Adder Technology Switch manual Autoscanning, To create/edit computer names

To create/edit computer names

1Display the KVM configuration menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user.

2Use to highlight ‘Edit Computer List’ and press .

3 Either:

•Create a new computer entry – Press and enter a new name, or

•Edit an existing computer entry – Use and to highlight a computer

name and press . Press (Backspace) to delete existing characters and enter the required new name (up to 16 characters).

4Press and the cursor will move to the computer port column on the right side. Change or enter the port address of the computer as required. See

the Addressing computers in a cascade section for more details. When

the port address is complete, press . The ‘Edit access rights’ menu will be displayed. Here you can determine which users should have access to the created/edited computer. Only users that show a ‘+’ marker to the right of the menu box will be granted access to the computer.

Note: Access rights for particular user accounts to computers can also be controlled from the ‘Edit User List’ menu

5Select and deselect users as follows:

•Individual user - Use and to highlight a user name, then press to apply, or remove, the ‘+’ marker.

•Allow access for all users – Press

•Allow no user access (except ADMIN) – Press

6When all settings have been made, press to save and exit. Press to return to the ‘Configuration Menu’.

Tips when creating/editing computer names

•Avoid creating two names for the same computer port.

•When cascading to other SmartView devices, do not apply individual names to any ports that are forming a link group to another switch (i.e. ports 1, 2, 3 and 4 when they form link group 41).

Autoscanning

The SmartView World provides an autoscan mode that switches between the connected computers in sequence. This mode is useful to allow users and administrators to sample activity among the connected machines. Three scanning modes are provided:

•Scan list – Only computers declared within an autoscan list will be viewed. Computers connected to cascaded switches can be included in the autoscan list.

•Active PCs – Only computer ports where an active computer is detected will be viewed. This mode avoids blank screens from being displayed and helps to prevent the viewing monitor from entering a power-down state on every scan cycle. Computers connected to cascaded switches will not be viewed in this mode.

•All PCs – This mode visits, in turn, each computer that is connected directly to the SmartView World. This mode should be used with care due to the reasons given in the warning below. Computers connected to cascaded switches will not be viewed in this mode.

The scanning mode is a global setting and hence will be the one viewed by any

user who selects on their keyboard. Note, however, that users will only see the scanned computers to which they have access rights. Hence, if four users (with various access rights) simultaneously view an autoscan, they will see differing results depending upon their respective permissions.

WARNING: Many modern monitors are fitted with automatic power saving relays that switch off after a few seconds when connected to an inactive computer. If you are using such a monitor, do not set the SmartView World to the scan ‘ALL PCs’ mode. Continual switching on and off of the monitor’s relay will eventually damage the monitor. If using such a monitor in conjunction with the ‘Scan List’ option, ensure that all selected computers are active.

There are up to three steps that need to be configured to use autoscanning:

•Select the autoscan mode: List, Active or All.

•Select the autoscan period. This is the time that is spent viewing each computer. This step also enables and disables the autoscan feature.

•Define the autoscan list. This step is only required when the Scan List option is selected and allows you to select which computers will be scanned.

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