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DeviceID:TypethedesirednameforthesingleParagonswitch
orBaseUnit.ItisimportantforParagonswitchesina“cascaded
systemwithmultiplematrixswitches”tohavedistinctivenames,
sothatuserscantellthemapart.(Thesystemwillassigneach
switchthedefaultname“Paragon<userp
orts><channelports>”:
eachP2‐UMT242willbenamed“Paragon242,eachP2‐UMT442
“Paragon442,”andsoon.)
DisplayAllComputers:Thisoptioncanbe“Yes”or“No”to
respectivelyallowordisallowusersfromviewingchannelport
listingsforallconnecteddevicesthroughtheOSUI,evenifthe
userdoesn’thavethesecu
rityprivilegestoaccessthem.The
factory‐defaultsettingisNo.
LogoffTimeout:Ifenabled,aftertheamountoftimeinminutes
thatauserstationcanremaininactive(nokeyboardormouse
activity),thelogged‐inuseratthatstationisloggedoutofthe
Par
agonIIsystem.
Possiblevaluesinthefirstfieldare“On”(LogoffTimeoutis
enabled)and“Off”(LogoffTimeoutisdisabled–thedefault
value).UsetheÏandÐkeystotogglebetweenthesevalues.
IfLogoffTimeoutissetto“On,”thenumberinthesecondfieldis
thenumberofminutesofina
ctivitythatmustelapsebeforethe
timeoutistriggeredandtheuserisloggedout.Usingleading
zeroesifnecessary,typeatwo‐digitnumberofminutesfrom01to
99,orusetheÏandÐkeystoincreaseanddecre
asethecurrent
valueby1respectively.Thedefaultsettingis05.IfLogoff
Timeoutissetto“Off,”thenumberinthisfieldwillhaveno
effect.
OperationMode:AnyofthethreewaysinwhichtheParagon
systemhandlesrequestsfrommultipleusersforaccesstothe
samech
annelport.UsetheÏandÐkeystoswitchbetweenthe
choices:
Private:Aserverorotherdeviceonaspecificchannelportcanbe
accessedexclusivelybyonlyoneuseratatime.Nootherusers
canseeorcontrolthatdeviceuntilitscontrollinguserselectsa
differentch
annelport.
