KA9233 User Manual

Configuring Port Settings

Before you configure port settings, first verify that the KVM adapter cable for the KVM port you wish to configure is connected to the correct KVM port on the back panel of the matrix KVM switch. The other fields on the Port Management screen are described in the table below. (These fields do not appear if a cascaded KVM switch is connected to the port.)

Field

Description

 

 

 

 

Port Note

Type a name in the Port Note field. Port notes may be up to 15

 

 

characters long. Legal characters include: a–z, A–Z, 0–9, space,

 

and hyphen. Enter a unique note for the port that will differentiate it

 

from all other ports in the KVM installation. The port note will appear

 

on the Port Status and Port Select screens, and in the KA9233 tree

 

next to the computer icon.

 

Š If the KVM port cascades a matrix KVM switch, the port note is

 

replaced by the station name of the cascaded matrix KVM switch.

 

To modify station names, see Naming Stations, page 37.

 

Š If a non-matrix KVM switch or a computer is connected to the

 

KVM port by a KVM adapter cable, the port note can be changed.

 

If the position of the KVM switch or the computer in the KVM

 

installation ever changes, the port note for the new KVM port will

 

automatically change to the port note stored in the KVM adapter

 

cable. However, the port note for the old KVM port must be

 

erased manually.

 

Š If nothing is connected to the KVM port, the port note can be

 

changed. However, if a cascaded KVM switch or KVM adapter

 

cable is attached to the port later, the port note will change to the

 

port note stored in the KVM adapter cable.

 

 

 

 

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