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Chapter 4: On-Screen Display Operations
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On-Screen Display Operation
Activating OSD
Activate on-screen display (OSD) by pressing either of the keyboard
Control
keys twice within one second. In nonsecure mode, this brings up the main
OSD Window, “Administrator Channel List”.
In secure mode, activating OSD will bring up the “User Login” window.
Type in your user name and press
Enter
. The system administrator should
login as “Admin”, “Root” or “Administrator”. If the user name is valid, the
password window will appear. Type your password and press
Enter
. This
will bring up your “Channel List”. If there is no keyboard activity, the login
window will timeout after 5 minutes and go to a Avocent screen saver.
Press any key to restore the login prompt.
Note: All SwitchView OSD units ship in the default non-secure state. For more
information on secure versus non-secure operation, see the section ‘Administrator
Functions. ’