Raritan Computer II - Manual (Page 35)

C HAPTER 3: O PERATION – U SER F UNCTIONS 25
Once you switch to a different channel port, you can continue switching by pressing the hotkey (factory
default is [Scroll Lock]) twice rapidly to activate the Selection Menu. If you want to return to your
previously selected channel port without seeing any OSUI menus, press the “previous channel port”
command key (factory default is [Num Lock]) twice rapidly.
In the Selection Menu, each channel port’s availability is visually indicated by the following text colors.
(For additional information about Private Mode, Public View Mode, and PC Share Mode, please see the
section Operation Mode in Chapter 4: Administrator Functions, System Configuration.)
Black No device is connected or the connected device is powered OFF.
Green Server CPU is connected and the channel port is active and available.
However, if the Paragon system is in PC Share Mode, another user may
currently be accessing the server.
Red Channel port is unavailable, currently being accessed by another user.
(This happens only when the Paragon II system is in Private Mode.)
Yellow Channel port is unavailable for control (being controlled by another
user), but video can be viewed. (This happens only when the Paragon
system is in Public View Mode. Please refer to the paragraphs below for
information about other OSUI displays that appear when the system is in
Public View Mode.)
Purple A second- or third-tier cascaded Base Unit is connected to this channel
port (please see Chapter 2: Installation, Installing a Cascaded
Paragon II System).
White Channel port’s current status is unknown. This should not happen if the
Paragon II is operating normally.
When the system is set to Public 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 graphic elements will appear on screen when you select
various CPUs:
• 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 return 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 user’s name for three seconds, twice – first when the second user begins viewing and then
when the second user stops viewing.