Black Box KV0004A-XTRA-LED Computer Accessories User Manual


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Appendix B. What is Glide and Switch?
Glide and Switch represents true innovation in KVM switching. For the first time, Glide and Switch allows users to automatically
switch between target computers simply by moving the mouse pointer from screen to screen. What makes this such a revolution
is that you no longer need software to be installed on your mission critical computers in order to do this. Glide and Switch resides
on the switch itself, sensing screen boundaries and instantaneously switching keyboard and mouse to the defined target comput-
er. Glide and Switch can be configured for almost any combination of screens using the included configuration application which
allows you to declare the individual screen sizes and visually position each one relative to the others.
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Figure B-1. Moving the mouse beyond a screen border causes Glide and Switch to switch the channel
Glide and Switch consists of special code within the ServSwitch Freedom unit plus an intuitive graphical configuration application.
First you inform the Glide and Switch configuration application how many screens you have, their pixel resolutions and how they
are physically arranged (e.g side-by-side, vertical stack, square formation, etc.). You then download this information to the
ServSwitch Freedom unit and this is used during operation to determine the precise moment to switch from one screen/system to
the next.
The beauty of Glide and Switch is its simplicity of configuration and operation. Once the initial configuration has taken place, all
monitoring and switching is handled within the ServSwitch Freedom without need for extra connections or software utilities.
Issues when using Glide and Switch
• TheServSwitchFreedomunitmusthaveaminimumoffirmwareversion2.00installedtooperatewithGlideandSwitch.
• GlideandSwitchdoesnotrunanyspecialutilitiesoneachcomputerandthushasnowaytoinstructthecomputerstohide
their mouse pointers when they are deselected by the ServSwitch Freedom unit. Therefore, the ServSwitch Freedom ‘parks’
each mouse pointer in the bottom right corner of the screen immediately before changing the channel. In most cases this will
cause no issues, however, it may be noticeable in circumstances such as the following:
• Ifthetaskbarissettoautohideanditispositionedeitheralongthebottomofthescreen(asdefault)oralongtherighthand
side, then the task bar will automatically reappear when the mouse pointer is parked.
• Whenplayingfullscreenvideo,theon-screencontrols(play,pause,seeketc.)willverylikelyberevealedwhenthemouse
pointer is parked.
• Themousewillnotflowacrossthescreenswhileanymousebuttonsarepresseddown-thispreventsundesiredbehavior
when dragging windows around or group-selecting items.
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