Port Selection

The Master View CS-9134 / CS-9138 provides three methods to obtain instant access to any computer in your installation: Manual, Hotkey, and OSD.

￿Manual

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 (see p. 16) 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 3 and 4 (CS-9134) or 7 and 8 (CS-9138) on the First Stage unit initiates the Auto Scan feature, in which all the ports currently selected for Quick View scanning with the OSD’s F4 QV function (see p. 21), are cycled through. The length of time spent on each port is determined OSD’s F6 SET function (see p. 22).

￿Hotkey

Hotkeys allow you to conveniently provide KVM focus to a particular computer from the keyboard, instead of having to manually select it by pressing a Port Selection switch. To select a port with the Hotkey method, do the following:

1.Press [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Alt] to invoke the hotkey function.

2.Key in the Port ID number (see Port ID Numbering on p. 14), then press [Enter].

Note: 1. Press the keys in sequence - one key at a time. First [Ctrl], then [Shift], then [Alt].

2.After invoking the hotkey function with the [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Alt] combination, you must key in the Port ID and press [Enter] within 1 second for each keypress.

￿OSD

OSD (On Screen Display), provides a menu driven interface to handle the computer switching procedure to provide instant access to any computer on the installation. OSD operation is discussed in detail beginning on p. 16.

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