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CS1708i / CS1716i User Manual
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Multiuser Operation
The CS1708i / CS1716i supports multiuser operation. When multiple users
simultaneously access the switch from client computers, the rules of
precedence that apply are shown in the following table:
Operation Rule
General The switches utilize a single shared bus implementation –
although they support local and remote login at the same
time, they do not support independent operation. If a local
user logs in while a remote user has already opened a
session, the local user sees the same screen that the
remote user is working on
Auto Scan Mode If a user has invoked Auto Scan Mode (see page 155), and
then another user logs on, at first the new user sees the GUI
Main Page – but as soon as he accesses any port, he
automatically enters Auto Scan Mode (since he is sharing
the bus with the original user).
Any user can halt Auto Scan Mode by recalling the GUI Main
Page. When this occurs, Auto Scan Mode stops and all the
other users on the bus are switched to the port that was
being accessed when Auto Scan Mode stopped.
Panel Array Mode 
If a user has invoked Panel Array Mode (see page 158),
and then another user logs on, the new user sees the GUI
Main Page – but as soon as he accesses any port, he
automatically enters Panel Array Mode (since he is
sharing the bus with the original user).

Panel Array Mode continues until the original user stops it.
(Administrators can override Panel Array Mode, however.)

Only the user who starts Panel Array Mode can use the
Skip Mode (see page 156), function.

Only the user who starts Panel Array Mode can switch
ports. Other users automatically switch to the ports that
the original user selects. However, if one of the other
users does not have access rights to the port that the
original user switches to, that user will not be able to view
the port.
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Individual users can increase or decrease the number of
panels they wish to view in Panel Array Mode; however,
the picture quality may decrease as the number of panels
increases.