Raloy IP Functions for KVM - Manual (Page 12)

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2-4 Main Window
Starting the Remote Console opens an additional window. It displays the screen content of your host system.
The Remote Console will behave exactly in the same way as if you were sitting locally in front of the screen
of your remote system. That means keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way. However, be aware
of the fact that the remote system will react to keyboard and mouse actions with a slight delay. The delay
depends on the bandwidth of the link to which you use to connect to the IP module.
With respect to the keyboard, the very exact remote representation might lead to some confusion as your
local keyboard changes its keyboard layout according to the remote host system. If you use a German
administration system, and your host system uses a US English keyboard layout, for instance, special keys on
the German keyboard will not work as expected. Instead, the keys will result in their US English counterpart.
You can circumvent such problems by adjusting the keyboard of your remote system to the same mapping as
your local one.
The Remote Console window always tries to show the remote screen with its optimal size. That means it will
adapt its size to the size of the remote screen initially and after the screen resolution of the remote screen has
been changed. However, you can always resize the Remote Console window in your local window system as
usual.
Warning
In difference to the remote host system, the Remote Console window on your local
window systemis just one window among others. In order to make keyboard and
mouse work, your Remote Console window must have the local input focus.
2-4.1 Remote Console Control Bar
The upper part of the Remote Console window contains a control bar. Using its elements you can see the
state of the Remote Console and adjust the local Remote Console settings. A description for each control
follows.
Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Special button key to send the “Control Alt Delete” key combination to the remote system (see also
section 3.4.1 for defining new button keys).
Auto Adjust button
If the video display is of bad quality or distorted in some way, press this button and wait a few seconds
while the IP module tries to detect the video mode of VGA port to the controlled host and adjust itself for
the best possible video quality.
Sync mouse
Activates the mouse synchronization process. Choose this option in order to synchronize the local with
the remote mouse cursor. This is especially necessary when using accelerated mouse settings on the
host system. In general, there is no need to change mouse settings on the host.
Single/Double mouse mode
Switches between the Single Mouse Mode (where only the remote mouse pointer is visible) and the
Double Mouse Mode (where remote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchronized).
Single mouse mode is only available if using SUN JVM 1.4.2 or higher.
Options
To open the Options menu, click on the button “Options”.