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7. OSD (On-Screen Display) Operation
F3 Set Environment (SET)
This function allows each User and the Administrator to set up their own working environment. A
separate profile for each is stored by the OSD and is activated according to the Username that
was provided during Login.
To change a setting:
1) Double-click the item; or move the highlight bar to it and press
[Enter]
2) After you select an item, a submenu with more choices will appear. To make a selection, either
double-click a choice or move the Highlight Bar to the desired place and press
[Enter]
. An icon
will appear beside the selected choice to identify it. The settings are explained in the following
table:
Setting
Function
OSD HOTKEY
Select the Hotkey that activates the OSD function: use either
[Scroll Lock]
[Scroll Lock]
or
[Ctrl] [Ctrl]
.Since the
[Ctrl]
key combination may conflict with
programs running on the computers, the default is the
[Scroll Lock]
combination.
PORT ID
DISPLAY
POSITION
Position the Port ID identifier anywhere on the screen. The default is the upper
right corner. Use the Mouse or the Arrow Keys plus
[Pg Up]
,
[Pg Dn]
,
[Home]
,
[End]
, and
[5]
(on the numeric keypad with
[Num Lock]
off), to position the Port
ID display, then double-click or press
[Enter]
to lock the position and return to
the Set submenu.
Note:
The position for the ID identifier is set independently for each port on the installation;
the choice specified here only applies to the port that is currently active.
PORT ID
DISPLAY
DURATION
Determine the amount of time a Port ID appears on the monitor once a port
change has taken place. The choices are:
User Defined
– user defined amount of time (from 1 - 255 sec.)
Always On
–
displays the Port ID at all times.
If choosing User Defined, key in the number of seconds and press [
Enter]
. The
default is 3 Seconds. A setting of 0 (zero) disables this function.
PORT ID
DISPLAY
MODE
Select how the Port ID is displayed: the Port Number alone
(PORT NUMBER)
; the
Port Name alone
(PORT NAME)
; or the Port Number plus the Port Name
(PORT
PORT NAME)
. The default is
(PORT PORT NAME)
.
SCAN
DURATION
Determine how long each port is connected as the KVM cycles through the
ports in Auto Scan Mode (see F7 SCAN page 20). Key in a value from 1 - 255
seconds, then press
[Enter]
. The default is 5 seconds; a setting of 0 (zero)
disables the Auto Scan Function.
SCAN/SKIP
MODE
Select the computers that will be accessed under Skip Mode (see F5 SKP, page
19), and Auto Scan Mode (see F7 SCAN, page 20). Choices are: ALL - All
the Ports which have been set Accessible (see SET ACCESSIBLE PORTS, page
18; POWERED ON – Only those Ports which have been set Accessible and are
Powered On; QUICK VIEW - Only those Ports which have been set Accessible and
have been selected as Quick View Ports (see SET QUICK VIEW PORTS, page 18);
QUICK VIEW + POWERED ON - Only those Ports which have been set Accessible
and have been selected as Quick View Ports and are Powered On.
The default is ALL.
Note:
The Quick View choices only show up on the Administrator’s screen, since only the
administrator has Quick View setting rights (see SET QUICK VIEW PORTS, page 18).
SCREEN
BLANKER
If the console is left idle for the amount of time set with this function, the screen
is blanked. Key in a value from 1 - 30 minutes, then press
[Enter]
. A setting of
0 disables this function. The default is 0 (disabled).
HOTKEY
COMMAND
MODE
Enables / Disables the Hotkey Command function if a conflict with programs
running on the computers occurs.
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