CHAPTER 10: Using Management and Serial Control Cards

10.3 The Main On-Screen Menus

The Management Card’s on-screen display is made up of three main menus: the Serial Channel-List Menu, the Administrator-Controls Menu, and the Open-Session Menu. To access the Serial Channel-List Menu, press [Alt] + [M]. Press [Alt] + [Tab] to cycle through the remaining menus.

10.3.1THE CHANNEL-LIST MENU

10.3.1.A Functions

This menu displays the name and ServSwitch Multi address of each server. The gray bar at the bottom lists all options available from this menu. Use the [F11] key to scroll through them.

Press This Key...

...To Do This

[], []

Move the highlight bar through the available channels and ports.

(up, down arrows)

 

[F1]

Get context-sensitive help.

[F3]

Configure the selected Serial Control Card port:

 

Baud rates: 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, or 1200;

 

Data bits: 7 or 8;

 

Stop bits: 1 or 2;

 

Parity: None, Even, or Odd;

 

Flow control: None, X-ON/X-OFF, or RTS/CTS.

 

Press Enter when configuration has been completed.

[Enter]

Switch to the highlighted channel.

[F11]

See more available options.

[F4]

Quickly edit the selected channel’s name or address.

[Alt] + [Tab]

Cycle through the available menus.

[Delete]

Remove the selected channel.

[Insert]

Add a new channel to your menu.

[F2]

Bring up the Channel Setup menu. From here you can configure the selected

 

channel’s name and address.

[–] (keypad minus)

Sort the channel list by address. Brackets (“<>”) around the Address heading will

 

confirm that sorting by address is the active sort order.

[+] (keypad plus)

Sort the channel list by name. Brackets (“<>”) around the Name heading will

 

confirm that sorting by name is the active sort order.

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Black Box KV150A-R2 manual Main On-Screen Menus, Functions