Avocent SPC420 manual Opening a KVM Session, To open a KVM session from the DSView 3 Explorer

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Table 19.1: Video Viewer Window Descriptions (Continued)

Number Description

Menu and toolbar: Allows you to access many of the features in the Video Viewer window. The menu and toolbar will be in a show/hide state if the thumbtack has not been used. Place your

3cursor over the toolbar to display the menu and toolbar.

Up to ten commands and/or macro group buttons may be displayed on the toolbar. By default, the Single Cursor Mode, Refresh, Automatic Video Adjust and Align Local Cursor buttons appear on the toolbar. See Toolbar profile settings on page 258 and Macros on page 274.

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5

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Macro button: Displays when a user specifies icons for macros and indicates that the icons should appear on the toolbar. See Macros on page 274.

Minimize button: Minimizes the display of the Video Viewer window into the task bar at the bottom of the local computer.

Maximize button: Changes the window to Full Screen mode, which expands the accessed device desktop to fill the entire screen. When you expand the window, the following occurs:

•The title bar disappears.

•The server name appears between the menu and toolbar.

•The Maximize button is changed to a Normal Window Mode button and it appears on the toolbar. Clicking the button will toggle the Video Viewer window to Normal Window mode.

•The Close button appears on the toolbar.

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Close button: Closes the Video Viewer window. This button may not be present on all operating systems.

Accessed device desktop: Interacts with your device through this window.

Frame: Resizes the Video Viewer window by clicking and holding on the frame.

NOTE: On supported Macintosh system clients, the placement of some buttons is different. The Minimize, Maximize and Close buttons are located on the left side of the screen, and the frame can be resized by clicking in the lower right corner.

NOTE: On supported Macintosh system clients, the Video Viewer opens in a self-contained window and is not included in the Macintosh Application Menu.

Opening a KVM Session

See Connecting to an existing session on page 252 for information about what occurs if the device you are attempting to access is currently being viewed by another user.

To open a KVM session from the DSView 3 Explorer:

In a Units View window containing the target device you want to access (see Accessing Units View windows on page 106), click the KVM Session link in the Action column of the target device you wish to view.

The Video Viewer launches in a new window.