Avocent 416, 424 Setting up a custom scan list, Scanning options, Keyboard Hotkey Sequences, To scan using the OSD menu:, To scan using a keyboard hotkey sequence:

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Scanning options

There are multiple ways to scan through the channels in your AutoView 424 system, either by name, address or list.

NOTE: The AutoView 424 only scans the computers that are in your OSD list.

•Scanning by address allows you to view each of your active channels in the order that they are attached to the AutoView.

•Scanning by name allows you to scan channels in alphanumeric order according to the Administrator Channel List.

•Scanning by list allows you to create a customized scanning order for the switch to follow. Any active port in the system can be scanned in any order, as many times as desired.

With all scan methods, you can adjust the dwell time for each channel or omit a channel from the scan sequence completely. Choose whichever method is most appropriate for your configuration.

To scan using the OSD menu:

1.Press the Control key twice to access the Administrator Channel List.

2.Press the Control key twice again to access the Command menu.

3.Highlight Scanning. Use the Spacebar to toggle through the list of options: Off, by Name, by Address or by List.

4.Press Enter.

To scan using a keyboard hotkey sequence:

See Keyboard Switching later in this chapter. The following key sequences control scanning.

Keyboard Hotkey Sequences

Key Sequence Action

<CM>SG<Enter> Enables the scan Go command (by address only).

<CM>SH<Enter> Enables the scan Halt command.

Setting up a custom scan list

Scanning by list allows you to create a customized scanning order for the switch to follow. Any active channel in the system can be scanned in any order, as many times as desired.