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R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 4-4
4.2.2 Application use
The OCTOPUS CLIENT operates in essentially four modes: not connected, inactive, queued, and active. A
non-connected client is not capable of controlling a remote wallboard display, as it is not in
communication with any O
CTOPUS server. An inactive client is in communication with at least one
O
CTOPUS server, although it is not actively sending mouse and keyboard information. A queued client is
one where activation has been requested, but there is already an
active client with a higher or equal
priority using the display. In the queued case, a message is displayed in the message area of the main
toolbar interface stating where in the wait queue the O
CTOPUS CLIENT has been placed. An active client is
redirecting all keyboard and mouse activity to a single connected O
CTOPUS server, this has the effect of
remotely controlling the wallboard display. An
active client can have other non-active connections to
other servers.
Status of the application is reflected in the message area. Messages include:
Status: Not connected
Status: Connected to <hostname> - Inactive
Status: Connected to <hostname> - Active
Status: Connected to <hostname> - #1 in queue
The OCTOPUS client, by default, starts as in an unconnected state. To control a wallboard display, it is
necessary to connect the client to the O
CTOPUS server that is running on the wallboard display computer.
This is done via the
Configure Connections dialog that can be displayed from the Options menu in the
main interface.
Figure 14
client options menu