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Using the remote unit, Instruction manual – StarTech.com USB VGA KVM Console Extender over CAT5 UTP User Manual

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Instruction Manual

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Using the Remote Unit

The

Remote

Unit allows a user at the

Remote

Unit to assume control of

devices connected to the

Host

Unit, if the

Host

Unit is set to

Auto

or

Re-

mote

mode, and it also permits the user seated at the

Remote

Unit to use

any connected system as though the KVM Extender was transparent.

You can use either keyboard shortcuts or the mode switch on the top of
the

Host

Unit to alternate control between A and B. Unlike the

Host

Unit,

however, the switch on top of the Remote unit only offers two selectable
modes:

LED Indicators

Keyboard Shortcut Command Sequences

Mode

A

Indicator

B

Indicator

Remote Access (Computer A)

On (solid)

Off

Local Access (Computer B)

Off

On (solid)

Standard Command

With Compatibility Mode

Enabled

Description

[Ctrl] - [Ctrl] - [T]

[Ctrl] - [Ctrl] - [T]

Toggles console control
between Computer A
and Computer B

[Ctrl] - [Ctrl] - [Esc]

[Ctrl] - [Ctrl] - [Esc]

Cancels the hotkey
sequence

[Ctrl] - [Ctrl] - [Alt]+[E]

[Ctrl] - [Ctrl] - [Alt]+[E]

Enables (2 beeps) or
disables (1 beep) Com-
patibility Mode so that
the KVM extender will
work with a KVM switch
that also uses a [Ctrl]
hotkey sequence

Local

Remote