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SERVSWITCH™ PROFESSOR
2.2 Features
Some of the useful features of the ServSwitch Professor:
• The instructor can access any student’s computer in three modes:
View mode
—see student’s station without disturbing student’s keyboard or
mouse;
Share mode
—see student’s station with interactive keyboard and mouse
sharing;
Control mode
—see student’s station with complete control over their keyboard
and mouse.
• The instructor can disable any student’s station in two modes:
Disable
—Student’s screen is blanked and keyboard and mouse are locked
out;
Freeze
—Student’s screen remains on, but all keyboard and mouse activity is
locked out.
• The instructor can let students interact with each other in two modes:
XView mode
—students see another student’s station without disturbing their
keyboard or mouse;
XShare mode
—students see another student’s station with interactive
keyboard and mouse sharing.
• “Show mode” allows instructors to send their screen to any or all students.
• “Scan mode” allows instructor to sequentially view each student’s computer.
• The instructor can even allow students to view or share control of each other’s
CPUs, or allow students to share control of the instructor’s own CPU.
• You can connect one instructor station and up to 254 student stations.
• Single cable connection between units simplifies installation.
• The bus cabling between units uses high-quality 13W3 video connectors for
crystal-clear video even at long distances.
• Data on the bus is packetized, as if it were network data, for fast and highly
reliable delivery of keyboard, mouse, and control information.
• Easily set each unit’s network address with the bottom-panel DIP switch.
• Keyboard-timeout feature allows sharing of CPUs.
