Installation guide

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5.4 Using the DKVM-IP8 as a KVM Switch
The power on state of the DKVM -IP8:
When you power on KVM switch, it will ask you for the password, the default password value is eight
zeros – “00000000” . Key in eight zeros and enter the same value a t retype field.
Note: Until you are fam iliar with the operation of the OSD, don’t change t he password – i.e. keep default
eight zeros (00000000) value. Otherwise, if you have changed t he password and forget the password,
you will need to send it back to your distributor to reset the password.
 The Push Buttons
DKVM-IP8 IP-KVM Switch
The Push Buttons ~ :
Pressing the individual button to get PC port you want.
 PC Port LED Indication:
There are t wo LED indicators for each port, a Green LED and an Orange LED located above each PC
port selection button.
When you select a PC port and the PC is shut down or the PC port is disconnected from the PC, the
selected port LED will flash Green. When you select a PC port and the PC is powered on and connected,
the select ed port LED will be solid Green. For each port that has a PC that is
connected and powered on but is not currently the selected port, the LED will be solid Orange.
 7-Segment BANK LED Indication
When you would like t o view the next bank KVM switch, please press the “BANK“ push button
cyclically until you reach the destina tion bank. The bank LED will be changed from bank 1 to the max imum
daisy chain level and then press cycle back to bank 1.
Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 MAX . BANK
 Reset Button ((“ Bank Bank ” button) and (PC 8 “
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” button)):
Press both the “Bank” button and any one of the “PC1~PC8” buttons of the master bank
simul taneously to reset the KVM switch. This reset action will not only return the KVM swit ch back to it s
initial state, verify the password and also rescan all of the slave banks which connected t o the master KVM
Switch.
If you add a new unit as a slave bank, use the reset button of master unit to automatically assign
a new ID to it. You can view this new slave bank by going through the OSD menu. The PC por ts
of the unit are not reset by using the reset command.
 Keyboard Hot Key Commands:
You can control the KVM switch by switching ports using simple key sequences. To send commands to the
KVM switch, the <Scroll Lock> (<ScrLk>) key must be pressed twice with in 2 seconds. You will hear
a beep for confirmation and the keyboa rd is change to hot key mode. If you do not press a key in hot key
mode within 2 seconds (i.e. pressi ng a key after pressing t he <Scroll Lock> key twice), the keyboard will
go back to the Operation System (OS) control state .
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