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Field | Description |
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Port Note | Type a name in the Port Note field. Port notes may be up to 15 |
| characters long. Legal characters include: |
| and hyphen. Enter a unique note for the port that will differentiate it |
| from all other ports in the KVM installation. The port note will appear |
| on the Port Status and Port Select Webpages, in the KM0832 tree |
| next to the computer icon, and in the OSD. |
| Note: Adding spaces to the port note will cause it to display on |
| multiple lines in the tree in some Web browsers. |
| If the KVM port cascades a KM0832, the port note is replaced by |
| the station name of the cascaded KM0832. To modify station |
| names, see Naming Stations, page 39. |
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| KVM port by a KVM adapter cable, the port note can be changed. |
| If the position of the KVM switch or the computer in the KVM |
| installation ever changes, the port note for the new KVM port will |
| automatically change to the port note stored in the KVM adapter |
| cable. However, the port note for the old KVM port must be |
| erased manually. |
| If nothing is connected to the KVM port, the port note can be |
| changed. However, if a cascaded KVM switch or KVM adapter |
| cable is attached to the port later, the port note will change to the |
| port note stored in the KVM adapter cable. |
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Keyboard | Set the layout of the keyboard(s) that will be used to access the |
Layout | computer attached to this port. The KM0832 supports 3 keyboard |
(OS Language) | layouts: U.S. English, Japanese, and French. Configuring this |
| setting correctly will ensure that characters are entered correctly |
| and that the special keys on Japanese keyboards work correctly (if |
| applicable). |
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Keyboard | Set the model of the keyboard(s) that will be used to access the |
(Port OS) | computer attached to this port. The KM0832 supports 3 keyboard |
| models: IBM PC (101/104 keys), Apple, and Sun. Configuring this |
| setting correctly will ensure that the special keys on Apple and Sun |
| keyboards work correctly (if applicable). |
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Operation Mode | Selects the Operation Mode for the port. Choices are Exclusive, |
| Occupy, and Share (see Operation Mode Attributes, page 66). |
| Note: The Operation Mode function applies to ports on the first level |
| switch only and is disabled for all ports of cascaded switches. |
| Instead, Cascade is displayed to indicate the port’s Operation Mode |
| cannot be changed. |
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Occupy Timeout | The Timeout field sets a time threshold for users on ports whose |
| Operation Mode has been set to Occupy (see Occupy, page 66). If |
| there is no activity from the user occupying the port for the amount |
| of time set here, the user is timed out and keyboard and mouse |
| control on the port is released, after which the first user to send |
| keyboard or mouse input will occupy the port. However, the user |
| originally connected to the port will still see the port’s video output. |
| Input a value from 1 to 240 seconds. The default is 60 seconds. |
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