To select an autoscan mode

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

2Use to highlight ‘Global Preferences’ and press .

3 Use to highlight ‘Autoscan Mode’.

4Press until the required option is displayed: SCAN LIST, ACTIVE PCs or ALL PCs.

To select an autoscan period

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

2Use to highlight ‘Global Preferences’ and press .

3 Use to highlight ‘Autoscan Period’.

4Press until the required time to view each computer is displayed, ranging from 2 seconds to 5 minutes.

To define an autoscan list

Note: This stage is required only when the ‘Scan List’ autoscan mode is selected.

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

2Use to highlight ‘Edit Autoscan List’ and press . A list of all connected computers will be displayed. Only computers that show a ‘+’ marker to the right of the menu box will be autoscanned.

3Select and deselect computers to scan as follows:

Individual computer - Use and to highlight a computer name,

then press to apply, or remove, the ‘+’ marker.

Mark all computers for scanning – Press .

Unmark all computers – Press .

4When all settings have been made, press to save and exit. Press to return to the ‘Configuration Menu’.

To view autoscan

• At one of the user ports, press .

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.

Saving and restoring KVM configuration settings

The SmartView World can store up to 512 computer names and 16 sets of user access rights. Particularly in cascaded configurations, manually re-entering all computer names, port numbers and access rights can be a lengthy process. Therefore, the SmartView World provides a method to save and, if required, restore configuration settings using one of its serial ports. Further to this, the saved file can be opened and edited within a spreadsheet and then restored back to the SmartView World – a useful way to make multiple setup changes.

Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user for this procedure.

Preparations for KVM configuration save/load

Log on to the Adder Technology website at www.addertec.com and download the files XPREAD.EXE and XPWRITE.EXE.

Connect the serial port on the rear panel of the SmartView World, labelled ‘COM’, to a serial port on your computer using the serial upgrade cable supplied with the SmartView World. If this is not available then use a replacement cable that has:

A 9-way female D-type connector leading to a 9-way male D-type connector.

All lines connected straight through (i.e. pin 1 to pin 1, 2 to 2, 3 to 3 etc.).

To save KVM configuration settings

1Run the program XPREAD.EXE on the computer that is connected to the SmartView’s serial port. Follow the instructions given by the program.

2Using one of the SmartView World user ports, display the KVM configuration menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user.

3 Highlight ‘Functions’ and press .

4 Use to highlight ‘Send Data to RS232 port’ and press .

5The SmartView will send the configuration data to your computer. The XPREAD program will store the data in a file named ‘XPRODATA.CSV’ that will be created in the same directory where the XPREAD program was started - Ensure that you have sufficient rights to write to this directory.

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Adder Technology Switch Saving and restoring KVM configuration settings, Preparations for KVM configuration save/load

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