4-24 Compaq Server Console Switch User Guide
Broadcast Screen
The broadcast feature enables you to simultaneously control more than one
computer in a system. This feature is useful when you want to ensure that all
selected computers receive identical input. In a tiered system, you can
broadcast to any combination of computers on the entire system.
Keyboard
The keyboard state must be identical for all computers receiving a broadcast to
interpret keystrokes identically. Specifically, the Caps Lock and Num Lock
modes should be the same on all keyboards.
Mouse
For the mouse to work accurately, all systems must have identical mouse
drivers, identical desktops (that is, identically placed icons), and identical
video resolutions. In addition, the mouse must be in exactly the same place on
all screens. Because these conditions are extremely difficult to achieve,
broadcasting mouse movement to multiple systems may have unpredictable
results.
The switch attempts to send keystrokes and mouse movements to the selected
computers simultaneously; however, some computers may inhibit and thus
delay the transmission.
Figure 4-15. Broadcast screen
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