Remote Session Operation (continued)

Control Panel (continued)

The buttons on the button bar at the top of the message board are toggles. The actions for each of these buttons are described in the table below.

Button Function

Enable/Disable Chat – When disabled, this icon displays next to the disabled user’s name in the User List panel of all users’ message boards. Messages directed to the disabled user are not displayed on the message board. The button is shadowed when chat is disabled.

Occupy/Release Keyboard/Video/Mouse – When you occupy the KVM, other users cannot see the video, and cannot input keyboard or mouse data. A prompt will come up on the locked out users’ monitor stating which user has occupied the KVM. The button in the message board is shadowed and this icon displays next to the occupying user’s name in the User List of all users’ message boards.

Occupy/Release Keyboard/Mouse – When you occupy the KVM, other users can see the video, but cannot input keyboard or mouse data. The button is shadowed and this icon displays next to the occupying user’s name in the User List of all users’ message boards.

User List Panel

To hide/unhide the User List panel, click on the arrows in the panel separator.

The names of all the logged in users appear in the User List panel. Select the names of the users that you wish to communicate with before sending your message.

If a user has disabled chat, its icon displays before that user’s name.

If a user has occupied the KVM or the KM, the corresponding icon displays before that user’s name.

Compose Panel

Type your message into this panel and then click the Send button or press the [Enter] key to post the message to the message board. Note: You must select the user that you want to communicate with from the user list. To send a message to all users, simply click All Users in the user list.

Message Display Panel

Messages that users post to the board, as well as system messages, display in this panel. If you disable chat, messages that get posted do not appear.

Ctrl – Alt – Delete – Click this icon to send the [Ctrl, Alt, Delete] command to the remote computer.

Set to Grayscale – Click this icon to display the remote video in black and white. On slower networks, displaying the remote video in black and white can help improve keyboard and mouse response time.

Virtual Media – The Virtual Media function allows a drive, folder, image file or removable disk on a user’s system to be accessible on the remote server. The following media are supported via the KVMs Virtual Media functionality.

Browser and non-Browser Windows Client

IDE CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drives – Read Only

IDE Hard Drives – Read Only

USB CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drives – Read Only

USB Hard Drives – Read/Write*

USB Flash Drives – Read/Write*

USB Floppy Drives – Read/Write

USB Card Readers

USB Fingerprint Readers

ISO Files – Read Only

Folders – Read/Write

*These drives can be mounted either as a Drive or as a Removable Disk. Mounting as a Removable Disk allows the user to boot the remote server if the disk contains a bootable OS. If the disk contains more than one partition, the remote server can access all of the partitions.

Browser and non-Browser Java Client

ISO Files – Read Only

Folders – Read/Write

USB Ports on Front Panel of KVM Switch

IDE CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drives – Read Only

IDE Hard Drives – Read Only

USB CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drives – Read Only

USB Hard Drives – Read/Write*

USB Flash Drives – Read/Write*

USB Floppy Drives – Read/Write

USB Card Readers

USB Fingerprint Readers

*These drives can be mounted either as a Drive or as a Removable Disk. Mounting as a Removable Disk allows the user to boot the remote server if the disk contains a bootable OS. If the disk contains more than one partition, the remote server can access all of the partitions.

Note: The Virtual Media function is only active for computer/servers that are connected to the KVM switch using a B055-001-USB-V2 SIU. Computers connected to a cascaded B064-016 KVM will not be able to use virtual media.

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Tripp Lite B064-032-02-IPG User List Panel, Compose Panel, Message Display Panel, Browser and non-Browser Windows Client

B064-016-02-IPG, B064-032-02-IPG, B064-016-04-IPG, B064-032-04-IPG specifications

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