Basic Operation

Port Switching Hotkeys

To switch functionality between ports, a keyboard hotkey command is entered that determines what port is accessed and which functionality is assigned to it. This command starts by pressing [Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] or [Ctrl] [Ctrl]. [Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] is used by default. To toggle between these two, see Alternate Port Switching Hotkey Command in the Hotkey Setting Mode section of this manual.

The table below contains the Port Switching Hotkeys used to determine what port is accessed and which functionality is assigned to it. Note: The table below uses the [Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] preceding sequence. Simply substitute [Ctrl][Ctrl] if you decide to change the Hotkey Preceding Sequence.

Hotkey Command

Action

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [Enter]

Switches focus of the KVM, Audio and USB

 

from the port that currently has the KVM

 

focus to the port that follows it. (e.g. 1 to 2,

 

2 to 3, etc.)

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [K] [Enter]

Switches focus of the KVM only from the port

 

that currently has the KVM focus to the port

 

that follows it.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [U] [Enter]

Switches focus of the USB only from the port

 

that currently has the USB focus to the port

 

that follows it.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [S] [Enter]

Switches focus of the Audio only from the

 

port that currently has the Audio focus to the

 

port that follows it.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [n]* [Enter]

Switches focus of the KVM, Audio and USB to

 

the selected port number.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [n]* [K] [Enter]

Switches focus of the KVM only to the se-

 

lected port number.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [n]* [U] [Enter]

Switches focus of the USB only to the se-

 

lected port number.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [n]* [S] [Enter]

Switches focus of the Audio only to the se-

 

lected port number.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [n]* [K] [U] [Enter]

Switches focus of the KVM and USB to the

 

selected port number.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [n]* [K] [S] [Enter]

Switches focus of the KVM and Audio to the

 

selected port number.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [n]* [U] [S] [Enter]

Switches focus of the USB and Audio to the

 

selected port number.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [n]* [K] [S] [U] [Enter]

Switches focus of the KVM, Audio and USB to

 

the selected port number.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [A] [Enter]

Initiates Auto Scan mode at the default inter-

 

val of 5 seconds per port. Press the [Esc] or

 

[Spacebar] key to exit Auto Scan mode.

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] [A] [n]* [Enter]

Initiates Auto Scan mode at the selected time

 

interval. Press the [Esc] or [Spacebar] key to

 

exit Auto Scan mode.

*[n] stands for the port number of the computer that you are switching to, or the number of seconds (from 1 to 99) that an Auto Scan remains on each port.

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