OSD Operation

(F4 ADM: continued)

 

 

Setting

Function

EDIT PORT

To help remember which computer is attached to a particular port,

NAMES

every port can be given a name. This function allows the

 

Administrator to create, modify, or delete port names. To Edit a

 

port name:

1.Click the port you want, or use the Navigation Keys to move the highlight bar to it, then press [Enter].

2.Key in the new Port Name, or modify/delete the old one. The maximum number of characters allowed for the Port Name is

12.Legal characters include: w Alpha characters: A - Z

w All numeric characters: 0 - 9

w + - / : . and Space

 

Case does not matter; the OSD displays the Port Name in all

 

capitals no matter how they were keyed in.

 

3. When you have finished editing, press [Enter] to have the

 

change take effect. To abort the change, press [Esc].

 

 

RESTORE

This function is used to undo all changes and return the setup to

DEFAULT

the original factory default settings (see FACTORY DEFAULT

VALUES

SETTINGS, p. 58) - except for the Names settings that were

 

assigned to the Ports, which are saved.

 

 

CLEAR THE

This function is similar to Restore Default Values. The difference

NAME LIST

is that it also clears the Names settings along with undoing all

 

changes and returning the setup to the original factory default

 

settings.

 

 

ACTIVATE

Choices are Y (for Yes), or N (for No). When activated, the beeper

BEEPER

sounds whenever a Port is changed; when activating the Auto

 

Scan function (see F7 SCAN, p. 38); or an invalid entry is made

 

on an OSD menu. The default is Y (activated).

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