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Reset OSD General Settings Menu to Defaults (F7)
WhenintheOSDGeneralSettingsMenu,youcanresetalloftheoptionstotheoriginal
defaultsettings,erasinganychangesyouhavemade.IfyouhavechangedtheSecurity
Passwords,theywillberesettotheirdefaultsaswell.
Operation (continued)
Ports Settings
IntheOSDSettingsMenu(AccessbypressingF2intheOSDMainMenu),highlightthe
Ports option and press enter.
Figure 11 Ports Settings window
Editing the Computer Name
Bydefaulteachportisnamed'Computer01,Computer02,etc.'Topersonalizethesenames
foreachcomputer,highlightthedesiredportandtypedirectlyoverthetextthat'salready
there.Eachnamehasamaximumof15characters,eachspacecountingasonecharacter.To
deleteacharacter,simplyhighlightitandpressthespacebar.
Editing the Keyboard (KB) Column
TheKVMoperateswithWindows,Linux,HPUX,AlphaUNIX,SGI,DOS,Novell,MAC,
USB or Open VMS. By default the Keyboard Mode is set to PS for Intel Based computers.
Foradifferentkeyboardmode,highlightthedesiredportandpresstheTabkeytohighlight
the KB column. Press the space bar to toggle through the following options:
U1-HPUX
U2-AlphaUNIX,SGIorOpenVMS
U3-IBMAIX
Adding/Changing a Hotkey (HKEY) for Cascaded KVM Switches
WhenaKVMSwitchiscascadedtotheConsoleKVM,itisnecessarytoselectahotkeyin
this field. This is required so the top-level KVM knows that when the Cascaded KVM Port is
selectedandyouhittheselectedOSDHotkeyCommand,itissupposedtopulluptheOSD
MainMenuforthatKVMswitch.IfaHotkeyisnotselectedforacascadedKVM,youwill
not be able to access the cascaded KVMs OSD. For connected computers/servers this field
should have “NO” selected.
Editing the Switch Name
TheKVMSwitchNameappearsatthebottomoftheOSDGeneralSettingsMenu,andcan
bechangedtowhateveryouwant.Whencascading,itisnecessarytoaccessthecascaded
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
namesimplytypeovertheexistingletters.Youcancreateanameupto18charactersin
length,withspacescountingascharacters.
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