Chapter 5. Keyboard Port Operation

Auto Scanning

Auto Scanning allows the automatic monitoring of computer activity instead of having to switch manually. Invoking Auto Scan Mode causes the CL-1758 to switch the KVM focus among all the active KVM Ports that are accessible to the currently logged on user at regular intervals. (See SCAN MODE, page 35, for information regarding accessible ports.)

Invoking Auto Scan Mode:

To start Auto Scan Mode, key in the following hotkey combination:

1.Invoke HKM (see p. 41).

2.Press [A].

After you press A, you automatically exit HKM; enter Auto Scan Mode; and Auto Scanning begins.

To exit Auto Scan Mode, press [Esc] or [Spacebar], or Right Click. Auto Scanning stops when you exit Auto Scan Mode.

Note: While Auto Scan Mode is in effect, ordinary keyboard and mouse functions are suspended - only Auto Scan Mode compliant keystrokes and mouse clicks can be input. You must exit Auto Scan Mode in order to regain normal control of the console.

Pausing Auto Scan:

While you are in Auto Scan Mode, you can pause the scanning in order to keep the focus on a particular computer either by pressing P or with a Left Click of the mouse. During the time that Auto Scanning is paused, the Command Line displays: Auto Scan: Paused.

At times, pausing when you want to keep the focus on a particular computer can be more convenient than Exiting Auto Scan Mode because when you resume scanning, you start from where you left off, whereas when you exit Auto Scan Mode, you resume scanning from the beginning - with the very first computer on the installation.

To resume Auto Scanning after Pausing, press P or Left Click, again. Scanning continues from where it left off.

Note: Pressing almost any of the typewriter keys (letters, numbers, Enter, Esc, Spacebar, etc.), will resume scanning.

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