Siemens KVM series 3-1621 Basic operations, Controlling the switching system from the analog port

3 Basic operations

3.1Controlling the switching system from the analog port

The KVM s3-1621 and KVM s3-1641 appliances include ports on the rear panel that you can use to connect a keyboard, monitor, and mouse to the appliances for direct analog access. The KVM s3-1621 and KVM s3-1641 appliances use the OSCAR interface, which has intuitive menus to configure the switching system and select target devices. Switches can be identified by customizable names.

3.2Starting the OSCAR interface

To view, configure, and control target devices in the switching system from the OSCAR interface from a KVM connection to the analog port, perform one of the following actions:

Press Print Screen to start the OSCAR interface.

-or-

Press the Control, Alt, or Shift key twice within 1 second to start the OSCAR interface.

You can use any of these key sequences instead of pressing Print Screen in any procedure in this document. To specify which key sequences can be used to start the OSCAR interface, click Setup - Menu.

The following illustration is an example of the Main window of the OSCAR interface.

Figure 8: Example of a Main window

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