Skip mode, Invoking skip mode, Exiting skip mode – ATEN CL5808N 8-Port 19" Dual Rail LCD Combo KVM Switch User Manual

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5. Keyboard Port Operation

49

Skip Mode

Skip Mode

allows you to switch between computers in order to monitor them

manually. You can dwell on a particular port for as long as you like – as
opposed to auto scanning, which automatically switches the port focus after a
fixed interval.

Invoking Skip Mode

To start

Skip

mode, do the following:

1. Invoke Hotkey mode (see page 46).

2. Press an

[Arrow]

key.

Once you press an arrow key, you automatically exit Hotkey mode and
enter

Skip

mode where you can switch ports as follows:

Once you are in

Skip

mode, you can continue skipping by pressing the arrow

keys. You do not have to use the Hotkey invocation combination again.

While

Skip

mode is in effect, ordinary keyboard and mouse functions are

suspended – only

Skip

mode compliant keystrokes can be input. You must exit

Skip

mode to regain normal control of the console.

Exiting Skip Mode

1. To exit

Skip

mode, press

[Esc]

or

[Spacebar]

.

Skips to the first accessible port. (See

SCAN–SKIP MODE

,

page 37, for information regarding accessible ports.)

Skips to the next accessible port.

Skips to the last accessible port of the previous station.

Skips to the first accessible port of the next station.

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