Avocent SPC420 manual Using Menu Commands to Manage Session Settings, General commands

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4.Select a KVM session profile from the menu.

5.Click Save and then click Close.

Using Menu Commands to Manage Session Settings

KVM session profiles contain settings for the many following operations. In a profile, if the Allow users to override this setting checkbox is enabled for a setting, or if a profile has not been assigned to a target device, Video Viewer users connected to that target device may use the Video Viewer menu commands/buttons described in this section.

General commands

All of the following commands except enabling/disabling full screen mode may also be specified in a KVM session profile; see General profile settings on page 255.

To specify a key for toggling activation of the menu and toolbar:

1.Select Tools - Session Options from the Video Viewer menu or click the Session Options button. The Session Options dialog box appears.

2.Click the General tab.

3.In the Menu Activation Keystroke field, select a keystroke from the menu.

4.Click OK. When you disable the menu and toolbar display, pressing the specified key reenables the display.

To enable keyboard pass through:

1.Select Tools - Session Options from the Video Viewer menu or click the Session Options button. The Session Options dialog box appears.

2.Click the General tab.

3.Select Pass-through all keystrokes in regular window mode.

4.Click OK.

To enable or disable full screen mode:

NOTE: The View - Full Screen command may only be used by the primary user. The command is not available to non-primary users who are sharing the session.

1.To enable full screen mode, click the Maximize button or select View - Full Screen from the Video Viewer menu. The desktop window will disappear and only the accessed device desktop will be visible. The screen will be resized up to a maximum of 1024 x 768. If the desktop has a higher resolution, then a black background will surround the full screen image. The floating toolbar will appear.

2.To disable full screen mode, click the Full Screen Mode button on the floating toolbar to return to the desktop window.