5 creating and editing computer names – Lindy 32354 User Manual

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Type in the password for the new user and press

RETURN

or

ENTER

.

(You may leave the password field blank if you do not want to define a password)

Define the computers that you want this user to have access to using the

SPACE

BAR

and function keys as directed on the menu. The user will have access to all

the starred (selected) computers. Don't worry if all the computers have not yet

been defined. You can allocate users access to computers when you add the

computer names later.

Press

RETURN

or

ENTER

to create the user.

Follow a similar process to edit users:

In the

EDIT USER LIST

use the menu bar to select the user that you want to edit.

Press

ENTER

or

RETURN

to edit the user's name, password and access rights.

Press

RETURN

or

ENTER

if you want to keep the existing entries.

3.5 Creating and editing computer names

Computer names provide a very convenient way of selecting and identifying

computers that are attached to the LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP. You can select

computers by port number (see sections 4.8 and 4.15) but when you have several

computers it becomes hard to remember which computer is attached to which port.

By defining descriptive computer names you can select the required computer from

an on-screen menu without having to remember which physical port the computer is

connected to. For each computer name that you define you can grant or deny access

to any of the defined users.

Each computer name that you define will have an associated port number. This is the

LINDY CPU Switch port that the computer is attached to. If all of your computers are

connected to a single LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP then all the port numbers will be

two characters long (for example: 01, 02, 03, 16 etc.). If you are cascading LINDY

CPU Switch Dual MPs then the port numbers will be four, six or eight characters long

depending upon whether you have two, three or four levels of cascade (see figure 7).

See the end of this section and section 4.10 for an explanation of how the port

numbers are constructed. The LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP supports up to 512

computer names.

To create computer names:

Ensure that you are logged on as the ADMIN user.

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