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Step3-Createuseraccounts

LogintotheLINDYCPUSwitchusingtheADMINaccountandadduserprofilesand

passwordsforeachofthesystemusers(seesection3.4).TheLINDYCPUSwitch

supportsupto16userprofiles.

Step4-Add/editnamestoidentifyyourcomputers

WhilstyuareloggedintotheLINDYCPUSwitchusingtheADMINaccount,create

namesforeachofthecomputersthatyou

aveattached

thesystem.TheLINDY

CPUSwitchcreatesdefaultnamsforeachofitsports(Cmputerto

1toC

16).

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Each

using

singleLINDYCPUSwitchDualMPthnrequiredallthecomputerswill

avetwodigit

computerhasanassociated8digitportnumb

whichdefinesitslocation.Ifyouare

cascadelevelsthathavebeenconnected(seesection4.10fordetails).

each

prtn

(01to16).IfyouarecascadingLINDYCPUSwitches

omputmberswillhaveafour,sixoreightdigitportnumberdependingonthennumberof

Step5-SettherequiredSETUPOPTIONSandGLOBALPREFERENCES

UsetheADMINaccounttoselecttherequiredSETUPOPTIONSandGLOBAL

PREFERENCES.TheSETUPOPTIONSmenuisusedtoconfigureimportant

systemoperatingparameterssuchassecuritymode,language,hotkeysandcontrol

options.TheGLOBALPREFERENCESmenuisusedtoselectvarioustiming

characteristcsandotheroptions.

3.2

Enablingpasswordsecurity

TheLINDYCPUSwitchDualMPmaybeoperatedwithorwithoutsecurityenbled.

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be

edusingthekeyboardhotkeys(seesection4.8)orthefrontpanelcontrols

(seeselection4.6).

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