User guide

22 SwitchView OSD Installer/User Guide
Basic Channel Maintenance
The Channel Maintenance Menu is accessed from the Administrator Com-
mand Menu, and is available if you are operating in non-secure mode
or if you are the system administrator. Here you can add, delete or alter
individual channels.
Adding New Channels (base unit only)
1. Select ‘Add channel’ from the Channel Maintenance Menu. Type in a
new channel name, up to 14 characters long, and press Enter.
2. Type in the channel letter for the PC you are naming and press Enter.
3. When prompted for another cascade level, type N and press Enter.
Press Esc at any point to exit this operation without adding the channel.
Adding New Channels (with a cascaded unit)
1. Select ‘Add channel’ from the Channel Maintenance Menu. Type in a
new channel name, up to 14 characters long, and press Enter.
2. Type in the SwitchView OSD channel letter that corresponds to the port
that the second cascaded SwitchView OSD unit is attached to and press
Enter.
3. When prompted for another cascade level, type Y and press Enter.
4. Enter the letter that corresponds to the computer port on the cascaded
SwitchView OSD you are adding and press Enter.
5. When you have finished adding levels (up to two total), type N when
prompted for another cascade level and press Enter.
Press Esc at any point to exit this operation without adding the channel.