The reminder banner

As many server screen layouts can appear very similar, the ServSwitch CX provides a reminder banner option that indicates which server port you are currently viewing. The banner is usually displayed at the top of the screen, using blue lettering and transparent background. You can:

Move the banner

Change the banner colours, and/or

Disable the banner

To move the reminder banner

1While viewing a server port, press and hold and .

Note: The and hotkeys may have been changed. If the combination fails to work, then please contact the system administrator for details.

2Press the , , and keys to move the banner to the required position.

To change banner colours or disable the banner

1Select the on-screen menu in one of three ways:

By simultaneously pressing and then releasing .

By pressing the middle and right buttons of a three button mouse, or

By selecting port using the front panel buttons

If you are not already logged in, do so now.

2Press to select ‘More menus’.

3Highlight the ‘User Preferences’ option and press to select.

4Select the required option:

To disable the banner – highlight ‘Reminder Banner’ and press until ‘DISABLED’ is shown.

To change colours – highlight ‘Reminder Colour’ and press until the desired colour combination is displayed.

5Press to save the settings. Press twice more to return to the server port and view your changes.

Routing status

On occasions it may be useful to know which servers are being accessed, in which modes and by whom. The most common reason for this would be if you were denied access to a server port and needed to find out if another user has selected ‘Exclusive’ access. For this purpose the ServSwitch CX provides the very handy Routing status feature which provides an ‘at a glance’ view of all current user connections.

To use the Routing status feature

1Select the on-screen menu in one of three ways:

By simultaneously pressing and then releasing .

Note: The and hotkeys may have been changed. If the combination fails to work, then please contact the system administrator for details.

By pressing the middle and right buttons of a three button mouse, or

By selecting port using the front panel buttons

If you are not already logged in, do so now.

2Press to select ‘More menus’.

3Use or your mouse scroll wheel to highlight the ‘Routing status’ option.

4Press or the left mouse button to select. The Routing status screen will be displayed:

Here you can instantly see which server ports are being accessed and by whom. The screen will be displayed for ten seconds.

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Black Box ServSwitch CX, KV1424A-R2 Reminder banner, To move the reminder banner, To use the Routing status feature