• Create individual user accounts and determine access rights,
• Provide names for all connected computers to allow quick recognition,
• Set individual and global settings for users,
• Run various functions, such as mouse restore operation,
• Save and load MC5 configuration settings, and more.

To access the configuration menu (local and remote users)

1 If the main menu is not already displayed, press and hold

and then

press using a keyboard attached to an MC5 user port.
The main menu will be displayed:

3 Use the and keys to highlight an option, then press

to select.

LINDY MC5

Configuration Menu

Functions

Routing status

User Preferences

Global Preferences

Setup Options

Edit Computer List

Edit User List

Edit Autoscan List

Enter-Select

F1-More menus

Esc-Quit

Firmware Version 1.02

Default names for
each computer port

Assistance for
keypress options

Your Login name

Connection status
of this user port

Identification of
this user port

Port numbers

2 Press To display the Configuration Menu:

Hotkeys
Note:

and

are the standard hotkeys and can be

altered

avoid clashes with other devices or software. If you change the hotkeys,
remember to use the new ones in place of

and

when following

the instructions in this guide.

Security
Note: If the security option has been
enabled, you will be asked for a valid
user name and password before the
main menu can be displayed.

IMPORTANT: When supplied, MC5 units have their security features
disabled, which means that any attached users have access to
all connected computers and all MC5 settings. You are strongly
recommended to

enable the ‘Security’ feature

and set an access

password for the ADMIN account.

LINDY MC5

User Name:

Password:

Port 1 login

Esc-Scr Save

To access the configuration menu (global users)
Once the IP settings have been made (and the MC5-IP unit is network
connected), global users can access the configuration menu using a
different method.

1 Use either the VNC viewer or a standard web browser to make

remote contact with the MC5-IP – see

Global user access

for more

details.

2 If the username entry is not blanked out, enter ‘admin’ or another

). Once logged in, the MC5-IP will show

the video output from the host system (if one is connected), or
otherwise a ‘No Signal’ message.

3 Click the ‘Controls’ button and select the ‘KVM Switch menu’

option. All options appropriate to the entered username will be
displayed.