Owners manual

40.....Avocent® Matrix High Performance KVM Switching System
OSD settings
TheOSDsettingsallowtheusertocustomizetheirOSDhotkeysandtheinactivitytimeout.The
OSDinactivitytime-outsetsthetimeafterwhichtheOSDwillbeautomaticallydismissedifthereis
nouserkeyboardormouseactivity.ThereceiverOSDsupportsa24hourinactivitytime-out.A
valueofzero(0)willdisabletheinactivitytime-out.
TheOSDhotkeyistheshortcutkeythattheuserpressesonhiskeyboardtodisplaytheOSD.The
per-userOSDHotkeysettingappliesonlywhenthatuserisloggedintoareceiver.Thedefault
Hotkeyissetbythesystemadministrator.Whenloggedin,youcanoverridethedefaultusinga
standardsettingoracustomkeycodesequence.Acustomsequencerequiresyoutoknowthe
USBkeycodevalue(s)foryourkeyboard.
OSD F1-F12
TheOSDF1-F12isforcreatingactionhotkeysforthereceiverOSD.Forexample,youcansetthe
F1keytoconnecttoaspecifictargetwhenloggedintotheOSD.Youcancreateshortcutkey
assignmentssothatwhentheOSDisdisplayed,youcanpressoneoftheF1 throughF12 keyson
yourkeyboardtoinitiateacommonaction,suchasconnectingtoaspecifiedtarget.Tocreateor
changeafunctionkeyassignment,clickEdit.
Settings – Receiver tab
TheReceivertaballowsyoutoviewandchangesomeofthesettingsassociatedwiththereceiver
youareconnectedto.
NOTE: OnlyanAdministratorcanchangethesesettings.