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Reset OSD General Settings Menu to Defaults (F7)WhenintheOSDGeneralSettingsMenu,youcanresetallof theoptionstotheoriginal
defaultsettings,erasinganychangesyouhavemade.IfyouhavechangedtheSecurity
Passwords,theywillberesettotheirdefaultsaswell.
Operation (continued)
Ports SettingsIntheOSDSettingsMenu(AccessbypressingF2intheOSD MainMenu),highlightthe
Ports option and press enter.
Figure 11 Ports Settings window
Editing the Computer Name
Bydefaulteachportisnamed'Computer01,Computer02,etc.'Topersonalizethesenames
foreachcomputer,highlightthedesiredportandtypedirectlyoverthetextthat'salready
there.Eachnamehasamaximumof15characters,eachspacecounting asonecharacter.To
deleteacharacter,simplyhighlightitandpressthespacebar.
Editing the Keyboard (KB) Column
TheKVMoperateswithWindows,Linux,HPUX,AlphaUNIX,SGI,DOS,Novell,MAC,
USB or Open VMS. By default the Keyboard Mode is set to PS for Intel Based computers.
Foradifferentkeyboardmode,highlightthedesiredportandpresstheTabkeytohighlight
the KB column. Press the space bar to toggle through the following options:
U1-HPUX
U2-AlphaUNIX,SGIorOpenVMS
U3-IBMAIX
Adding/Changing a Hotkey (HKEY) for Cascaded KVM Switches
WhenaKVMSwitchiscascadedtotheConsoleKVM,itis necessarytoselectahotkeyin
this field. This is required so the top-level KVM knows that when the Cascaded KVM Port is
selectedandyouhittheselectedOSDHotkeyCommand,itissupposedto pulluptheOSD
MainMenuforthatKVMswitch.IfaHotkeyisnotselectedfor acascadedKVM,youwill
not be able to access the cascaded KVMs OSD. For connected computers/servers this field
should have “NO” selected.
Editing the Switch Name
TheKVMSwitchNameappearsatthebottomoftheOSDGeneral SettingsMenu,andcan
bechangedtowhateveryouwant.Whencascading,itisnecessarytoaccessthecascaded
KVMs OSD using it's own hotkey. Giving cascaded KVMs OSDs unique names makes it
easier when accessing them to verify which switches OSD you are accessing. To change this
namesimplytypeovertheexistingletters.Youcancreateanameupto18charactersin
length,withspacescountingascharacters.
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