CHAPTER 5: Operation

5.8.4SELECTING A COMPUTER ON THE MENU LIST

With the menu visible on the screen, highlight the computer to be selected using the up- and down-arrow keys and page-up and page-down keys as required. Now press the [Enter] key to switch to the highlighted computer. The ServSwitch Duo has an advanced “connection confirmation” facility which is particularly useful in systems where many computers are displaying the same or very similar video: The selected computer name and port number will briefly flash up on the screen to confirm the selection has been made; if it is not possible to make the connection, perhaps because a cascaded unit is not switched on or is in use locally, the menu will flash “computer unavailable” until you press [Esc] to abort your selection. (You can configure how long this “confirmation message” stays on screen; see Section 4.2.5.)

5.8.5EXITING THE MENU

When you are finished making your desired changes to the menu, press the [Esc] (escape) key to exit back to normal operation.

5.8.6CONFIGURING THE MENU

See Section 4.2.8 for details if you want to change the menu’s color scheme or how long the on-screen confirmation message for channel selection is displayed.

5.8.7SUMMARY OF KEYS USED BY THE MENU AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

{Hotkeys} + [M] calls the menu up on screen, even if no PC video is present, unless the Switch is locked.

[Insert] adds a computer entry after the currently selected line.

[Shift] + [Insert] adds a computer entry before the currently selected line.

[Delete] deletes the currently selected computer entry.

[Shift] + [Delete] edits the currently selected computer entry.

[Enter] confirms an addition, change, or deletion, or selects a computer.

[Esc] aborts an addition, change, or deletion, or quits the menu entirely.

[↑] (the up-arrow key) scrolls one line up the menu.

[↓] (the down-arrow key) scrolls one line down the menu.

[PgUp] (the page-up key) moves to the top of the menu page, or up 8 lines if the currently selected line is more than 8 lines from the top.

[PgDn] (the page-down key) moves to the bottom of the menu page, or down 8 lines if the currently selected line is more than 8 lines from the bottom.

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Black Box KV6104SA manual Selecting a Computer on the Menu List

KV6104SA specifications

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