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6. Operation (Host selection)
At the beginning, first powered up host is selected automatically. And if some hosts powered up at the same time,
a host which connected lower port No. is selected.
Also, when the power to a host is turned off while it is selected, the status is preserved. In that case, switch to the
host you want to select with the selector buttons or the Hot Keys.
In normal operation, there are two methods for selecting a host, the Host Selector Buttons and the OSD
display (Hot Key Mode).
6.1. Host selection by Host Selector Buttons (Normal mode)
Press the selector button of the host you want to select to switch the console to that host (the associated
SELECT LED lights up).
*Note: Do not press two selector buttons at the same time, doing so may cause an operation error.
Press the Auto Scan Button, the SELECT LEDs flash slowly, and after a set time (default value is 10 seconds)
the screen switches automatically. To change the switching interval, press the <?> cursor key to make it
incrementally faster and the <?> cursor key to make it incrementally slower. The available switching intervals
are 3/5/10 (default)/20/40/60 seconds. Hosts that are turned off are skipped. You cannot perform keyboard
operations or use the mouse during auto scan. Exit Auto Scan Mode if you want to move to the Hot Key Mode.
Exit auto scan with the following method.
Auto Scan Button, or Enter Key: Switches to the currently displayed screen.
ESC Key: Returns you to the host where Auto scan started.
6.2. Host Selection by Keyboard (Hot Key Mode)
The Hot Key Mode may be activated using any of the following three methods:
“Hot key mode A”:
Press Ctrl, Alt, Shift together. (Once)
Press Scroll Lock twice (Press the Scroll Lock key quickly in succession)
“Hot key mode B”:
Press Ctrl twice (Press the Ctrl key quickly in succession)
When the Hot Key Mode is activated, the OSD (On Screen Display) selection screen is shown on the monitor.
You can select hosts while looking at the OSD display.
The SELECT LED on the first level (master) switch device changes from being lit to flashing quickly regardless
of single use or cascade connection. The Select LEDs of any slave switch devices remain lit as normal and do
not blink.
And also, the Scroll lock LED on console keyboard starts blinking, and other LEDs are turned off.
*When there is no video (H/V Sync) signal from the currently connected host (suspended state), the OSD
menu can be displayed by the video (H/V Sync) signals from other ports. At this time, the OSD menu flashes at
5-second intervals.
When the video signal (H/V Sync) is input to the currently selected port, status returns to normal.
*H Sync: Horizontal sync signal
*V Sync: Vertical sync signal