ADDER SmartView X PRO Manual
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SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 303.4 Creating and editing user accounts To create user accounts: Ensure that you are logged on as the ADMIN user. From the main on-screen menu press F1 for MORE MENUS. Select EDIT USER LIST from the menu. Press INSERT to add a new user. Type in the name of the new user and press RETURN or ENTER. Type in the password for the new user and press RETURN or ENTER. (You may leave the password field blank if you do not want to define a password) Define the...
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SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 31XPros then the port numbers will be four, six or eight characters long depending upon whether you have two, three or four levels of cascade (see figure 7). See the end of this section and section 4.10 for an explanation of how the port numbers are constructed. The SmartView XPro supports up to 512 computer names. To create computer names: Ensure that you are logged on as the ADMIN user. From the main on-screen menu press F1 for MORE MENUS. Select EDIT COMPUTER...
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SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 32Creating entries for computers connected to cascaded SmartViews You can cascade SmartView 4XPro units using one, two, three or four KVM links and SmartView 2XPro units using one or two KVM links. Section 2.5 explains the rules that you must follow when installing a SmartView cascade. The number of cascade links that you install determines the number of simultaneous users that can access computers on the cascaded SmartViews. Ideally if you are cascading 4XPro units...
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SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 33Fig. 7 - Creating menu entries for computers that are connected to cascaded SmartViews
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SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 34Fig. 8 - Possible cascade groups and their associated names 3.6 Setting the SETUP OPTIONS and GLOBAL PREFERENCES The SETUP OPTIONS and GLOBAL PREFERENCES are system operating parameters that apply to the whole system rather than to individual users. These may only be setup or changed by the system administrator logged in using the ADMIN account. From the main menu press F1 for MORE MENUS. Use the cursor keys to position the menu bar over SETUP OPTIONS or GLOBAL...
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SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 353.6.1 SECURITY Accessed from menu: SETUP OPTIONS Settings: DISABLED, ENABLED With security disabled there is no requirement for users to login to the system. All users have full access to all the connected computers and full administration rights. With security enabled, users are required to login to the SmartView. Each user is allocated access rights to computers by the system administrator and they are only able to see the computers that they have access to on...
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SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 36quickly select a chosen computer without activating the on-screen menu. See section 4.8 for full details on using keyboard hotkeys to control the SmartView. We do not normally recommend that you disable the hotkeys but if you choose to do this then you will need to access the on-screen menu using the SmartViews front panel controls. 3.6.4 KEYPAD CONTROLS Accessed from menu: SETUP OPTIONS Settings: ENABLED, DISABLED The key controls on the front of the SmartView...
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SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 373.6.6 AUTOMATIC LOGOUT Accessed from menu: SETUP OPTIONS Settings: DISABLED, ENABLED The SmartView enables you to restrict access to your computers on a login basis. If a user forgets to logout when they have finished accessing the SmartView then the user console may unintentionally be left with full access to all the computers. The SmartView may be set to automatically logout unattended user consoles when the screen saver kicks in. This reduces the risk of...
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SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 383.6.9 AUTOSCAN MODE Accessed from menu: GLOBAL PREFERENCES Settings: SCAN LIST, ACTIVE PCs, ALL PCs The SmartView supports an autoscan mode that automatically scans between the connected computers in sequence. The SmartView supports three autoscan modes. In the first mode the SmartView will scan all the named computers that are defined in the autoscan list (SCAN LIST). The computers defined in the scan list may be connected to cascaded SmartViews. If you wish to...
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SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 393.6.10 AUTOSCAN TIME Accessed from menu: GLOBAL PREFERENCES Settings: DISABLED; 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 30 SECONDS The autoscan time defines the length of time that the SmartView will display video from an autoscanned computer before changing to the next computer. If the DISABLED setting is chosen then no autoscan functions will be available. 3.6.11 OSD DWELL TIME Accessed from menu: GLOBAL PREFERENCES Settings: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 SECONDS After a successful computer...