Minicom Advanced Systems Smart CAT5 - Manual (Page 19)

USER GUIDE
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4.2.4.6 Displaying the OSD of cascaded switches
When you have cascaded Smart CAT5 switches, a lower level Switch must have a
different OSD display hotkey than a higher level switch. (See page 12.)
The hotkeys can be any of the following:
· Shift, Shift (default)
· Ctrl, Ctrl
· Ctrl, F11
· Print Screen
To change the top level hotkey:
1. Navigate to the HOTKEY line.
2. Choose a different hotkey than the Shift, Shift hotkey of the lower level
Switches. Toggle between the options using the Spacebar.
To change a lower level hotkey:
1. Connect a keyboard and monitor to the lower level Switch and press Shift, Shift.
Its OSD appears.
2. Press F2 and select GENERAL. The General settings window appears.
3. Navigate to the HOTKEY line.
4. Choose a different hotkey than the hotkey of the of the top layer switch. Toggle
between the options using the Spacebar.
Note! When a lower level Switch hotkey is changed, there is an adjustment to be
made in the higher level Switch’s OSD: This is explained on page 20-(HKEY) hotkey
- Cascading.
4.2.4.7 Autoskip
When Autoskip is on, you can only access the active computers. When Autoskip is
off, you can access active and inactive computers. (This includes operating the Switch
via the OSD, front panel buttons or hotkeys).
To change the Autoskip setting:
1. Navigate to the Autoskip line.
2. Toggle between the options using the Spacebar.
4.2.4.8 Serial port
The Serial port is used for the Control Management program. Serial port On means
the program can be used.