapes to choose from for the local mouse pointer. The selected shape will be saved for the current user and activated again next time this user opens the Remote Console. The number of available shapes depends on the Java Virtual Machine, only a version of 1.2 or higher offers the full list.

The Remote Console title bar shows some information about the incoming (’In:’) and outgoing network traffic (’Out:’).

5.3.3 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Mouse Synchronization

5.3.3.1 Introduction

A common problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors. PS/2 KVM over IP switch addresses this situation with an intelligent synchronization algorithm. There are two mouse modes available on PS/2 KVM over IP switch.

. Auto mouse speed - The automatic mouse speed mode tries to detect the speed and acceleration settings of the host system automatically. See the section below for a more detailed explanation.

. Fixed mouse speed - This mode just translates the mouse movements from the Remote Console in a way that one pixel move will lead to n pixel moves on the remote system. This parameter n is adjustable with the scaling. It should be noted that this works only when mouse acceleration is turned off on the remote system.

5.3.3.2 Auto mouse speed and mouse synchronization

The automatic mode performs the speed detection during mouse synchronization. Whenever the mouse doesn’t move correctly, there are two ways for re-synchronizing local and remote mouse:

Fast Sync - The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary, but fixed skew. Choose the option using the Remote Console options menu (see Section 5.3) or press the mouse synchronization hotkey sequence in case you defined one (refer to Section 5.4).