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Operation (continued)
WhenyouhavecascadedKVMswitches,alowerlevelSwitchmusthaveadifferentOSD
display hotkey than a higher level switch.
To change the top-level switch hotkey:
1. Highlight the Hotkey option in the OSD General Settings Menu
2. Press the space bar to toggle through the various options
 3.Whenyou'veselectedthedesiredhotkey,simplyexittheOSD.HittingtheEnterkeyis
not required to activate your selection
To change a lower level hotkey:
1. Connect a keyboard and monitor to the lower level switch
 2.HitShift,ShifttoopentheOSDMenu
 3.HitF2togettotheGeneralSettingsMenu,andhighlightthe Hotkeyoption
4. Press the Space Bar to toggle through the various hotkeys
 5.Whenyou'veselectedthedesiredhotkey,simplyexittheOSDMenu.HittingtheEnter
key is not required to activate your selection
6. Follow the instructions on page 14 to update the Port Settings menu in the top-level
KVMs OSD to reflect the lower-level KVMs new hotkey
Note:WhenPasswordSecurityisactivated,allportselectionhotkeycommandsare
deactivated,leavingtheOSDMainMenuastheonlywaytoswitchtoanotherport.
Auto Skip
The Auto Skip option allows you to choose whether you want Inactive ports to be selectable
ornot.IftheAutoSkipoptionisturnedon,Inactiveportswillnotbe accessibleviatheOSD
MainMenuorthePortSelectionHotkeyCommands.IftheAutoSkipoptionisturned on,
you will be able to access Inactive ports using either the OSD Main Menu or the Port
Selection Hotkey Commands.
To change the Auto Skip setting:
1. Highlight the Auto Skip option in the OSD General Settings Menu
2. Press the space bar to turn the Auto Skip option On/Off
Serial Port
The Serial port is used for the Firmware upgrade. Serial port On means the program can be used.
To change the Serial port setting:
1. Highlight the Serial Port option in the OSD General Settings Menu.
2. Press the space bar to turn the Serial Port option On/Off.
Changing the Keyboard Language
The keyboard is preset to US English. It can be changed to French (FR) or German (DE) by
doing the following:
1. Highlight the Keyboard language option in the OSD General Settings Menu
2. Press the space bar to toggle through the various options.
 3.Whenyou'veselectedthedesiredlanguage,simplyexittheOSD.HittingtheEnter key
is not required to activate your selection
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