Avocent DSView 3, Installer/User Manual

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Chapter 6: Using the Video Viewer 211
To prevent potential mouse conflicts, you may configure certain settings on each server connected
to a managed appliance. For details, see the Mouse and Pointer Settings Technical Brief, which is
available on the DSView 3 software CD and on the Avocent web site.
To change the mouse cursor setting:
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 Mouse tab.
3. In the Local Cursor panel, select a mouse cursor type.
4. Click OK .
To enter single cursor mode:
Select Tools - Single Cursor Mode from the Video Viewer menu or click the Single Cursor Mode
button. The local cursor will not appear and all movements will be relative to the target device.
To specify a key for exiting single cursor mode:
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 Mouse tab.
3. In the Single Cursor mode field, select a key from the menu.
4. Click OK . The key will be displayed in the title bar. When single cursor mode is enabled,
pressing the specified key returns the session to regular desktop mode.
To exit single cursor mode:
Press the key identified in the title bar.
To align the mouse cursors:
NOTE: The DSView 3 software cannot get constant feedback from the mouse, so occasionally the mouse on the
switch may lose sync with the mouse on the host system. If your mouse or keyboard no longer responds
properly, align the mouse to re-establish proper tracking. Alignment causes the local cursor to be aligned with the
cursor on the remote server. Resetting causes the appliance to simulate a mouse and keyboard reconnect at the
device as if you had disconnected and then reconnected them.
Click the Align Local Cursor button in the Video Viewer toolbar. The local cursor will align with
the cursor on the remote device.
If cursors drift out of alignment, turn off mouse acceleration in the device.
Toolbar commands
These commands may also be specified in a KVM session profile; see Toolbar profile settings on
page 205.