OSD • ControlCenter and user modules

Operation + Configuration

The OSD as the central component for the system’s operation and configuration is available at all user consoles.

It can be adjusted to the user’s needs and the security policies of its deployment.

The access is carried out comfortably by keyboard/mouse and configurable hotkeys. Combinations of those hotkeys open the respective menus.

The following menus are provided

Select Computer (select a computer)

Auto Scan (execute the Autoscan function)

AutoSkip (Autoscan without unpowered computers)

Step Scan (manually accessing the computers)

Console Setup (configure the user console)

PC-Config (name the computers)

System Config (select hotkeys and select keys)

User Profile (execute user-related settings)

User Account (give user-related rights)

Mouse Utility (execute mouse reset)

System Info (call up service information)

Disconnect (cancel the connection to any computer)

Logout (manual logout)

Selection of operational features:

user-related OSD appearance

targets directly accessible from SELECT menu

configurable hotkeys for quick-access to the targets

AutoScan, AutoSkip, StepScan

KVM-IP-Client

KVM IP access (native and Java client)

The KVM-IP clients enable a fast and stable remote access to the servers connected to the matrixswitches. The connection is established through the external Acxos console.

On software side, either a native client (Windows; GNU/Linux) is installed on a client computer or the JAVA client is activated by the WEB interface of Acxos to establish the IP session.

The scope of delivery of Acxos includes a native client. This client can be installed or copied as often as desired. The Java client does not require any software installation on the client computer or the target computer.

After the program start and the authentication, the desktop of the remote target computer is displayed in a program window on the client computer. Neither software or hardware needs to be installed on the target computer nor special configurations like mouse settings have to be executed.

The KVM-IP clients hold the following features:

Operation

Computer selection by GUI or OSD

Operate target computer with its original mouse pointer and keyboard down to BIOS level

Execute comprehensive keyboard macros on the target computers (e.g. Ctr l+ Alt + Del)

Transfer the content of the client computer’s clipboard to the target computer

Video

Automatic determination of video profiles for best performance and image display

Possibility for manual adjustment of the video profiles

Full screen mode included

Automatic adjustment of the client window to the resolution of the target video

Execute screenshots of the active session

Communication

Start a textual conversation with another client using the “chat mode“

System settings

Measuring the transmission bandwidth

Configuration of the “mouse-break“

Activate support of mouse gestures to operate the IP-client

Acxos-WEB interface

The WEB interface is the configuration interface of the Acxos IP user console and provides the following, selected possibilities in different sectors:

Configuration