Chapter 5

Hotkey Operation

Hotkey Port Control

Hotkey Port Control allows you to provide KVM focus to a particular computer directly from the keyboard. The KL1508 / KL1516 provides the following Hotkey Port Control features:

ŠSelecting the Active Port

ŠAuto Scanning

ŠSkip Mode Switching

Note: The hotkey function must be enabled to use hotkey operations. See HOTKEY COMMAND MODE, page 35, for details.

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

2.There is an alternate invocation combination (see Alternate OSD Invocation Keys, page 49).

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