Observe multiple servers
You can observe multiple remote computers running VNC or Apple Screen Sharing in the same window. This allows you to monitor many screens without having to select each one individually.

Remotix will need authentication credentials for each server to display the remote computer screens.

ShowObserve multiple computers
  1. In the Remotix Server list window, select a scanner list and then select two or more servers.
  2. Click the Observe multiple servers button in the toolbar.
  3. Remotix will open a separate Multi-viewer window, showing live images of all remote computer’s desktops in the same window.
    If you have stored credentials for a scanned server prior to opening a Multi-viewer window from a scanner, Remotix will use them for automatic authentication.
  4. Click Start Slideshow button in the toolbar to automatically advance to the next group of screens after a period of time. To manually move to the previous or next group of screens, click Previous page button or Next page button (you can also use the left and right arrow keys and swipe to the left or right to move between groups of screens).

If you’re observing more computers than can fit in the window, they are divided across several pages.

ShowAuthenticate on multiple servers

Whenever you start a new observe session for multiple servers, Remotix connects to each of them in Observe mode — which requires valid credentials to be sent. If you start a multi-view session from scanner, and selected servers match the ones you have stored, Remotix will use the saved credentials. If there is no stored authentication data, you will be asked to provide one for each server.

When you connect in Observe mode to a group of servers that accept the same credentials, you may enter them once for all.

  • When asked for an authentication, enable Use on remaining computers below the Password field.

You may also skip or cancel the authentication step for one or more servers, leaving them black in the Multi-viewer window until the correct credentials are provided.

  • When asked for an authentication, click Skip or Cancel for each server.
  • To cancel all authentication requests, hold down Alt and click Cancel.
ShowChange observe settings
While you’re observing multiple servers, you can adjust the observe settings.
  1. In Multi-viewer window, click Options button in the toolbar
  2. Change the observe settings:

    Slideshow page delay: set the the amount of time that should elapse before Remotix advances to the next page.

    Show computer information: enable information labels for each connection listed in the multi-viewer window.

    Name/Address: choose whether to show connection name or remote machine address in the title of information block.

    Show user icon: enable to display an account picture of the currently logged in user (works on Apple Screen Sharing connections only).

    Wake screensaver: enable Move mouse on connect to allow Remotix wake the remote machine from screensaver.

ShowZoom in a server
You can zoom in a remote desktop picture to see a larger image of remote desktop.
  1. Select a server in Multi-viewer window.
  2. Press Spacebar, or double-click a server thumbnail.
  3. Navigate through the servers using keyboard cursor keys, mouse scroll, swipe right and left on multitouch trackpad, or Navigate buttons in the toolbar.
ShowConnect to a server
You can connect to a server right from the Multi-viewer window to begin interaction with it.
  1. Select a server in Multi-viewer window.
  2. Click Connect in Observe Mode, Connect in Control Mode, or Connect in Curtain Mode button in the toolbar.
ShowAdd a server to an already opened Multi-viewer window
  1. Select a server category in Remotix main window.
  2. Drag and drop a stored server connection from Server list to a Multi-viewer window.
ShowRemove a server from Multi-viewer window
  1. Select a server in Multi-viewer window.
  2. Press Delete key, or click Remove button in the toolbar.
Related information
Multi-viewer window reference