CL-1208 / CL-1216 User Manual

F3 SET:

This function allows the Administrator and each User to set up their own, individual, working environment. A separate profile for each is stored by the OSD and is activated according to the Username provided during Login.

To change a setting:

1.Double Click it; or move the highlight bar to it, then press [Enter].

2.After you select an item, a submenu with further choices appears. To make a selection, either Double Click it; or move the Highlight Bar to it, then press [Enter]. An icon appears before the selected choice to indicate which one it is. The settings are explained in the following table:

Setting

Function

OSD HOTKEY

Selects which Hotkey activates the OSD function:

 

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] or [Ctrl] [Ctrl].

 

Since the Ctrl key combination may conflict with programs running

 

on the computers, the default is the Scroll Lock combination.

 

 

PORT ID

Allows you to position where the Port ID appears on the monitor.

DISPLAY

The default is the upper left corner, but you can have it appear

POSITION

anywhere on the screen.

 

Use the Mouse or the Arrow Keys plus Pg Up, Pg Dn, Home, End,

 

and 5 (on the numeric keypad with Num Lock off), to position the

 

Port ID display, then Click or press [Enter] to lock the position

 

and return to the Set submenu.

 

 

PORT ID

Determines how long a Port ID displays on the monitor after a

DISPLAY

port change has taken place. The choices are: User Defined -

DURATION

which lets you select the amount of time (from 1 - 255 sec.); and

 

Always On - which displays the Port ID at all times. If you select

 

User Defined, key in the number of seconds, then press [Enter].

 

The default is 3 Seconds. A setting of 0 (zero) disables this

 

function.

 

 

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CL-1216, CL-1208 specifications

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