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3. Typethetwo‐digitnumberoftheuserporttowhichthedataoutput
isredirected.
4. PressEntertohavethedataoutputtotheassigneduserportorpress
Esctocancel.
TheForcedVideofunctionisalwaysperformedregardlessofthelogin
statusorthepermissionsoftha
tlogged‐inuserontheassigneduser
station.Ifitisperformedsuccessfully,thefollowingmessageappearson
thescreenoftheadministrator.
Possible Failure Causes
Severalscenarioswillleadtothefailureofthefunction:
• Thereisblockagetotheselectedchannelbecauseithasbeenaccessed
byanotheruser.
• Mouse/keyboardactivityisdetectedontheassigneduserstation
whentheForcedVideocommandisissued.ParagonwillNOT
executeForcedVideoinordertoprotecttheserverop
eration.
• MultipleVideo(Port‐FollowingSwitch)functionisbeingappliedto
theassigneduserstation.
• TheuserstationissettoLocalPCmode.
• Noavailablepathbetweentheserverandtheuserstation.
• Theassigneduserportisnotattachedtoanyus
erstation.
Whenthefailureoccurs,afailuremessageappearsonthescreenofthe
administrator.
Operating Forced Video Using Paragon Manager
YoucanalsouseParagonManagerinaremotePCtoredirectthe
video/keyboard/mouseoutput.Formoreinformation,seeParagon
ManagerUserGuide.Thisuserguideisavailableonthe“UserManuals&
QuickSetupGuides”CDandonRaritan’sProductDocumentation
webpage(http://www.raritan.com/support/productdocumentation
).