OSD Operation (continued)
User Preferences
The User Preferences page allows users to set up their own individual working environments. The
a separate record for each user profile, and sets up the working environment according to the Username that was used to access the KVM switch. Note: The User Preferences page is different on the Web Browser version than the AP Client version. The AP Client version does not include the password, Viewer or Welcome Screen option.
The page settings are explained in the following table:
Setting | Description |
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Language | Selects the language that the interface displays in. Options are English (default), Spanish, French, German, Russian, |
| Italian, Japanese, Korean, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese. |
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OSD Hotkey | Selects which hotkey controls the OSD function. You can choose from the following options; [Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock], |
| [Ctrl] [Ctrl], [Alt] [Alt], [Shift] [Shift] and [Print Screen] [Print Screen]. The default is [Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock]. |
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ID Display | Selects how the Port ID is displayed: the Port Number alone (PORT NUMBER); the Port Name alone (PORT NAME); or |
| the Port Number plus the Port Name (PORT NUMBER + PORT NAME). The default is PORT NUMBER + PORT NAME. |
ID Duration | Determines how long a Port ID displays on the monitor after a port change has taken place. You can choose an amount |
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Scan Duration | Determines how long the focus dwells on each port as it cycles through the selected ports in Auto Scan Mode. Key in a |
| value from |
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Screen Blanker | If there is no input from the console for the amount of time set with this function, the screen is blanked. Key in a value |
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| moving the mouse over the screen will bring it back up. Note: This setting affects the monitor of the local console only. |
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Logout Timeout | If there is no user input for the amount of time set with this function, the user is automatically logged out. A login is |
| needed before the |
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Toolbar | The Toolbar option allows you to enable/disable the OSD Toolbar. (See The OSD Toolbar section under Remote Session |
| Operation for details.) As all of the features of the OSD Toolbar are available in the Control Panel, you may want to |
| disable it. The default setting is enabled. |
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Viewer | The Viewer option is available only when accessing the KVM switch via web browser. It allows you to choose what |
| viewer is used to access a port. |
| Auto Detect – The KVM switch will automatically choose which viewer to use based on the web browser being used. |
| The Windows Viewer will be used for Internet Explorer and the Java Viewer will be used for all other browsers. |
| Java Client – The KVM switch will always use the Java Viewer, regardless of what browser is being used. |
Welcome Message | The Welcome Message option is also available only to those who access the KVM switch via web browser. This allows |
| you to show or hide the welcome message that appears in the |
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Save | To apply any changes that you make, you must click the Save button before exiting. |
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Changing a Password | To change a password, you must enter in the old password and the new password. The new password will need to be |
| entered twice for security purposes. Once typed in, click the Save button to apply the change. |
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