Black Box kv1161a General security and configuration steps, Registering users and host computers

General security and configuration steps

To enable general security

1Display the Main menu.

2Highlight ‘Setup Options’ and press .

3Highlight ‘Security’ and press (or click one of the arrow buttons) to select ‘Enabled’.

4Now create a new password for the ADMIN user account - see below.

To set an ADMIN password

1Display the Main menu.

2Highlight ‘Configuration’ and press .

3Highlight ‘Unit Configuration’ and press .

4Using the cursor keys, move the cursor to the ‘Admin Passwd’ field.

5Enter an appropriate password for the ADMIN user account with regard to the following:

•The password can be up to 16 characters long.

•The password can use letters, numerals and/or certain punctuation marks.

•The password is case sensitive.

Note: The field background color will remain red until sufficient characters have been entered to form a reasonably robust password.

6Once the password has been entered, you can navigate away from the menu page and it will be automatically saved.

What to do if the ADMIN password has been forgotten.

To change the hotkeys

The ServSwitch CX Uno IP unit uses and as its standard hotkeys. These can be changed if they clash with other software or hardware within the installation.

1Display the Main menu.

2Highlight ‘Setup Options’ and press .

3Highlight ‘Hotkeys’ and press (or click one of the arrow buttons) to select the required hotkey combination. The options are: Ctrl+Alt, Ctrl+Shift, Alt+Shift, Alt Gr, Left+Right Alt, Left Ctrl+Alt or Right Ctrl+Alt.

Registering users and host computers

All user and host computer registration is achieved solely via the global (network) connection to the ServSwitch CX Uno IP unit. See Appendix 2 - Configuration pages via viewer for details.

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