OSD Operation

OSD Navigation

wTo dismiss the menu, and deactivate the OSD, Click the X at the upper right corner of the OSD Window; or press [Esc].

wTo Logout, Click F8 or the ZZZ symbol at the top of the Main Screen, or press [F8].

wTo move up or down through the list one line at a time, Click the Up and Down Triangle symbols (▲▼) or use the Up and Down Arrow Keys. If there are more list entries than there is room for on the Main Screen, the screen will scroll.

wTo move up or down through the list one screen at a time, Click the Up and Down Arrow symbols (éê), or use the [Pg Up] and [Pg Dn] keys. If there are more list entries than there is room for on the Main Screen, the screen will scroll.

wTo bring the KVM focus to a port, Double Click it, or move the Highlight Bar to it then press [Enter].

wAfter executing any action, you automatically go back to the menu one level above.

OSD Main Screen Headings

Heading

Explanation

SN-PN

This column lists the Port ID numbers (Station Number - Port Number)

 

for all the CPU ports on the installation. The simplest method to access

 

a particular computer is to Click it, or move the Highlight Bar to it, then

 

press Enter.

 

 

QV

If a port has been selected for Quick View scanning (see Set Quick

 

View Ports, p. 34), an arrowhead displays in this column to indicate so.

 

 

 

The computers that are powered on and are On Line have a Sun

 

symbol in this column to indicate so.

 

 

NAME

If a port has been given a name (see Edit Port Names, p. 33), its name

 

appears in this column.

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CL-1216, CL-1208 specifications

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