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Chapter 3.
Hotkey Operation
T
his chapter details the concepts and procedures involved in the Hotkey operation
of your ACS-1208AL / ACS-1216AL installation; OSD Operation is discussed in
detail in Chapter 4.
Hotkey Port Access
Hotkey Port Access allows you to provide KVM focus to a particular
computer directly from the keyboard. The ACS-1208AL / ACS-1216AL
provides the following Hotkey Port Control features:
M Selecting the Active Port
M Auto Scanning
M Skip Mode Switching
Invoking
Hotkey Mode
All Hotkey operations begin by invoking Hotkey Mode. Invoking Hot-
key Mode takes three steps:
1. Hold down the Num Lock key;
2. Press and release the minus key;
3. Release the Num Lock key:
[Num Lock] + [-];
Note: The minus key must be released within one half second, otherwise
Hotkey invocation is cancelled and it has no effect.
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