Adder Technology Switch Switch User Manual


 
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Appendices
Appendix 1 – KVM conguration menu items
The following conguration menus are available within the KVM conguration
section of the SmartView World:
Setup Options - see below
Global Preferences
User Preferences
Functions
Setup Options
Setup options are available only to the Admin user and consist of key settings
that are normally made only during the initial installation stage.
To access Setup Options:
1 Select the on-screen menu in one of three ways:
• By simultaneously pressing and then releasing .
• By pressing the middle and right buttons of a three button mouse, or
• By selecting port using the front panel buttons.
If you are not already logged in, do so now. What to do if the ADMIN
password has been forgotten.
2 Press to select ‘More menus’.
3 Use to highlight ‘Setup Options’ and
press .
4 Use the following keys:
and to highlight required options.
to change option values.
to quit and save the changes.
Security
Settings: DISABLED, ENABLED
With security disabled there is no requirement for users to log-in to the system.
All users have full access to all the connected computers and full administration
rights. With security enabled, users are required to log-in to the SmartView
World. Each user is allocated access rights to computers by the system
administrator and they are only able to see the computers that they have access
to on their on-screen menu.
Language
Settings: ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, SWEDISH
This option species the language that is used for the on-screen menu and the
keyboard layout that is assumed for the keyboard. When the French option is
selected the keyboard is assumed to have an AZERTY format. When the English,
German and Swedish options are selected the keyboard is assumed to have a
QWERTY format. The new language settings are enabled when you quit from
the SETUP OPTIONS menu. The language option only affects the way that the
SmartView World interprets the keyboard keys, it does not affect the way that
the computers interpret the keyboard. It is advisable to avoid setting a language
that you do not understand as all the menus will change to use the new
language and you may have difculty reselecting your original language.
Hotkeys
Settings: CRTL+ALT, CTRL+SHIFT, ALT+SHIFT, ALT GR, LEFT ALT+RIGHT ALT,
LEFT CTRL+LEFT ALT, RIGHT CTRL+RIGHT ALT, DISABLED
The keyboard hotkeys are special combinations of keys that, when used
together with certain keyboard “command keys”, perform special SmartView
World functions. For example, pressing the hotkeys together with the “M” key
will cause the on-screen menu to be displayed on your monitor. Other hotkey
combinations allow you to query which computer you are connected to and
to move the on-screen menu around the screen. You can also use the hotkeys
together with the port number to select a particular connected computer.
Keypad Controls
Settings: ENABLED, DISABLED
The key controls on the front of the SmartView World may be disabled so that it
is only possible to select the special channels “o” and “0” (the on-screen menu
and the non-existent channel zero).