User manual
On-Screen Display (OSD)
To activate the OSD menu — which will be superimposed on your current screen display —
use the hotkey sequence ScrLk, ScrLk, Space Bar. The menu presents a listing of available
banks and channels and the current online status of each channel. It also allows you to rename
your computer (up to eight characters), to nd a specic computer by name and to password-
protect your switch system. NOTE: While the OSD is activated, all front-panel buttons and
mice are rendered inactive.
Main Menu
Indicates that the
corresponding computer
is currently the active channel
that can be monitored on your
local console.
Indicates that the
corresponding computer
is currently connected to the
switch via a PS/2 interface and
is feeding power to the switch.
Indicates that the
corresponding computer
is currently connected to the
switch via a USB interface and
is feeding power to the switch. NOTE: Computers listed without any of the above symbols in the
Status column either are not currently connected or are not feeding power to the switch.
As shown in the image above, the bottom of the menu screen displays various key controls. Use
the left, right, up and down cursor keys to navigate within the menu; use the Insert key to edit;
use F1 to move to the next menu screen.
Setup Menu
Auto Logout: Specify the amount
of time (00 – 99 minutes).
Title Bar: Specify the position of
the OSD title bar (or disable it).
Hotkey: Specify the hotkey
preceding sequence.
IP: Specify the local IP address
for the Digital KVM over IP
Switch.
Submask: Specify the submask
for the Digital KVM over IP
Switch.
Firmware Version: Display the
current rmware version.
Local Console Control Options
Some common commands are listed below with the three control options (when applicable)
that can be used to execute each of them: front-panel buttons, keyboard hotkeys and the OSD.
Select PC
• Front-panel buttons: Press the corresponding button on the switch that PC is connected to.
• Hotkeys: ScrLk, ScrLk, (a), (b), (y), (z). In a cascaded (daisy-chained) conguration, for
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