User Manual
Table Of Contents
- CS1732B / CS1734B User Manual
- Introduction
- Hardware Setup
- Basic Operation
- Keyboard Port Operation
- OSD Operation
- OSD Overview
- OSD Navigation
- OSD Main Screen Headings
- OSD Functions
- F3: SCAN
- F4: SET
- 1. SET TIMEOUT to ON. Key in a value from 1-30 minutes. If SET TIMEOUT is set to OFF, you will not be able to set the SCREEN BLANKER.
- 2. Set the SCREEN BLANKER password. Key in a password that is 8 characters long (allowed characters are A-Z and 0-9). If you have not changed the default password, you can press [Enter] to cancel SCREEN LOCK.
- 3. Set the SCREEN LOCK to ON. Key in Y. If the SCREEN LOCK function is set to ON, a password is needed to the leave the SCREEN BLANKER mode and return to the OSD.
- Keyboard Emulation
- The Firmware Upgrade Utility
- Before you Begin
- 2. Choose the Firmware Upgrade Package you want to install (usually the most recent), and download it to your computer.
- 3. Use the Firmware Upgrade Cable provided to connect a COM port on your computer to the Firmware Upgrade Port of your switch.
- 4. Shut down the computers on your CS1732B / CS1734B installation.
- 5. Invoke Firmware Upgrade Mode (see FIRMWARE UPGRADE, page 33).
- Starting the Upgrade
- Upgrade Succeeded
- Upgrade Failed
- Before you Begin
- Appendix
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Chapter 4
Keyboard Port Operation
This chapter details the concepts and procedures involved in the keyboard port
Hotkey operation of your CS1732
B / CS1734B installation; hotkey operation
within the OSD is discussed in the previous chapter, OSD Operation.
Hotkey Port Control
Hotkey Port Control allows you to provide KVM focus to a particular computer
directly from the keyboard. The CS1732
B / CS1734B provides the following
Hotkey Port Control features:
Selecting the Active Port
Auto Scanning
Skip Mode Switching
Invoking Hotkey Setting Mode (HSM)
All Hotkey operations begin by invoking Hotkey Setting Mode. Invoking
Hotkey Setting Mode (HSM) takes two steps:
1. Press and hold down the Num Lock key;
2. Press the minus key:
[Num Lock] + [-];
When HSM is active:
The Caps Lock and Scroll Lock LEDs flash in succession to indicate so.
They stop flashing and revert to normal status when you exit Hotkey
Mode.
Ordinary keyboard and mouse functions are suspended – only Hotkey
compliant keystrokes (described in the sections that follow), can be input.
Pressing [Esc] or [SpaceBar] exits HSM.