LevelOne KVM-0420 Manual - Page 9

Hotkey commands

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LevelOne non-volatile memory stores the CH Display setting. ! Position The position of the selected computer and/or OSD status displays on screen during operation. The actual display position shifts due to different VGA resolution, the higher the resolution the higher the displayed position. The non-volatile memory stores the Position setting. Upper Left, Upper Right, Lower Left, Lower Right. Middle. #Function key : To switch the Sun mark of a port on or off indicating the computer is a Sun server as shown in figure 9. Sun servers have more keys on the keyboard than a PC. When a Sun-marked port is selected, the KVM Switch starts to translate the keys from a PS/2 keyboard to a Sun keyboard. See Sun Keyboard Mapping for detail. Figure 9: OSD screen for Hybrid model and the Sun mark # ESC: To exit the OSD, press the key. 15 Hotkey commands LevelOne Hotkey command is a short keyboard sequence to select a computer, to activate computer scan, etc. The KVM switch interprets keystrokes for hotkeys all the time. A hotkey sequence starts with two left keystrokes followed by one or two more keystrokes. A built-in buzzer generates a high-pitch beep for correct hotkey command; otherwise, one low-pitch beep for error and the bad key sequence will not be forwarded to the selected computer. The short form hotkey menu can be turned on as an OSD function (: more\Hotkey Menu) every time the left key is pressed twice. L-CTRL: is the key located at the left side of the keyboard. 1~8/A~H: are the number keys '1' ~ '8' at the upper row of the keyboard and character keys 'A' ~ 'H' case insensitive. Do not use the keypad at the right of the keyboard. % To select a computer by hotkey command, you must know its port number, which is determined by the KVM Switch connection. For a computer connected to a Master, the label of 1~8 or A~H represent its port. For a computer connected to a Slave, two characters represent its port. The first character is the port number of the Master unit (1~8) and the second one is the port number of the Slave (1~8 or A~H). Please note that only Master's 'PC 1' ~'PC 8' ports can be connected to a Slave Left Ctrl + left Ctrl + 7 Selects a computer connected to port 7 of the Master. Left Ctrl + left Ctrl + 6 + C Selects a computer connected to port C of a Slave connected to port 6 of the Master. % To start Auto Scan, automatically scan power-on computers one by one at a fixed interval: Left Ctrl + left Ctrl + F 1 When Auto Scan detects any keyboard or mouse activity, it suspends the scanning till activity stops; it then resumes with the 16

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non-volatile memory stores the CH Display setting.
!
Position
The position of the selected computer and/or OSD status
displays on screen during operation.
The actual display
position shifts due to different VGA resolution, the higher
the resolution the higher the displayed position.
The
non-volatile memory stores the Position setting.
Upper Left
,
Upper Right
,
Lower Left
,
Lower Right
.
Middle
.
#
Function key <F5>
: <
For
KVM-0420, KVM-0820, KVM-1620
only
> To switch the
Sun
mark of a port on or off indicating the
computer is a Sun server as shown in figure 9.
Sun servers
have more keys on the keyboard than a PC.
When a
Sun-
marked port is selected, the KVM Switch starts to translate
the keys from a PS/2 keyboard to a Sun keyboard.
See
Sun
Keyboard Mapping
for detail.
Figure 9: OSD screen for Hybrid model and the Sun mark
#
ESC
: To exit the OSD, press the <ESCAPE> key.
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Hotkey commands
Hotkey command is a short keyboard sequence to select a computer,
to activate computer scan, etc.
The KVM switch interprets
keystrokes for hotkeys all the time.
A hotkey sequence starts with
two left <CTRL> keystrokes followed by one or two more keystrokes.
A built-in buzzer generates a high-pitch beep for correct hotkey
command; otherwise, one low-pitch beep for error and the bad key
sequence will not be forwarded to the selected computer.
The short form hotkey menu can be turned on as an OSD function
(<F4>: more\Hotkey Menu) every time the left <CTRL> key is pressed
twice.
L-CTRL
: is the <CTRL> key located at the left side of the
keyboard.
1~8/A~H
: are the number keys '1' ~ '8' at the upper row of the
keyboard and character keys 'A' ~ 'H' case
insensitive.
Do not use the keypad at the right of
the keyboard.
%
To select a computer by hotkey command, you must know its port
number, which is determined by the KVM Switch connection. For a
computer connected to a
Master
, the label of
1
~
8
or
A
~
H
represent its port.
For a computer connected to a
Slave
, two
characters represent its port.
The first character is the port
number of the
Master
unit (
1
~
8
) and the second one is the port
number of the
Slave
(
1
~
8
or
A
~
H
).
Please note that only
Master's
'
PC 1
' ~'
PC 8
' ports can be connected to a
Slave
Left
Ctrl
+ left
Ctrl
+
7
Selects a computer connected to port 7 of the
Master
.
Left
Ctrl
+ left
Ctrl
+
6
+
C
Selects a computer connected to port C of a
Slave
connected to
port 6 of the
Master
.
%
To start
Auto Scan
, automatically scan power-on
computers one by
one at a fixed interval:
Left
Ctrl
+ left
Ctrl
+
F 1
When
Auto Scan
detects any keyboard or mouse activity, it
suspends the scanning till activity stops; it then resumes with the