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Operations
Front Panel operation
You may switch to a different computer by pressing the
front panel push-button directly or by issuing hot-key
commands. The front-panel LED illuminates indicating
the active port. The LED flashes while in either Auto
Scan or Manual Scan mode.
Should you encounter any keyboard or mouse problem,
press and hold down the push-button for 3 seconds to
initialize the keyboard and mouse.
Hot-key commands
Hot-key command is a short keyboard sequence to
select a computer or to activate computer scanning.
LevelOne Palm-Sized KVM
interprets keystrokes for
hot-keys all the time. A hot-key sequence starts with
two left
Ctrl
keystrokes followed by one or two more
keystrokes.
!
To select a computer:
left
Ctrl
+ left
Ctrl
+
1
Selects the computer at
PC 1
.
left
Ctrl
+ left
Ctrl
+
2
Selects the computer at
PC 2
.
left
Ctrl
+ left
Ctrl
+
3
Selects the computer at
PC 3
(for
KVM-0405 only).
left
Ctrl
+ left
Ctrl
+
4
8
Selects the computer at
PC 4
(for
KVM-0405 only).
NOTE:
Do not use the keypad at the right side of
the keyboard for hot key commands.
!
To start
Auto Scan
, automatically scans all
ports one by one at a fixed interval:
left
Ctrl
+ left
Ctrl
+
F 1
To abort the
Auto Scan
mode, press the left
Ctrl
key twice. Keyboard and mouse are both
operational during
Auto Scan
. When it
detects
any keyboard or mouse activity, it suspends
Auto
Scan
until the activity stops; it then resumes with
the next computer in sequence. The length of
the
Auto Scan
interval (
Scan Rate)
is adjustable,
see below. LED flashes during
Auto Scan
for
KVM-0405 only.
!
Manual Scan
enables you to manually switch
back and forth between computers.
left
Ctrl
+ left
Ctrl
+
F2
Press
↑
or
↓
to select the previous or the next
computer in sequence. And, press any other
key to abort the
Manual Scan
. LED flashes
during
Manual Scan
for KVM-0405 only.
!
To adjust
Scan Rate
which sets the duration
before switching to the next computer in
Auto
Scan
:
left
Ctrl
+ left
Ctrl
+
F3
There are four options:
3
,
8
,
15
and
30
seconds.
