4 on-screen display operations – SharkRack KVM-8 User Manual
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On-Screen Display Operations
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4 On-Screen Display Operations
Activating OSD
Activate on-screen display (OSD) by pressing either of the keyboard Control keys
twice within one second. In non-secure mode, this brings up the main OSD Window,
“Administrator Channel List.”
In secure mode, activating OSD will bring up the “User Login” window. Type in your
user name and press Enter. The system administrator should login as “Admin”, “Root”
or “Administrator.” Type your password and press Enter. This will bring up your
“Channel List.” If there is no keyboard activity, the login window will timeout after
five minutes and go blank to allow the monitorʼs energy saver to execute. Enter your
OSD activation sequence to restore the login prompt.
Note: All KVM Switch units ship in the default non-secure state. For more information on secure
versus non-secure operation, see the section “Administrator Functions.”
The OSD Window
This window lists all named channels in your KVM Switch system. They will be listed
alphabetically with their channel addresses and access status beside them. Beside the
address there will be a small circle. If the circle is filled, the computer in question is
powered on. When in secure mode, only the channels that are accessible to the logged in
user will be listed. (See the section “Administrator Functions” for more information.)
The Main OSD Window
Use your up and down arrow keys and the page up and page down keys to select a
channel. Move immediately to the top or bottom of the list with the home and end keys.
Press a letter while in the main OSD window, and the Highlight Bar moves to the first
channel name beginning with that letter. Press the letter repeatedly to scroll through
all channels that begin with that letter from top to bottom. Press Enter to make the
Administrator Power Control
Name
Access
Accounting
6
4
Shop Floor
2
Pam's PC
1
Mail Server
3
Jene's PC
5
Engineering
KVM Switch
Address
VK o
F6-Reboot
F2-ON
F4-OFF
V o
VK o
V o
VK o
VK o