Section 5 | IP Access Configuration & Operation |
5.3. Keyboard, Mouse and Video Configuration
Between the
CAT-32 IP Keyboard Settings
The
Remote Mouse Settings
A common problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors. The
Auto mouse speed
The automatic mouse speed mode tries to detect the speed and acceleration settings of the host system automatically. Speed detection is performed during mouse synchronization. If the mouse does not move correctly, there are two ways to
Fast Sync: Fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary, but fixed skew. Choose this option using the Remote Console options menu or by pressing the mouse synchronization hotkey sequence - [ALT] + [F12]
Intelligent Sync: If the fast sync does not work correctly or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system, you can use the intelligent resynchronization option. This method can be accessed from the Mouse Handling sub menu of the Remote Console Option menu.
Intelligent synchronization requires a correctly adjusted picture. Use the auto adjustment function or manual correction in the Video Settings panel to setup the picture. The Sync mouse button on top of the Remote Console can behave differently, depending on the current state of mouse synchronization. Usually pressing this button leads to a fast sync, except in situations where the KVM port or the video mode was recently changed.
Tip: When first started, if the local mouse pointer is not synchronized with the remote mouse pointer, click the Auto Adjust Button once. If the mouse is still not synchronized select Intelligent Sync from the Mouse Handling sub menu of the Remote Console Option menu.
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. However, it should be noted that this works only when mouse acceleration is turned off on the remote system.
Section 5 | IP Access Configuration & Operation |
Host System Mouse Settings
The host's operating system obtains various settings from the mouse driver.
Note: The following limitations do not apply when using USB mice and
Windows 2000 and higher!
Special Mouse Driver
There are mouse drivers which influence the synchronization process and lead to desynchronized mouse pointers. If this happens, make sure you do not use a special vendor- specific mouse driver on your host system.
Windows XP Mouse Settings
If using Windows XP, disable the enhance pointer precision setting.
Active Desktop
If the Active Desktop feature of Microsoft Windows is enabled, do not use a plain background. Instead, use some kind of wallpaper. Alternatively, you could also disable the Active Desktop completely.
Navigate your mouse pointer into the upper left corner of the applet screen and move it back and forth slightly. In this way the mouse will be resynchronized. If
Single and Double Mouse Mode
The information above applies to Double Mouse Mode, where both remote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchronized. The
Recommended Mouse Settings
For the different operating systems we can give the following advice...
MS Windows 2000/2003 (Professional and Server), XP, Vista,
In general, we recommend the use of a USB mouse. Choose USB without Mouse Sync. For a PS/2 mouse choose Auto Mouse Speed.
For XP, Vista, disable the option called enhance pointer precision or similar in the Control Panel.
SUN Solaris
Adjust the mouse settings either via xset m 1 or use the CDE Control Panel to set the mouse to 1:1, no acceleration. As an alternative you may also use the Single Mouse Mode.
MAC OS X
We recommend using the Single Mouse Mode.
Video Modes
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