Avocent LongView IP - Manual (Page 35)

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5. Press 1 to select Receiver Reset and press Enter to initiate the reset. A Restting appliance
message will be displayed on the serial menu. During reset, the connection to the transmitter is
dropped. When the reset is complete, you will be automatically returned to the Appliance
Selection Menu. The connection to the transmitter will be automatically restored.
To reset the transmitter:
1. Activate the serial menu as described in Accessing the serial menu on page 12.
2. Choose option 2 to access the Transmitter Menu. If the password option is enabled, you will be
prompted for a password. See Authentication on page 20.
3. The Transmitter Main Menu will appear.
4. Press 5 to select Reset Appliance and press Enter . The Reset Appliance Menu will appear.
5. Press 1 to select Transmitter Reset and press Enter to initiate the reset. A Restting appliance
message will be displayed on the serial menu. During reset, the transmitter will drop the
connection to the receiver. A second system message will appear that states: Connection to the
transmitter is lost. You will be automatically returned to the Appliance Selection Menu. The
connection will be automatically restored.
Viewing System Information
The serial menu enables you to display the firmware release and details of the receiver and of
the transmitter.
To view system information:
1. Activate the serial menu as described in Accessing the serial menu on page 12.
2. Choose option 1 to access the Receiver Menu or option 2 to access the Transmitter Menu. If
the password option is enabled, you will be prompted for a password.
3. Type the password and press Enter . The Receiver Main Menu will appear.
4. Press 6 to select Appliance Information and press Enter . The Appliance Information Menu
will appear.
The Appliance Information Menu contains the following information: receiver name; EID number;
release version; application; boot and FPGA firmware version numbers; and the manufacturing part
number. All values are read-only.
Session Retry Settings
The LongView IP KVM extender is designed to automatically establish a connection between the
receiver and the remote workstation. By default, if the receiver cannot immediately establish a
connection with the remote workstation it will retry once per second until a connection is
successfully established. You can change the default session retry settings using the serial menu.
To access the Session Retry Menu:
1. Activate the serial menu as described in Accessing the serial menu on page 12.