CL-1208 / CL-1216 User Manual

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Setting

Function

SET QUICK

This function lets the Administrator select which Ports to include

VIEW PORTS

as Quick View ports.

 

w To select/deselect a port as a Quick View Port, use the

 

Navigation Keys to move the highlight bar to it, then

 

press the [Spacebar].

 

w When a port has been selected as a Quick View Port, an

 

arrowhead displays in the QV column of the LIST on the Main

 

Screen to indicate so. When a port is deselected, the

 

arrowhead disappears.

 

w If one of the Quick View options is chosen for the LIST view

 

(see F2 LIST, p. 29), only a Port that has been selected here

 

will display on the List.

 

w If one of the Quick View options is chosen for Auto Scanning

 

(see SCAN/SKIP MODE, p. 31), only a Port that has been

 

selected here will be Auto Scanned.

 

The default is for no ports to be selected.

 

 

SET

This function allows the Administrator to define User access to the

ACCESSIBLE

computers on the installation on a Port-by-Port basis.

PORTS

 

 

For each User, select the target Port; then press the [Spacebar] to

 

cycle through the choices: F (Full access), V (View only), or blank.

 

Repeat until all access rights have been set, then press [Enter].

 

The default is F for all users on all ports.

 

Note: A blank setting means that no access rights are granted.

 

The port will not show up on the User’s LIST on the Main Screen.

 

 

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CL-1216, CL-1208 specifications

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