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11.4 Auto Scan Mode
Auto Scan automatically switches, at regular intervals, among all the KVM ports that have been set as accessible under Scan–Skip Mode, so that
their activity can be monitored automatically. See
Table 10-3 Scan–Skip Mode
for more information.
11.4.1 Invoking Auto Scan
To start
Auto Scan
, key in the following hot key combination:
1. Enable mouse emulation (see section
11.11.3 Mouse Emulation Control
).
2. Invoke HSM with the
[Num Lock]
+
[-]
or
[Ctrl]
+
[F12]
combination.
3. Press
[A]
. After you press
[A]
, then
[Enter]
, you automatically exit
HSM
, and enter
Auto Scan
mode.
• While in
Auto Scan
mode, you can pause the scanning in order to keep the focus on a particular computer either by pressing
[P]
or with a left
click of the mouse. During the time that auto-scanning is paused, the command line displays:
Auto Scan: Paused
.
• Pausing
when you want to keep the focus on a particular computer is more convenient than exiting
Auto Scan
mode because when you resume
scanning, you start from where you left off. If, on the other hand, you exited and restarted, scanning would start over from the very first computer
on the installation.
• To resume Auto Scanning, press any key or left-click. Scanning continues from where it left off.
• While
Auto Scan
mode is in effect, ordinary keyboard and mouse functions are suspended – only
Auto Scan
mode compliant keystrokes and
mouse clicks can be input. You must exit
Auto Scan
mode in order to regain normal control of the console.
4. To exit
Auto Scan
mode, press
[Esc]
or
[Spacebar]
. Auto-scanning stops when you exit
Auto Scan
mode.
11.5 Skip Mode
This feature allows you to switch between computers in order to monitor them manually. You can dwell on a particular port for as long as you like –
as opposed to auto-scanning, which automatically switches after a fixed interval. To invoke Skip mode, key in the following hotkey combination:
1. Enable mouse emulation (see section
11.11.3 Mouse Emulation Control
).
2. Invoke
HSM
with the
[Num Lock]
+
[-]
or
[Ctrl]
+
[F12]
combination.
3. Key in
[Arrow]
, where [Arrow] refers to one of the arrow keys. After you press an arrow, you automatically exit HSM and enter Skip Mode,
where you can switch ports as follows:
Arrow Key
Action
←
Skips to the previous computer on the list, in skip mode. (See
Table 10-3
Scan-Skip Mode
for information regarding
accessible ports.)
→
Skips to the next computer on the list, in skip mode.
↑
Skips to the next accessible port. If the next accessible port has cascaded a switch, then it skips to the first accessible
port of that switch, in skip mode.
↓
Skips to the previous accessible port. If the previous accessible port has cascaded a switch, then it skips to the last
accessible port of that switch, in skip mode.
• Once the switch is in
Skip
mode, you can keep on skipping by pressing the arrow keys. It is not necessary to use the [Num Lock] + [-]
combination again.
• While Skip mode is in effect, ordinary keyboard and mouse functions are suspended – only Skip mode compliant keystrokes can be input. You
must exit Skip mode to regain normal control of the console.
4. To exit Skip mode, press
[Esc]
or
[Spacebar]
.
Note:
Enable mouse emulation to perform any independent switching of a port and for Auto Scan Mode or Skip Mode to function (see section
11.11.3 Mouse Emulation Control
).
