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SERVSWITCH™ WIZARD MULTIMEDIA KVM EXTENDER
4.2 Configuring the Extender
The ServSwitch Wizard Multimedia KVM Extender has a large number of
configuration options. You’ll set different options using one of two different
methods:
• Various basic options are controlled with the eight-position DIP switches on
Units A and B. See
Section 4.2.1
.
• Video compensation and other advanced options are controlled with keyboard
commands after the Extender is placed in “configuration mode.” See
Section 4.2.2
.
4.2.1 S
ETTING THE
DIP S
WITCHES
You can use the 8-position DIP switches on the side of Units A and B of the
Extender to set some of the Extender’s more fundamental configuration options.
The Extender comes from the factory preset to default configuration settings
(corresponding to all DIP-switch positions OFF) which are suitable for most
applications. If you need to set the Extender differently, you can move the DIP-
switch positions as required. (You can do this even if the Extender is operating,
because the Extender scans its DIP switches continuously.)
Use positions
6
,
7
, and
8
of the DIP switch on the Extender’s Unit B (shown in
Figure 4-1 on the next page) to set the Extender’s hotkey combination. (The
hotkey combination is the combination of keyboard keys that triggers the Extender
to look for a keyboard command—see
Section 5.7
.) The available options are
[Ctrl] + [Alt] (the factory-default setting), [Ctrl] + [Shift], [Alt] + [Shift], right
[Alt] only, left [Alt] + right [Alt], left [Ctrl] + left [Alt], right [Ctrl] + right [Alt], or
hotkeys disabled. (While hotkeys are disabled, no hotkey commands can be sent to
the Extender, including the command to access configuration mode. In this
situation, you’ll have to set position 5 of Unit A’s DIP switch ON and cycle power to
Unit B to get into configuration mode.)
Positions
1
through
5
of this DIP switch are reserved for future use and must
remain set to OFF.
