User guide

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One of the ways to change the active channel in a non-secured AutoView
424 system is by entering a short sequence of keystrokes on the keyboard.
This is called keyboard, or hot-key, switching.
Note: Hot-key switching is only available in the default non-secure state.
For more information on secure versus non-secure operation, see
the ‘Administrator Functions’ section of Chapter 4.
The first set of keystrokes places your system in Command Mode. A grey
window with a command line will appear. As long as you are operating in
Command Mode, whatever you type will be interpreted as channel switch
commands until the Enter or the ESC key is pressed to terminate Command
Mode. None of the keystrokes entered will be forwarded to the attached
computer until you exit Command Mode.
Next, enter the address
(Addr) for the channel you wish to select.
Press Enter to accept the new channel. The following command line
shows the proper format used to switch your active channel via keyboard.
Below is a sample of a keyboard switching session, with an accompanying
explanation for each step.
Basic Operations
Keyboard
Switching
Key Sequence Action
<CM>Addr<Enter> Selects an active channel via keyboard.
Key Sequence Action
1.<CM>6<Enter> Selects Channel 6 on the base unit as the active channel.
2.<CM>3.5<Enter> Selects the AutoView 424 attached to channel 3 on the base
unit, then selects channel 5 on the cascaded unit.
3.<CM>7<Enter> Selects Channel 7 on the base unit as the active channel.
4.<CM>2.1<ESC> Exit Command Mode. The instruction is not executed. Channel
7 is still the active channel.