Raritan Computer 255-30-6000-00 Home Theater Server User Manual


 
Chapter 3: Operation - User Functions
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ForadditionalinformationaboutPrivateMode,PublicViewMode,and
PCShareMode,seethebulleteditemOperationModeunderSystem
Configuration(onpage86).
Whenthesy
stemissettoPublicView(PView)mode,ifoneuserhas
alreadyselectedaserver,anotherusercanalsoselectit,butthesecond
usercanonlyviewvideooutput,notcontrolitorinputanydatawiththe
keyboardandmouse.Inthismode,otherOSUIgr
aphicelementswill
appearonthescreenwhenyouselectvariousservers:
Whenyouselectaserverthatsomeoneelseisalreadycontrolling,a
messageshowingthenameoftheserverbeingviewedwillappearon
yourmonitor.Itcannotberemoved,butwilldisappearafterthree
seconds.PressEsctoret
urntothemainSelectionMenu.
Ifanotheruserchoosestoviewthevideoofaserveryouhavealready
selected,youwillseeamessagebearingthatuserʹsnameforthree
seconds,twice—firstwhentheseconduserbeginsviewingandthen
whentheseconduserstop
sviewing.
WhenthesystemissettoPrivatemode,“BlockedChannels
Identification”isactivatedautomatically.
Whenablockedchannelisdetected,itwillbedisplayedinlightblue
ontheSelectionMenu(whetherinorderofchannelnumberorname)
todistinguishfromachannelthatisactiveandav
ailabletoaccess(in
green).
Whenablockedswitchisdetected,itwillbedisplayedinredonthe
SelectionMenu(inorderofchannelnumberonly)todistinguishfrom
aswitchthathasavailablepathreach(inpurple).
TheʹBlockedChannel/switchIdentificationʹisuserstationdependent.
Userlog
inondifferentuserstationsmayseedifferentblocked
channels.
Blocked Channels/Switch Identification
Definitionofablockedchannel:
Channelthatisactiveandunoccupiedbyauser.
Userisunabletoswitchtothatchannelbecausethereisnoavailable
pathintheuppertier.
Definitionofablockedswitch:
Alltierpathsfromlowertierswitchestothatswitchareoccup
ied.
Userisunabletoswitchtoserversthatareconnectedtochannelports
oftheswitch.