Video Console Redirection (KVM over IP)

 

In the Video Console Redirection tab, the remote screen will be redirected to client if this function is enabled. BIOS POST, BIOS settings, DOS, Windows or Linux OS screens can all be redirected to client.

 

Figure 10-1 shows sample screenshots of Video Console redirection. The screen of a remote managed system will be redirected to client. It will appear to you just as if you are sitting in front of the remote system.

 

         

System Boot Up                                                                          BIOS Screen

 

         

Windows XP                                                                     Linux X Window

 

Figure 10-1

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Toolbar

As shown in Figure 10-2, there are several tool buttons used for the video console.

 

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Figure 10-2 Video Console Toolbar

 

Start Video Redirection

 

This button is for starting video redirection. It will automatically start the video redirection when you click the Video console tab.

 

 Stop Video Redirection

 

This button is for stopping video redirection. If you donˇ¦t want to continue the video redirection, press this button to stop it. Please note that the drive redirection will continue working when enabled.

 

 Full Screen

 

This button is for maximizing the remote video screen in the local computer screen. You may press ˇ§alt + enterˇ¨ to return back to the original mode. Please refer to Figure *-3.

 

 

Figure 10-3

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 Screen Capture

 

This button is for capturing screenshots of remote managed systems. You will see a file save dialog box with a preview image. Select the directory and filename to save it. The file format can be PNG or JPG.

 

 Quick Shot

 

This button is for quick screenshots. You will first need to specify a directory for saved quick shot images. You will see the quick shot images in the quick shot panel. Please refer to Figure 10-4.

 

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Figure 10-4 Quick Shot

 

 Open or Close a Quick Shot Panel

 

This button is a switch for opening or closing quick shot panel. Double clicking the image in this panel will show a full size image window for viewing.

 

 Zoom In

 

This button is for zooming in. The maximum zoom out percentage is 300%. Please refer to Figure 10-5.

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Figure 10-5

 

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 Zoom Out

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This button is for zooming out. The maximum zoom out percentage is 10%. Please refer to Figure 10-6.

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Figure 10-6      

      

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 Select percentage for Scaling Screen

 

This is a combo box for selecting the percentage of screen scaling, either 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200%, 250% or 300%. An additional selection allows you to scale to fit with the window size.

 

 Send Ctrl + Alt + Del to Remote

 

This is a button for sending Ctrl + Alt + Del key combination to remote. It is useful when the remote managed system is running BIOS, DOS or Windows login.

 

Auto Adjust Screen

 

This is a button for auto adjusting the screen. Press this button if itˇ¦s difficult to see the whole screen.

 

 Options

 

You can select more options here. Below is the list of options.

 

o       Monitor Only: Only shows remote screen and disables keyboard and mouse.

o       Readability Filter: Applies a smooth algorithm to the screen. This lets you see the content easier when you scale the screen.

o       Local Cursor: Change local cursor.

o       Chat Window: Multiple users can chat with this window. Please refer to Figure 10-7.

 

 

Figure 10-7 Chat Window

 

o       Video Settings: Here you can give specified detailed settings for the video. Please refer to Figure 10-8.

 

 

Figure 10-8 Video Settings

 

o       Refresh Video: Refreshes the video screen.

o       Soft Keyboard: A virtual keyboard for easy input. It also provides localized keyboard mapping. Please refer to Figure 10-9.

 

 

Figure 10-9 Soft Keyboard

 

o       Local Keyboard: Sets local keyboard mapping.

o       Encoding: This is encoding for the video screen. Encoding options are ˇ§Predefinedˇ¨, ˇ§Compressionˇ¨ or ˇ§Color Depthˇ¨.

 

Status Bar

Figure 10-10 shows the video redirection status bar.

 

 

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Figure 10-10

 

  Message

This section shows tool tip info and the video redirection status.

 

This section shows the frames per second and Input (Kbytes per second) and Output (bytes per second).

 

 Share Mode

This icon indicates the remote screen share status. If there only one user has started the video redirection of a remote managed system, the icon will look like  . If two or more users start the video redirection of the same remote managed system, the icon will look like  .

 

 Monitor Mode

This icon indicates monitor mode. When displayed like  , it means you can use the local keyboard and mouse to control the current remote screen. When is appears like this  , it means you cannot use the local keyboard and mouse to control the remote screen. If you select the ˇ§monitor onlyˇ¨ option, the keyboard and mouse will be disabled.