User guide

Chapter 3: Introduction to the On-Screen Display (OSD)
Introduction to the Selection Menu
You can access channels through the Selection Menu, which shows all
channels of the system. In addition, the menu displays the scan time
setting for "Individual scan mode" of each channel . Every time when you
activate the OSD, the system always displays the Selection Menu similar
to the image below.
Field Meaning Description
MC
Name of the MCCAT
switch
The default is the model name: MCCAT18 or MCCAT116. This
name can be customized and it helps you identify the current
MCCAT switch if more than one unit exist in the system. For
more information, see System Configuration (on page 30).
Page
Page information Page information comprises two parts: "current page" and "total
number of pages." Each page displays a maximum of eight
channels.
Key
Selection number for
the channel
You can access the channel immediately by pressing this
number on the keyboard.
Ch. ID
Channel port number This is the number of the channel where the computer or device
is connected.
If the channel number contains four numeric digits with a dot in
between, like 01.03, the digits prior to the dot is the channel
number of the first tier, where the second-tier MCCAT switch is
connected, and the digits following the dot is the channel
number of the second tier, where the computer or device is
connected.
Name
Name of the device or
computer connected to
the channel
If there is any computer or device connected to the channel, the
default name is PC<XXXX>, where <XXXX> indicates the
channel number. For example, the computer connected to
channel number 3 is shown PC0003. The name can be
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