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Switching Between Computers, Print Scrn, Caps Lock, Enter

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Using the OSD • Add another level of security in tiered configurations • Use Snapshot to save the hardware settings at the secondary console switch • Reset mouse and keyboard information at the secondary console switch To open the Main screen at a secondary console switch: 1. Press the Print Scrn key to open the Main screen at the primary console switch. 2. Double-click the number of the tiered port the user wants to access, or highlight the tiered port and press the Print Scrn key; the Main screen at the secondary console switch is displayed. Switching Between Computers Switching from one computer to another is a simple process with the Server Console Switch. Switching disconnects the keyboard, mouse, and monitor from one computer and connects them to another. Whenever the user switches between two computers, the Server Console Switch reconfigures the keyboard and mouse using the settings stored in its memory. For example, if the current computer selected has the Caps Lock feature turned on, but the user is switching to a second computer that has the Caps Lock feature turned off, then the unit turns the Caps Lock feature off to match the setting for the second computer. To switch computers: 1. Press the Print Scrn key to display the Main menu screen. 2. Double-click the computer name or port. or Highlight the port and press the Enter key. or Enter the port number or first few letters of the computer name to establish it as unique, and then press the Enter key. Compaq Server Console Switch User Guide 4-31

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Using the OSD
Compaq Server Console Switch User Guide
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•
Add another level of security in tiered configurations
•
Use Snapshot to save the hardware settings at the secondary console switch
•
Reset mouse and keyboard information at the secondary console switch
To open the
Main
screen at a secondary console switch:
1.
Press the
Print Scrn
key to open the
Main
screen at the primary console switch.
2.
Double-click the number of the tiered port the user wants to access, or highlight
the tiered port and press the
Print Scrn
key; the
Main
screen at the secondary
console switch is displayed.
Switching Between Computers
Switching from one computer to another is a simple process with the Server Console
Switch. Switching disconnects the keyboard, mouse, and monitor from one computer
and connects them to another.
Whenever the user switches between two computers, the Server Console Switch
reconfigures the keyboard and mouse using the settings stored in its memory. For
example, if the current computer selected has the
Caps Lock
feature turned on, but
the user is switching to a second computer that has the
Caps Lock
feature turned off,
then the unit turns the
Caps Lock
feature off to match the setting for the second
computer.
To switch computers:
1.
Press the
Print Scrn
key to display the
Main
menu screen.
2.
Double-click the computer name or port.
or
Highlight the port and press the
Enter
key.
or
Enter the port number or first few letters of the computer name to establish it as
unique, and then press the
Enter
key.