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Chapter 3: Operation - User Functions

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ForadditionalinformationaboutPrivateMode,PublicViewMode,and

PCShareMode,seethebulleteditemOperationModeunderSystem

Configuration(onpage86).

Whenthesy

stemissettoPublicView(P‐View)mode,ifoneuserhas

alreadyselectedaserver,anotherusercanalsoselectit,butthesecond

usercanonlyviewvideooutput,notcontrolitorinputanydatawiththe

keyboardandmouse.Inthismode,otherOSUIgr

aphicelementswill

appearonthescreenwhenyouselectvariousservers:

• Whenyouselectaserverthatsomeoneelseisalreadycontrolling,a

messageshowingthenameoftheserverbeingviewedwillappearon

yourmonitor.Itcannotberemoved,butwilldisappearafterthree

seconds.PressEsctoret

urntothemainSelectionMenu.

• Ifanotheruserchoosestoviewthevideoofaserveryouhavealready

selected,youwillseeamessagebearingthatuserʹsnameforthree

seconds,twice—firstwhentheseconduserbeginsviewingandthen

whentheseconduserstop

sviewing.

WhenthesystemissettoPrivatemode,“BlockedChannels

Identification”isactivatedautomatically.

• Whenablockedchannelisdetected,itwillbedisplayedinlightblue

ontheSelectionMenu(whetherinorderofchannelnumberorname)

todistinguishfromachannelthatisactiveandav

ailabletoaccess(in

green).

• Whenablockedswitchisdetected,itwillbedisplayedinredonthe

SelectionMenu(inorderofchannelnumberonly)todistinguishfrom

aswitchthathasavailablepathreach(inpurple).

• TheʹBlockedChannel/switchIdentificationʹisuserstationdependent.

Userlog

inondifferentuserstationsmayseedifferentblocked

channels.

Blocked Channels/Switch Identification

Definitionofablockedchannel:

• Channelthatisactiveandunoccupiedbyauser.

• Userisunabletoswitchtothatchannelbecausethereisnoavailable

pathintheuppertier.

Definitionofablockedswitch:

• Alltierpathsfromlowertierswitchestothatswitchareoccup

ied.

• Userisunabletoswitchtoserversthatareconnectedtochannelports

oftheswitch.