Rose Electronics UltraMatrix Remote 2 - Manual (Page 42)

36 ULTRAMATRIX REMOTE 2 INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL
Video Settings
This dialog provides access to all of the key video settings that determine image quality and link performance.
Using automatic configurations
• Every setting can be individually subjected to an automatic configuration (click the appropriate ‘Auto’ button) and
most can also be manually adjusted.
• Use the Calibrate All button to automatically determine the optimum settings for all items.
Note: Before using the ‘Calibrate All’ option, make sure no on-screen display (OSD) elements generated by the
KVM switch module is displaying. These OSD elements use different video rates to those of the host
system(s) and can affect the setting of the automatic threshold value. UltraMatrix Remote 2 uses an
improved calculation procedure to filter out the effect of these elements. However, best results are
obtained when the screen contains only host system information.
Note: To maximize performance, the threshold level is automatically increased by 50% when a slow link is
detected.
Note: If the UltraMatrix Remote 2 is used with additional KVM switches, the threshold needs to be higher than
32 due to the significant amounts of ‘noise’ that these switches introduce. The UltraMatrix Remote 2
configuration should detect such noise and adjust the threshold accordingly.
Setting the Threshold manually
Occasionally it can be useful to manually adjust the Threshold setting, in order to achieve a setting that best suits your
particular requirements.
1 Use the ‘Calibrate All’ function to ensure that all other settings are optimized.
2 Click the Threshold left arrow button to decrement the setting by one and observe the ‘Display Activity’ indicator.
3 Repeat step 2 until the Display Activity indicator suddenly rises to a much higher level (i.e. 50%). This will mean
that you have reached the noise boundary. At this point, increment the Threshold value by 2 or 3 points to
achieve an optimum setting.
Virtual Media
The Remote Virtual Media feature is not implemented on this model
Info
When selected, this option displays an information dialog showing the current logged on users, the current host, its
video mode and its mouse motion details.
Host Tab
The “Host” tab on the toolbar allows you to easily switch to any CPU port on the unit or system. Each of the 128 Host
locations can be set-up with the appropriate keyboard command to switch to that port. These keyboard commands
are set-up from the “Configure, Host” tab. Using the Hosts tab method to switch between host computers assures that
the screen calibration details for each host are reused. The alternative is to use KVM switch hotkey combinations
(Ctrl + n enter) or the KVM switch modules on screen list of connected computers (Ctrl + Esc). To use the hotkey
combinations or the KVM switch modules computer list you must be connected using the VNC viewer, not the Java
applet. You must also be logged on as administrator to configure the host parameters.