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2.4 Configuring your PCs
Configure your PC in the same way that you would if your keyboard, mouse and
monitor were all connected directly to your PC, but bearing in mind the following
point:
SmartView emulates Microsoft compatible serial, IntelliMouse and PS/2 mice, so
ensure that your PC software is configured for a Microsoft mouse of the correct type.
Refer to the list of supported drivers in section 2.1.
2.5 Structuring your SmartView XPro installation
A single SmartView XPro16 may be used to manage and control up to 16 computers
(see figure 5). For larger numbers of computers, XPro units may be cascaded in a
tree structure to form a video switching network (see figure 6). The SmartView unit
at the top of this tree structure is normally used to control all the cascaded
SmartViews although other configurations possible.
The SmartView XPro is fitted with an intelligent communication system that enables
it to detect and communicate with other SmartViews so that it is able to positively
verify that all the cascaded SmartViews have correctly responded to a switching
request from the user. The SmartViews communicate with each other via the
keyboard cables.
SmartView XPros may be cascaded in a very flexible manner. Either 1, 2, 3 or 4
links may be made between cascaded SmartViews. The number of independent
users supported by the system is determined by the number of cascade links that
have been installed. If only two cascade links are made then only two users have
simultaneous access to ports on the cascaded SmartViews. The SmartView
intelligently manages the cascade links and allocates them on a first come first
served basis rather like a telephone network.
SmartView XPros may also be cascaded to single user SmartView Pro products with
the restriction that the SmartView Pro units must be on the last layer of the tree and
that no further units are cascaded off these.