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R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 4-5
The
Configure Connections dialog allows the user to specify the computer(s) on the network that is the
wallboard display. In an environment where there are multiple computers to be accessed, it is possible to
connect to multiple servers simultaneously.
Figure 15
Configure Connections dialog
The Configure Connections dialog has several functional areas:
Server information area: this lists all of the servers that can be accessed by the OCTOPUS client. Each of
the computers is entered manually via the
Add Server button and the Add server dialog. The server
information area has five columns:
Server: the name of the computer that is running the OCTOPUS SERVER application.
Status: this indicates whether the client is in one of three states, with respect to the server: Not
connected
, connected, selected. When connected, it is possible for the user to control the wallboard
display by activating the client. Its default state is
Not connected. If the server is in selected state,
then the activate button will pertain to that server. There can only be one
selected server.
Startup: this item indicates whether the client should automatically connect to the server the next
time the client is executed. This automates the application startup process. Its default state is
OFF.
Reconnect: this item indicates whether the client should try to reconnect to the server if the
connection is broken because of a network error. Its default state is
OFF.
Fallback: this item indicates which server the client is going to switch to in case the connection with
the current selected server is broken by a network error. Only one server can be the fallback. By
default there is no fallback server.
Add Server and Del Server buttons: these buttons allow the addition or removal of OCTOPUS servers from
the server information area.
Server action buttons: these buttons are available only when the operation is permitted, otherwise they
are grayed-out.
Server action buttons action
Select to make the highlighted server the default for activation.
Connect/Disconnect to connect/disconnect the highlighted server.
Startup toggle whether this server is to be reconnected at application startup
Reconnect toggle whether the client will try to reconnect to the server if the connection is
broken by a network failure.
For Windows NT/2000 OCTOPUS SERVER only!
Fallback toggle whether the client will switch to the server if the current connection is
broken by a network failure.
For Windows NT/2000 OCTOPUS SERVER only!