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Chapter 3.

Hotkey Operation

his chapter details the concepts and procedures involved in the Hotkey operation
of your ACS-1208A / ACS-1216A installation.

Hotkey Port Access

Hotkey port access allows you to provide KVM focus to a particular
computer directly from the keyboard. The Master View ACS-1208A /
ACS-1216A provides the following Hotkey port access features:

M Selecting the Active Port
M Auto Scanning
M Skip Mode Switching

Invoking

Hotkey Mode

All Hotkey operations begin by invoking Hotkey Mode. Invoking Hot-
key Mode takes three steps:

1. Hold down the Num Lock key;

2. While the Num Lock key is down, press and release the asterisk

or the minus key;

3. Release the Num Lock key:

[Num Lock] + [*];

or:

[Num Lock] + [-];

Note: The asterisk or minus key must be released within one half

second, otherwise Hotkey invokation is cancelled.

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