Specifications
4 MASTERCONSOLE MX4 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION GUIDE
Selecting a Computer
1. Activate the on-screen user interface by pressing the <Scroll Lock> twice rapidly. The Selection Menu will be
displayed (See Figure 3 & Figure 4.)
2. The Selection Menu lists channels sorted either by channel ID (Ch. ID) number or alphabetically by computer
name. Default sorting is by channel ID number. Press <F12> to toggle between sorting by channel ID number
and by computer name.
• The Selection Menu displays up to eight channels.
• The Ch. ID column indicates the physical channel to which each computer is connected.
• The Name column lists the computer name.
• The Stat column shows each channel's security class on the left side of the column, and the channel-specific
scan rate—in seconds—on the right side of the column. (See Channel Configuration on page 15 for instructions
for changing channels, security classes, and scan rates.)
Figure 3 Selection Menu
Figure 4 Selection Menu by Name
3. The highlight bar is used to select a channel for connection to the local user console. Each channel’s availability
is visually indicated by the following text colors:
• Black—no computer connected or computer is powered down
• Green—channel is active and available
• Red—unavailable
• Yellow—unavailable, another user is connected, but the video is available to view
• Purple—connected to a MasterConsole II or MasterConsole P model