Avocent DSView 3, Installer/User Manual

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profile. If a target device is not assigned a profile, a user with a Video Viewer connection to that
target device may use the Video Viewer menu commands to control their session.
In addition to the profile override option, the color depth and video scaling settings have an option
that can be enabled to prohibit the user from setting a higher value than the current setting.
Enabling this option can improve bandwidth management.
A KVM session profile contains general, cursor, toolbar and video settings.
General profile settings
Name
A KVM session profile name uniquely identifies the profile. Profile names may contain 1-64
characters. No two KVM session profiles may have the same name.
Default macro group
The default macro group setting allows you choose which global macro group will appear in the
Video Viewer Macros menu. See
Macros on page 220.
If you enable Allow users to override this setting , or if no profile is assigned to the target device,
users may specify the default macro group using Video Viewer menu commands.
Keyboard pass through mode
The keyboard pass through mode setting enables or disables keyboard pass through.
Keystrokes that a user enters may be interpreted in two ways, depending on the screen mode of the
Video Viewer window.
• If a Video Viewer window is in full screen mode, all keystrokes and keyboard combinations
except
Ctrl-Alt-Del
are sent to the remote server being viewed.
• If a Video Viewer window is in regular desktop mode, keyboard pass through mode allows
you to control whether the remote server or local computer will recognize certain keystrokes or
keystroke combinations.
When keyboard pass through mode is enabled, all keystrokes and keystroke combinations except
Ctrl-Alt-Del
are sent to the remote server being viewed when the Video Viewer window is active.
When the local desktop is active, keystrokes and keystroke combinations entered by the user affect
the local computer.
In full-screen mode, keystrokes are always passed to the target device, regardless of the keyboard
pass through mode setting.
The Ctrl-Alt-Delete keyboard combination can only be sent to a remote server by using a macro.
See Macros on page 220.
The Japanese keyboard ALT-Han/Zen keystroke combination is always sent to a remote server,
regardless of the screen mode or keyboard pass through setting.
If you enable Allow users to override this setting , or if no profile is assigned to the target device,
users may enable/disable pass through mode using Video Viewer menu commands. You may also
enable/disable full screen mode. See
General commands on page 210.