Chapter 3.

OSD Operation

OSD Overview

The On Screen Display (OSD) provides a visual, menu-driven, mouse enabled, interface that offers quick and convenient computer access and control, as well as efficient system administration including user management (access rights, passwords, etc.).

Each OSD menu option activates a function that configures and controls the operation of the KVM installation. All procedures start from the OSD Main Screen. To bring up the OSD Main Screen, tap the Scroll Lock key twice. The login dialog box appears:

Note: 1. [Scroll Lock] is the default OSD hotkey. You can optionally change the Hotkey to the Ctrl key (see OSD Hotkey, p. 22, for details).

2.The screenshots in this chapter are for example purposes. The screens that you see may vary slightly as to their wording and appearance.

Key in a valid username and password, then press [Enter].

Note: If this is the first time that the OSD is being run, or if the password function has not been set, simply press [Enter]. The OSD Main Screen comes up in Administrator Mode. In this mode, you have access to all Administrator and User functions, and can set up operations (including password authorization for the future), as you would like.

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