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EIZO’s Screen Administrator
software, designed and developed exclusively for use with select
EIZO LCD monitors, offers major performance benefits in trading
rooms, call centers or similar large-scale corporate installation
networks. Specifically, it enables system administrators to
perform a series of key setup and management tasks from a single
host server on Windows®-based client PCs and monitors.
These tasks include confirming PC client connections,
transmitting messages across the network, carrying out asset
management operations, and controlling various monitor functions.
This lowers overall TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) by saving
the time and expense of repeating the same tasks on each unit
individually. In addition, Screen Administrator's security
system effectively deters the unauthorized removal of any
client monitor from the network.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
System configuration requires installing Screen Administrator
on the host server and all client PCs, and connecting the
client PCs and monitors with a USB cable. If a DHCP server
is on the network, Screen Administrator can utilize it to
obtain IP addresses for client PCs.
CONFIGURING THE NETWORK
Screen Administrator allows the network settings of each client
PC to be configured and managed directly from the server.
Options in a simple dialog box let the user obtain an IP address
for each client PC from the DHCP server, or assign such addresses
if there is no DHCP server on the network. The software can
also select the DNS and/or WINS servers on the network to
which the client PC will be connected. It can then restart
the client PC to ensure that all the new settings take effect.
CONFIRMING CLIENT STATUS
By contacting any client PC with an IP address via ICMP echo,
Screen Administrator can confirm whether or not it is connected
to the network. Once connected, client PC information such
as the model name and operating system version, and client
monitor information including model name, serial number, current
resolution, and time in usage can all be confirmed from the
host server.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Organizational tasks are much easier when the
system administrator can set and access essential asset information
directly from the server. Screen Administrator allows the
location, contact individual and tag number to be set for
client PCs and monitors, and provides the monitor model name
and serial number as well. Each individual monitor includes
its own settings in its on-screen display.
MONITOR CONTROL
The software’s control operations include
switching the monitor on and off to prevent unnecessary power
consumption, activating its Auto Adjustment function, and
executing the security system. All adjustments and changes
made can be saved in a log file for future reference.
INSTANT MESSAGING
 E-mail
is fast, but Screen Administrator is faster — messages
are displayed immediately, without having to be opened. The
user can send them to all or selected monitors, controlling
their text size, location on the screen, scroll speed and
other parameters.
SECURITY
Screen Administrator’s security system provides advanced
protection for the integrity of every monitor on the network.
Once the system is activated, a monitor removed from the network
without authorization (i.e. without valid setting changes
which can only be made from the server) is rendered inoperable.
All attempts to use such a monitor independently from the
network will produce a warning message and automatic shutdown
after five minutes.
If a client monitor is improperly removed from the network,
Screen Administrator's security system makes usage virtually
impossible after two minutes, and shuts down power after five
minutes.
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