Dell 4161DS Switch User Manual


 
91 Remote Console Switch Software Basic Operations
However, if your machine has a software cursor or pointer shadow enabled, or if
your video driver does not support DirectDraw, you may experience a flicker in
your mouse cursor when over the title bar of the Viewer.
You can disable the software cursor or pointer shadow, load a new driver for your
video card, or you can disable DirectDraw.
To disable DirectDraw:
1
Select
Tools - Options
from the Explorer menu in the Remote Console
Switch Software. The
Options
dialog box appears.
2
Click to disable the
DirectDraw
check box.
3
Click
OK
.
NOTE: The DirectDraw check box will only appear for Windows based Operating
Systems.
HTTP/HTTPS options
The Remote Console Switch and Remote Console Switch Software use port
80 as the default HTTP port and port 443 as the default HTTPS port. You
can change the default port numbers used in the HTTP/HTTPS Ports tab of
the Options dialog box.
1
Select
Tools - Options
from the Explorer menu in the Remote Console
Switch Software. The
Options
dialog box appears.
2
Click the
HTTP/HTTPS Ports
tab.
3
Type the new default HTTP and HTTPS port numbers.
4
Click
OK
.
VNC options
The Remote Console Switch Software supports user-defined VNC viewers via
the properties page. In the VNC tabs you can search for a user-specific VNC
application and you may include its command-line arguments. A selection of
macros is available for placement in the command-line; this may be useful for
automatic replacement of variables such as IP address, port number, user
name and password. For VNC commands that do not provide their own GUI,
such as those for standard Windows, Linux and UNIX, you may have the
VNC application launch from within an OS command window.
To change VNC options: