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your images, an AVCT compression scheme can be added and configured to provide increased
system speed.
Anti-dither capability
While the dithering process smooths the appearance of gradually shaded areas in video images, it
can slow down system performance. If using Apple
®
Mac
®
or other computers with dithered video
output in your network, the HMX extender system provides an anti-dither capability to increase
performance and reduce network traffic.
NOTE:
Enabling the anit-dither feature may produce slight color inaccuracies on the monitor.
Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) management
The EDID is used to provide details to the monitor graphics card so it uses the optimal video
resolution. With the HMX extender system, you can use the EDID of the monitor connected to the
receiver or use a fixed EDID that is stored on the transmitter.
USB support
The HMX extender system transmitters use USB Emulation technology, which enables faster
keyboard and mouse switching for up to 13 different USB devices or an infinite amount of the same
devices. This technology emulates certain USB peripheral signals to the computer, causing those
peripherals to appear permanently connected to the computer, even when the receivers are
switched elsewhere. Other supported USB devices include Human Interface Devices (HID),
storage devices such as flash drives and various printers, scanners and serial adaptors.
NOTE:
The HMX extender system does not support isochronous USB devices such as microphones,
speakers, webcams and television receivers.
Transport Layer Security (TLS)
The HMX extender system supports the industry standard TLS protocol which offers protection
against third party monitoring and tampering when data is transferred across networks.
The Avocent
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HMX Advanced Manager software
The HMX Advanced Manager software is a secure, web browser-based, centralized enterprise
management solution that provides remote management and monitoring of the extender system.
The software handles all administration, access control, monitoring and firmware upgrades across
the extender system. For more information on the HMX Advanced Manager software, see The
Avocent
®
HMX Advanced Manager Software Installer/User Guide.