KVM configuration menus

The KVM configuration menus allow you to determine many aspects of the SmartView World switching capabilities. From here you can:

Create individual user accounts and determine access rights,

Provide names for all connected computers to allow quick recognition,

Set individual and global settings for users,

Run various functions, such as mouse restore operation,

Save and load SmartView World configuration settings, and more.

To access the KVM configuration menu

1If the main menu is not already displayed, press and hold and then press using a keyboard attached to a SmartView World user port.

Note: and are the standard hotkeys and can be altered to avoid clashes with other devices or software. If you change the hotkeys, remember

to use the new ones in place of and when following these instructions.

2 Press . The Configuration Menu will be displayed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Use the

and

keys to highlight an option, then press

to select.

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The main menu will be displayed:

Default names for each computer port

Identification of this user port

Your Login name

Port numbers

Connection status of this user port

Assistance for keypress options

The menu options are

 

arranged within the tree

 

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Note: If the security option has been enabled, you will be asked for a valid user name and password before the main menu can be displayed (user names and passwords are not case sensitive).

IMPORTANT: When supplied, SmartView World has its KVM security

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features disabled, which means that any attached users (including

 

remote IP users) have access to all connected computers and all

 

SmartView World settings. You are strongly recommended to enable

 

the ‘Security’ feature and set an access password for the ADMIN account.

 

For a description of each option within the KVM configuration menus, see

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Appendix 1 for more details.

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Adder Technology Switch manual KVM configuration menus, To access the KVM configuration menu

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