Chapter 5

OSD Operation

OSD Overview

Note: The following chapter describes OSD control of the KM0832 when accessed by a KA9222A or KA9272A console module. For information regarding OSD control via the KA9233 console module, refer to the KA9233 user manual.

The KM0832 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.). Changes made in the OSD are reflected in the KM0832 Administrator Utility and vice-versa.

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 open the OSD main screen:

1.Tap the [Scroll Lock] key twice.

Note: [Scroll Lock] is the default OSD hotkey. You can optionally change the Hotkey to the Ctrl key (see OSD ACTIVATION, page 102, for details).

The login screen appears:

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