Customizing Session Properties - Avocent DSView Installer/User Manual

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To change the window background color:
1. Select Options - Preferences from the menu bar. The Preferences dialog box will appear.
2. In the Colors panel, click the Background/Normal Mode box and choose a color. The default
value is blue.
To change the window text color:
1. Select Options - Preferences from the menu bar. The Preferences dialog box will appear.
2. In the Colors area, click the Text/Normal Mode box and choose a color. The default value
is white.
To change the cursor appearance:
1. Select Options - Preferences from the menu bar. The Preferences dialog box will appear.
2. In the Caret list, choose Block to display the cursor as a block or choose Underline to display
the cursor as an underline. The default value is Underline.
To enable/disable an exit warning prompt for Telnet/SSH applet sessions:
1. Select Options - Preferences from the menu bar. The Preferences dialog box will appear
2. Enable or disable the Prompt on Exit checkbox. When the exit warning prompt is enabled, a
message appears when you select Telnet - Exit. You may then choose to exit or continue the
session. When disabled, the session closes without further prompting.The default value
is enabled.

Customizing Session Properties

When you are connected to an appliance or port using the DSView management software Telnet/
SSH applet, you may specify session properties that will be stored and reused every time you
connect to the selected appliance or port. When you select Options - Session Properties in the
DSView management software Telnet/SSH applet, the Session Properties dialog box will appear
containing Terminal, Login Scripts and Logging tabs.
To change the terminal window size:
1. Select Options - Session Properties from the menu bar.
-or-
Click the Session Settings icon in the toolbar.
The Session Properties dialog box will appear.
2. Click the Terminal tab.
3. In the Rows list, choose a value of 24 or 48. The default value is 24.
4. In the Columns list, choose a value of 80 or 132. The default value is 80.