Minicom Advanced Systems CAT5 - Manual (Page 18)

SMART CAT5 SWITCH
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To change a lower level hotkey:
1. Connect a keyboard and monitor to the lower level Switch and press Shift, Shift.
Its OSD appears.
2. Press F2 and select GENERAL. The General settings window appears.
3. Navigate to the HOTKEY line.
4. Choose a different hotkey than the hotkey of the of the top layer switch. Toggle
between the options using the Spacebar.
Note! When a lower level Switch hotkey is changed, there is an adjustment to be
made in the higher level Switch’s OSD: This is explained on page 19-(HKEY) hotkey
- Cascading.
Autoskip
When Autoskip is on, you can only access the active computers. When Autoskip is
off, you can access active and inactive computers. (This includes operating the Switch
via the OSD, front panel buttons or hotkeys).
To change the Autoskip setting:
1. Navigate to the Autoskip line.
2. Toggle between the options using the Spacebar.
Serial port
The Serial port is used for the Control Management program. Serial port On means
the program can be used.
To change the Serial port setting:
1. Navigate to the Serial port line.
2. Toggle between the options using the Spacebar.
Changing the Keyboard language
In the OSD the names of the computers can be written in 3 different languages –
English (EN), German (DE), and French (FR). The keyboard is preset to English; this
can be changed as follows:
1. Navigate to the Keyboard language line.
2. Toggle between the options using the Spacebar.
Editing the Switch name
You can substitute up to 18 characters in the line. A space constitutes a character.
When there is more than one switch in the system give each Switch’s OSD a different
name.