Section 5

IP Access Configuration & Operation

Note: Your local keyboard changes its keyboard layout according to the remote host system. If you use a German administration system and your host system uses a US English keyboard layout for instance, some special keys on the German keyboard will not work as expected. Instead, the keys will result in their US English counterpart. You can circumvent such problems by adjusting the keyboard of your remote system to the same mapping as your local one.

The Remote Console window always tries to show the remote screen with its optimal size. That means it will adapt its size to the size of the remote screen initially and after the screen resolution of the remote screen has been changed. However, you can always resize the Remote Console window in your local window system as usual.

Remote Console Control Bar

The upper part of the Remote Console window contains a control bar. Using its elements you can see the state of the Remote Console and influence the local Remote Console settings. A description for each control follows.

Ctrl+Alt+Delete

Sends the ‘Control Alt Delete’ key combination to het remote system

Auto Adjust button

If the video display is poor quality or distorted in some way, click this button and wait a few seconds while the CAT-32 IP tries to adjust itself for the best possible video quality.

Sync mouse

Activates the mouse synchronization process. Choose this option in order to synchronize the local AND remote mouse cursors. This is especially necessary when using accelerated mouse settings on the host system. In general, there is no need to change mouse settings on the host.

Single/Double mouse mode

Switches between the Single Mouse Mode (where only the remote mouse pointer is visible) and the Double Mouse Mode (where remote and local mouse pointers are visible) Single mouse mode is only available if using SUN JVM 1.3 or higher.

Tip: When in single mouse mode use the hotkey combination [ALT] + [F12] to release mouse control and access the menus etc.

Section 5

IP Access Configuration & Operation

Options

Opens the Options menu. A short description of the each of the options follows:

Monitor Only

Toggles the ‘Monitor only’ filter on or off. If the filter is switched on, no remote console interaction is possible but monitoring is.

Exclusive Access

If a user has the appropriate permission, he can force the Remote Consoles of all other users to close. No one can open the Remote Console at the same time again until this user disables the exclusive access, or logs off.

A change in the access mode is also visible in the status line indicated by this icon.

Scaling

Allows you to scale down the Remote Console. You can still use both mouse and keyboard; however the scaling algorithm will not preserve all display details.

Mouse Handling

The submenu for mouse handling offers two options for synchronizing the local and the remote mouse pointer.

Fast Sync

The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary, but fixed skew.

Intelligent Sync

Use this option if the fast sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system

Note: This method takes more time than fast sync and requires a correctly adjusted picture. Use the auto adjustment function or the manual correction in the Video Settings panel to setup the picture.

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 the next time this user opens the Remote Console. The number of available shapes depends on the Java Virtual Machine; a version of 1.2 or higher offers the full list.

Video Settings

Opens a panel for changing the CAT-32 IP video settings. The CAT-32 IP features two different dialogs, which influence the video settings:

Video Settings in the KVM section in the front end menu:

The Noise Filter option defines how the CAT-32 IP reacts to small changes in the video input signal. A large filter setting needs less network traffic and leads to a faster video display, but small changes in some display regions may not be recognized immediately. A small filter displays all changes instantly but may lead to a constant amount of network traffic even if display content is not really changing (depending on the quality of the video input signal). All in all the default setting should be suitable for most situations.

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