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“Bank Select” button:
After daisy-chaining KVM Switches together, you can push the “Bank-Select” button on the
Master KVM
Switch
to select different Switch Bank on the daisy-chain. The Master KVM Switch is the first Switch of the
daisy-chain, it has Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse connect to its “Console Port”. After selecting the desired
“Bank”, push the “Port Select” button to select the desired “Computer Port”.
Note: In Daisy-Chain mode, only the Mater Switch’s Bank and Port Select buttons are functional.
“Bank No.” LED Indication:
When only one Switch is installed, this LED shows
1
. If the Switches are daisy-chain together and the Bank
selection is at Bank 1 (The Master Switch), the “Bank No.” LED on the Master Switch will show
1
, the second
Switch’s “Bank No.” LED will show
2
, the third Switch’s “Port No.” LED will show
3…
and so forth.
After pushing the “Bank Select” button to select the
Slave Switch
, the “Bank No.” and “Port No.” LED display
on the
Master Switch
will be the same as the LED display on the selected
Slave Switch
.
RESET
In rare occasions the Switch does not “recognize” the connected PCs properly and performing a reset (same
as power off and then on) can solve the problem. To Reset the KVM Switch, press “Bank Select” and ‘Port
Select” buttons simultaneously and then release the buttons. The Switch will beep once, the LED display
shows
-- -- --
, the Switch then beeps again, and the LED display shows
1 01
. If the “Computer 1” port is not
connected to a live PC, the “Port No.” LED will keep flashing, push the “Port Select” button to select the next
available PC. After resetting the Switch, you will need to enter the password to login the console.
When the Switches are daisy-chain together, resetting the
Master Switch
is the same procedure as described
above. To reset the
Slave Switch
, press the
Slave Switch’s
Bank Select and Port Select buttons at the same
time and then release the buttons, the LED display shows
-- -- --
, with the “Port No.” LED (
-- --
) flashing.
After that, reset
Master Switch
, the Bank Selection will switch to the
Master Switch
(Bank 1), and you can
enter the password to login the console.
Keyboard Hot-Key Commands:
You can also conveniently command KVM Switch through simple key sequences. To send commands to KVM
Switch,
the “SCROLL LOCK” key must be pressed twice within 2 seconds.
You will hear a beep,
confirming that the keyboard is in
hot -key
mode. If you did not press any command key within 2 seconds after
entering the hot-key mode, the keyboard will return to regular Operation System Control mode.
Hot-Key Commands:
within 2 seconds
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