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CS18208 / CS18216 User Manual
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Hotkey Setting Mode
Hotkey Setting Mode is used to set up your CS18208 / CS18216 switch
configuration. All operations begin with invoking Hotkey Setting Mode
(HSM).
Invoking HSM
To invoke HSM do the following:
1. Press and hold down [Num Lock] .
2. Press and release [-] .
3. Release [Num Lock] .
or
1. Hold down the [Ctrl] key;
2. Press and release the [F12] key;
3. Release the [Ctrl] key:
When HSM is active:

A command line appears on the monitor screen. The command line prompt
is the word
HOTKEY: in white text on a blue background, and displays the
subsequent hotkey information that you key in.

Ordinary keyboard and mouse functions are suspended – only hotkey
compliant keystrokes (described in the sections that follow), can be input.
Pressing [Esc] exits HSM .