Thinklogical MX48 Router Manual - Manual (Page 34)

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STATIONS
Stations are descriptions of signal sources or display devices that should be treated as a single entity. A
computer is an example of a source station, and the monitor(s), keyboard, and mouse at a user's desk is
one example of a destination station.
For example: A computer can have multiple video outputs that will most often be connected to multiple
monitor's at the user's desk, so in this case we could say that the "source station" (computer) has two or
more "ports". Similarly, a "destination station" might have multiple "heads" (monitors) and each monitor
will be connected through its extender to output ports on the switch.
Some stations may need to be protected from accidental (or malicious) connections and disconnections
by unauthorized users. To facilitate this, each station has one or more fields used to specify which
"groups" (collections of users) can see and control that station.
So from this it is clear that station needs: a name, one or more ports within a switch chassis, and some
way to determine who has access to the station ("Viewable" or "Viewed By").
In addition, sources can have different colored stripes across the top to help make connections easier to
see. When a destination is connected to a source, the "X" that separates the destination from its active
source is given the same color as that assigned to the source. If a connected destination or source has
the cursor over it, the stripes at the top of the source and all the destinations connected to it will become
thicker and turn the color of that source to make connections easier to discern at a glance.
To edit settings for the stations, click on the Stations tab. From here you can edit all line items and
columns.
a. Source name
b. Router name
c. Primary port (single head)
d. Port (two or more heads)
e. Category
f. Color (Source)
g. Viewable
You can also edit width, height and font size for window view and periodic update time.