Using Your Switch, Standalone Configuration

USING YOUR SWITCH

Now that you have connected your consoles and computers to your Switch, it is ready for use.

You can select connected computers by the direct-access port selectors, located on the front panel of the Switch, hot key commands, or the On-Screen Display.

Selecting a Computer Using Direct-Access Port Selectors

The Switch has been designed to allow a 1x16 KVM Switch to access all of the ports on a 2x16 KVM Switch or KVM Expander (F1DE016C). Front-panel operations take place on the release of a button. Front-panel operations are also different between daisy-chained configurations and standalone configurations. In standalone configurations, each button release immediately activates the feature selected. In daisy-chain configurations, the first button release puts the console into Select Mode and subsequent button operations will immediately activate the feature selected.

Note: It takes a moment for the video signal to refresh (depending on your monitor) after switching computers.

Standalone Configuration

•The 7-segment LEDs will display the number of the port in focus for each console.

•One Port Selection LED will always be lit, corresponding to the port in focus and the console.

•The Shift LED (labeled with an * on the front panel) indicates that ports 9–16 are selected (not applicable to this Switch in standalone mode).

•The Console LED will be lit, indicating that this Switch is a primary console Switch.

•BANK selection buttons will have no effect, since there is only one BANK in this configuration.

1.Press the button corresponding to the port that you would like to select. When you release the button, the Switch will beep, and switch the focus to the selected port. If you don’t have permission to access the selected port, the Switch will beep, switch focus away from the selected port, and a banner message will display “Access Denied”.

2.If you press the AutoScan button, when you release the button, the Switch will beep, and switch into AutoScan Mode.

Note: For a standalone Switch to function as described in this section, the BANK address must be set to 00 and the “Daisy-chain this KVM” box must be cleared. Otherwise, the Switch will function, but it will operate like a daisy-chained Switch.