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SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY
Share
Use this field to set the “Share-mode timeout,” in seconds, for each user profile. If
the connection mode for a given profile is “Share” (see the
Connect
heading on the
previous page), this timeout determines how long users with that profile have to
leave their keyboard and mice idle before another user can take keyboard and
mouse control of the computer they were using. Factory default is 2 seconds;
available settings are 0 seconds (instant timeout) to 9999 seconds (roughly two and
three-quarter hours). This setting is irrelevant if the profile is set to connect in a
mode other than Share.
Scan
Use this field to set the scan rate in seconds for each profile. When a user is
scanning the CPUs (see
Section 6.15
), the scan rate is the length of time that the
Affinity shows each computer’s video on the user’s screen before changing to the
next computer in sequence. Be careful: It is possible to set the scan rate low
enough that a slower-synchronizing monitor may not display any video at all. If this
occurs (typically at settings below 4 seconds), raise the scan rate accordingly.
Factory default is 5 seconds; available settings are 0 seconds (no scan delay at all,
not recommended) to 9999 seconds (roughly two and three-quarter hours).
Logout
Use this field to set the automatic logout timeout for each profile. When logins are
enabled (see
Section 4.4
), this setting determines how long a user with this profile
can leave their keyboard and mouse inactive before being logged out of the system.
(Users at user stations where logins are disabled can remain connected to their
selected computers indefinitely, regardless of this setting.) Factory default is
240 minutes (4 hours) of inactivity; available settings are 1 minute to 9999 minutes
(roughly a week). You can also set this timeout to zero, which will disable
automatic logouts; if logins are enabled but automatic logouts are not, users
remain logged in until they manually log out with the [Ctrl]-L command—see
Section 6.9
.