Setting Options

Modifying Custom Field Names

Custom field names allow you to change the Site, Department, and Location column heading names that appear in the Group and Unit Selector panes. This allows you to group Dell™ 2161DS Console Switches and servers in ways that are meaningful to you. The Department field is a subset of Site. If you customize these field names, you should keep this hierarchy in mind.

 

To modify a custom field label:

  1. Select Tools - Options from the Explorer menu. The Options dialog box appears.
  2. Select the field label you wish to modify and click the Modify button. The Modify Custom Field Label dialog box appears.
  3. Type the singular and plural versions of the field label. The length can be from 1 to 32 characters. A blank value is not allowed. Spaces are permitted in the middle but leading and trailing spaces are not allowed.
  4. Click OK to save the new field label.
    -or-
    Click Cancel to exit without saving changes.

Modifying the Selected View on Startup

When Default is enabled under the Selected view on startup option, the Explorer will determine which view to display. If you have one or more servers defined, the Servers tab will appear by default. If you do not, the Remote Console Switches tab will appear.

 

When Default is disabled, the Explorer will display the view selected in the drop-down list shown below the check box. The drop-down list contains the following values: Remote Console Switches, Servers, Sites, and Folders. The drop-down list is only enabled when the check box is unchecked.

 

To modify the selected view on startup:

  1. Select Tools - Options from the Explorer menu. The Options dialog box appears.
  2. Select Remote Console Switches, Servers, Sites or Folders from the drop-down list.
  3. Click OK to save the new startup view.
    -or-
    Click Cancel to exit without saving changes.

Changing the Default Browser

You can specify which browser launches when viewing a server URL in a browser window. You have the option of using the default browser for your system, or you can select a specific browser to launch for that server.

 

To change the default browser:

  1. Select Tools - Options from the Explorer menu. The Options dialog box appears.
  2. Disable the Launch Default Browser check box. The Browse button is enabled.
  3. Click the Browse button and navigate to the browser.
  4. Click OK to save the new browser selection.
    -or-
    Click Cancel to exit without saving changes.

Changing DirectDraw Support (Windows Operating Systems Only)

The Remote Console Switch Software supports DirectDraw, a standard that allows direct manipulation of video display memory, hardware blitting, hardware overlays and page flipping without the intervention of the Graphical Device Interface (GDI). This can result in smoother animation and improvement in the performance of display-intensive software.  However, if your machine has a software cursor or pointer shadow enabled, or if your video driver does not support DirectDraw, you may experience a flicker in your mouse cursor when over the title bar of the Viewer. You can either disable the software cursor or pointer shadow, or load a new driver for your video card. Or you can disable DirectDraw.

 

To disable DirectDraw:

  1. Select Tools - Options. The Options dialog box appears.

  2. Click to disable the  DirectDraw check box.  

  3. Click OK.