Avocent 3200 Switch User Manual


 
Chapter 2: Installation 11
•The STATUS LED indicates that a valid selection has been made to an AutoView 3050/3100/
3200 switch.
The serial IQ module prevents a serial break from the attached
device if the module loses power.
However, a user can generate a serial break with the attached device by pressing
Alt-B after
accessing the Terminal Applications menu.
Adjusting Mouse Settings on Target Devices
Before a computer connected to the AutoView 3050/3100/3200 switch can be used for remote user
control, you must set the target mouse speed and turn off acceleration. For machines running
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
(Windows NT
®
, 2000, XP, Server 2003), use the default PS/2 mouse driver.
To ensure that the local mouse movement and remote cursor display remain in sync, mouse
acceleration mus
t be set to “none” for all user accounts accessing a remote system through a KVM
switch. Mouse acceleration must also be set to “none” on every remote system. Special cursors
should not be used and cursor visibility options, such as pointer trails,
Ctrl key cursor location
animations, cursor shadowing and cursor hiding, should also be turned off.