7.Administration (continued)
7.4Configuration Page
The OSD Configuration page allows users to set up their own, individual, working environments. The NetDirector Console KVM Switch with IP Access stores a separate configuration record for each user profile, and sets up the working configuration according to the username that is used to log in.
The Configuration page settings are explained in the following table:
Setting | Function | |
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| Selects which Hotkey controls the OSD function: | |
| [Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] or [Ctrl] [Ctrl]. Since | |
OSD Hotkey | the Ctrl key combination may conflict with programs | |
| running on the computers, the default is the Scroll Lock | |
| combination. | |
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| Selects how the Port ID is displayed: the Port Number | |
| alone (PORT NUMBER); the Port Name alone (PORT | |
ID Display | NAME); or the Port Number plus the Port Name (PORT | |
| NUMBER + PORT NAME). The default is PORT | |
| NUMBER + PORT NAME. | |
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| Determines how long a Port ID displays on the monitor | |
ID Duration | after a port change has taken place. You can choose an | |
amount from 0 - 255 seconds. The default is 5 seconds. | ||
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| 0 is Always On. | |
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Setting | Function | |
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| Selects which computers will be accessed under Auto | |
| Scan Mode (To start Auto Scan Mode, see section | |
| 9.4.2, Toolbar Icons) Choices are: ALL - All the ports | |
| which have been set Accessible; POWERED ON - Only | |
| those ports which have been set Accessible and are | |
Scan Select | Powered On; QUICK VIEW - Only those ports which | |
| have been set Accessible and have been selected | |
| as Quick View ports; QUICK VIEW + POWERED ON | |
| - Only those ports which have been set Accessible | |
| and have been selected as Quick View ports and are | |
| Powered On. The default is ALL. | |
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| Determines how long the focus dwells on each port as | |
Scan Duration | it cycles through the selected ports in Auto Scan Mode. | |
Key in a value from 0 - 255 seconds. The default is 10 | ||
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| seconds; a setting of 0 disables the Scan function. | |
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| If there is no input from the console for the amount of | |
Screen Blanker | time set with this function, the screen is blanked. Key in | |
a value from 1 - 30 minutes. A setting of 0 disables this | ||
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| function. The default is 0 (disabled). | |
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| If there is no Operator input for the amount of time set | |
| with this function, the Operator is automatically logged | |
Logout Timeout | out. A login is necessary before the KVM switch can be | |
| accessed again. Enter a value from 0 - 180 minutes. | |
| The default is 30 minutes. 0 disables the function. | |
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| When set to ON, the beeper sounds whenever the port | |
Beeper | is switched, when activating the Auto Scan function, or | |
when an invalid entry is made on an OSD menu. The | ||
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| default is ON. | |
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| Allows a user to change the account password. After | |
Change | clicking the Change Password button, a dialog box | |
appears. Enter the old password. Then, enter a new | ||
Password | ||
password and confirm it by entering it again. Press OK | ||
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| to save changes, or press Cancel to discard changes. | |
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