Lindy P16-IP user manual Keyboard Hotkey Selection, Important Note

Section 3 KVM Switch Operation

3.2 Keyboard Hotkey Selection

You can also conveniently select the computer to be accessed and displayed by switching ports through simple keyboard key sequences. To send commands to the KVM switch, the “SCROLL LOCK” key must be pressed twice within 2 seconds. You will hear a beep to confirm that the keyboard is in hotkey mode. If you have not pressed any key in hotkey mode within 2 seconds, the keyboard will return back to Operating System control status.

Direct Port Selection / Keyboard Hot Key Commands:

Within 2 seconds
Scroll	+	Scroll	+	￿	=	Previous Port
Lock	+	Lock	+	￿	=	Next Port

Tip: Hold the arrow key down, or press multiple times, to cycle through the ports

KVM Switch/Bank Selection:

The P16-IP supports cascading of up to 8 KVM Switches (Banks). Therefore, when using direct hotkey port selection you must include the key sequence for the KVM Switch/Bank:

Scroll		Scroll		Bank		Port No.
	+		+		+	01~04 (4 port)
Lock		Lock		No 1~8		01~08 (8 port)
						01~16 (16 port)

Example: To access a computer attached to Port 6 of the first KVM Switch you should press the following hotkeys:

Scroll	+	Scroll	+	1	+	0	+	6
Lock		Lock

To use hotkey switching to access another KVM Switch / Bank:

Important Note:

Always keep in mind to include leading zeros for all ports below 10! i.e.104 for Port 4 of the first switch.

Bank no. and Port no. selection must be made using the numeric keys on the keyboard. Keys on the

Scroll

Lock

Scroll

Lock

+

+

Scroll

Lock

Scroll

Lock

+

+

Page	=	Previous Bank
Up
		(This will only work if a daisy
		chained KVM Switch is present)
Page	=	Next Bank
Down

numeric keypad are not available as hot key commands!

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