KM0216 / KM0432 User Manual
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When HKM is active:
The Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock LEDs flash in succession to indicate so.
They stop flashing and revert to normal status when you exit HKM.
A Command Line appears at the bottom of the monitor screen. The
command line prompt is the word
Hotkey:
in white text on a blue
background. Text that you key in while in HKM displays here.
Ordinary keyboard and mouse functions are suspended – only Hotkey
compliant keystrokes and mouse clicks (described in the sections that
follow), can be input.
Pressing
[Esc]
or
[Spacebar]
exits HKM.
Selecting the Active Port
Each KVM port is assigned a Port ID (see
, page 30). You
can directly access any computer on the installation with a Hotkey combination
that specifies the Port ID of the KVM port that the computer is connected to.
The steps involved are:
1. Invoke HKM (see page 49).
2. Key in the Port ID
The Port ID numbers display on the Command Line as you key them in. If
you make a mistake, use
[Backspace]
to erase the wrong number.
3. Press
[Enter]
After you press
[Enter]
, the KVM focus switches to the designated
computer and you automatically exit HKM.
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