KH1508Ai / KH1516Ai User Manual

Multiuser Operation

The KH1508Ai / KH1516Ai supports multiuser operation. When multiple users simultaneously access the switch from client computers, the rules of precedence that apply are shown in the following table:

Operation

Rule

 

 

General

The switches utilize a single shared bus implementation –

 

although they support local and remote login at the same

 

time, they do not support independent operation. If a local

 

user logs in while a remote user has already opened a

 

session, the local user sees the same screen that the

 

remote user is working on

 

 

Auto Scan Mode

If a user has invoked Auto Scan Mode (see page 149), and

 

then another user logs on, at first the new user sees the GUI

 

Main Page – but as soon as he accesses any port, he

 

automatically enters Auto Scan Mode (since he is sharing

 

the bus with the original user).

 

Any user can halt Auto Scan Mode by recalling the GUI Main

 

Page. When this occurs, Auto Scan Mode stops and all the

 

other users on the bus are switched to the port that was

 

being accessed when Auto Scan Mode stopped.

 

 

Panel Array Mode

Š If a user has invoked Panel Array Mode (see page 152),

 

and then another user logs on, the new user sees the GUI

 

Main Page – but as soon as he accesses any port, he

 

automatically enters Panel Array Mode (since he is

 

sharing the bus with the original user).

 

Š Panel Array Mode continues until the original user stops it.

 

(Administrators can override Panel Array Mode, however.)

 

Š Only the user who starts Panel Array Mode can use the

 

Skip Mode (see page 150), function.

 

Š Only the user who starts Panel Array Mode can switch

 

ports. Other users automatically switch to the ports that

 

the original user selects. However, if one of the other

 

users does not have access rights to the port that the

 

original user switches to, that user will not be able to view

 

the port.

 

Š Individual users can increase or decrease the number of

 

panels they wish to view in Panel Array Mode; however,

 

the picture quality may decrease as the number of panels

 

increases.

 

 

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