DeskWatcher is a program written for the computer operating system RISC OS and has nothing to do with programs for other computer operating systems which possibily are carrying similar names!

DeskWatcher is a screen sharing program. This means that with DeskWatcher you can show the content of the screen of a RISC OS based computer on another RISC OS based computer by making usage of a network connection and if necessary, you can take control of mouse and keyboard on the distant computer for a while.

DeskWatcher tries to reduce the workload on the network as much as possible by capturing various central RISC OS screen output system calls on the server computer and passing them on to the client computer. There they are run inside a separate window which emulates a screen. This method has advantages but also disadvantages. As a disadvantage text can be only displayed in a correct way if the client computer has the same fonts as the server computer. Additionally, there are some programs which are writing directly into the screen memory bypassing RISC OS. Therefore, DeskWatcher offers the option to transfer parts of the screen content from server computer to the client computer too. You are able to configure this for every program and even every window separately.

DeskWatcher can be used if accordingly installed and configured already from start of the server computer onwards during the so called PreWimp phase of RISC OS even there is a small technical gap at the switching to the Wimp.

DeskWatcher allows several clients to connect to the same server computer at the same time in parallel. Technically the number of connections is only limited by the processing power of the server computer and the network capacities. Connections can be controlled by assignment of usernames and passwords with related rights. Only one person can control mouse and keyboard of the server computer at one time. The person in front of the server computer is thereby handled in a preferred way. Requests from users of the client computers to take over the control can be rejected by enquiry.

In addition DeskWatcher offers the possibility to record the screen activities on the server computer in files and to play back them later in a nearly real time simulation in the DeskWatcher client program.

DeskWatcher allows the transmission of single files between client and server and vice versa. Additionally DeskWatcher offers the possibility to invert the direction of a connection between client and server for remote support.

DeskWatcher has been tested successfully using different RISC OS 5.2X versions on following computers:

• BeagleBoard xM
• Iyonix pc
• Raspberry Pi B
• Raspberry Pi 2B
• Raspberry Pi 3B+

DeskWatcher doesn't work in conjunction with the RISC OS emulator RPCEmu!

Please gather more information about DeskWatcher from the respective manual.

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