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10. Hotkey Operation
10.1 Hotkey Port Control
Hotkey port control allows you to provide KVM focus to a particular computer directly from the keyboard.
The B024-H4U08 and B024-H4U16 provides the following hotkey port control features:
• Selecting the Active Port
• Auto Scan Mode Switching
• Skip Mode Switching
• Computer Keyboard / Mouse Reset
• Enable / Disable Mouse Emulation
The following settings can also be controlled in Hotkey Setting Mode (HSM):
• Setting the Beeper
• Setting the HSM Hotkey
• Setting the OSD Hotkey
• Setting the Port Operating System
• Restoring the OSD Default Values
• Setting the EDID Mode
• Setting the Video DynaSync Mode
Notes:
• Mouse emulation must be enabled to perform independent switching of a port and for Auto Scan Mode or Skip Mode to work.
• To enable the Mouse Emulation via OSD, refer to “Mouse Emulation” in the table in section
9.6.4 F4: Admin
for details.
• To enable the Mouse Emulation via hotkeys, see section
10.14 Mouse Emulation Control
.
10.2 Hotkey Setting Mode (HSM)
Hotkey Setting Mode is used to set up your KVM switch configuration. All operations begin with invoking Hotkey
Setting Mode (HSM).
Invoking HSM
To invoke HSM:
1
Press and hold down [Num Lock].
2
Press and release [-].
3
Release [Num Lock].
or
1
Hold down the [Ctrl] key.
2
Press and release the [F12] key.
3
Release the [Ctrl] key.
When HSM is active:
• A command line appears on the monitor screen. The command line prompt is the word HOTKEY in white text on a
blue background and displays the subsequent hotkey information that you key in.
• Ordinary keyboard and mouse functions are suspended – only hotkey-compliant keystrokes (described in the
sections that follow), can be input.
• Pressing [Esc] exits HSM.
