Black Box cat5kvm micro extender, ACU3001A manual Private Mode ACU3009A DUAL-ACCESS Systems only

SERVSWITCH™ BRAND CAT5 KVM MICRO EXTENDER

7.3.4PRIVATE MODE (ACU3009A DUAL-ACCESS SYSTEMS ONLY)

For applications in which a Dual-Access Micro Extender system’s remote user station is not in a secure location, or must be temporarily kept from accessing the local PC, users at the local station can trigger the Extender’s “Private Mode,” which prevents the remote station from taking control of the local PC even if the inactivity timeout (see Section 7.3.3) expires. (The local user station can go into Private Mode and lock out the remote station, but not vice versa.)

When users at the local station have control of the Micro Extender, they can force it into Private Mode (taking exclusive control of the PC) by pressing [Scroll Lock] once on the local keyboard. The Scroll Lock LED will light on both the local and remote keyboards. Other than this indication, the remote station is almost completely disabled: The monitor goes blank and the keyboard and mouse stop working.

Local users must press [Scroll Lock] again to re-enable the remote user station; when they do so, the Extender also reinitializes the local keyboard and mouse. (To reset the local keyboard and mouse without going into Private Mode, quickly press and release [Scroll Lock] twice, as directed in Section 7.3.1.)

The Extender will not go into Private Mode unless there’s a powered PC attached to the CPU port on the Local Unit.

Very few applications today make extensive or important use of the [Scroll Lock] key. But if you are using such an application on a PC attached to the Extender, you can force the Extender to pass [Scroll Lock] through to the PC, disabling both Private Mode and the reset function (see Section 7.3.1) by setting DIP-switch position 2 on the Remote Unit to OFF (see Section 5.2).

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