Chapter 5

Keyboard Operation

Keyboard Port Control

Keyboard port control allows you to provide KVM focus to a particular computer using hotkey combinations from the keyboard. The KH1508 / KH1516 provides the following hotkey port control features:

ŠSelecting the Active Port

ŠAuto Scanning

ŠSkip Mode Switching

Invoking Hotkey Mode

All hotkey operations begin by invoking Hotkey Mode. Invoking Hotkey Mode takes three steps:

1.Hold down the Num Lock key;

2.Press and release the minus key;

3.Release the Num Lock key:

[Num Lock] + [-];

Note: The minus key must be released within one half second, otherwise hotkey invocation is cancelled and it has no effect.

When Hotkey Mode is active:

ŠThe Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock LEDs flash in succession to indicate so. They stop flashing and revert to normal status when you exit Hotkey Mode.

ŠA Command Line appears on the monitor screen. The command line prompt is the word Hotkey: in yellow text on a blue background, and displays the subsequent hotkey information that you key in.

ŠOrdinary keyboard and mouse functions are suspended - only hotkey compliant keystrokes (described in the sections that follow), can be input.

Pressing [Esc] exits Hotkey Mode.

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