Hotkey control, Port selection button, Autoscan – StarTech.com SV431DPUA User Manual
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Port Selection Button
2-Port: Pressing the front panel “Select” button will toggle between the two ports on
the KVM switch.
4-Port: Each push button on the front panel corresponds with a PC port. Pressing that
button will immediately select that port.
AutoScan
The system automatically scans through the power-on computers in sequence with a
fixed interval (see Scan Time below).
4-Port: To activate AutoScan, press front panel push buttons “3” and “4” simultaneously.
The port selection LED will flash during AutoScan. AutoScan will select active
computers only. To exit AutoScan mode, just press any one of the front panel
push buttons.
Scan Time
Four options are available for users to set the Scan Time duration, it Includes 3, 8, 15
and 30 seconds.
Note: Scan Time is set to 3 seconds by default.
4-Port: To change the Scan Time, press front panel buttons “1” and “2” simultaneously.
The unit will respond with beep(s) of 1, 2, 3 or 4 times for a Scan Time of 3, 8, 15
or 30 seconds respectively.
HotKey Control
A Hotkey command is a short keyboard sequence for selecting a computer, activating
computer scan, etc. A hotkey sequence starts with two left
(successively within 0.2 seconds) followed by one or two more keystrokes. A built-in
tone generator creates a high-pitch beep for correct hotkey command; otherwise, one
low-pitch beep is generated for errors and the bad key sequence will not be forwarded
to the selected computer.
NOTE: Press and hold Left
followed by pressing left