Chapter 3. Basic Operation

Port Selection

The CS-88A provides three port selection methods to access the computers on the installation: Manual; OSD (On Screen Display) menus, and Hotkey. OSD Operation is discussed in the next chapter; Hotkey Port Selection is discussed detail in Chapter 5.

Manual Port Switching

Simply press the appropriate Port Selection Switch on the Master View’s front panel. After you press the switch, the Selected LED lights to indicate that the port has the KVM focus. The OSD automatically switches to highlight the computer that you have selected.

Note: 1. On a cascaded installation, you must press the Port Selection switch on the Master View Station that connects directly to the computer you want to access.

2.Simultaneously pressing Port Selection buttons 7 and 8 on the First Stage unit initiates the Auto Scan feature (see F7: SCAN, page 29), in which all the ports currently selected for Quick View scanning (see SET QUICK VIEW PORTS, page 28), are cycled through. The length of time spent on each port is determined with the Scan Duration setting under the OSD’s F3 SET function (see page 24).

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