Lindy 39520 Manuel Utilisateur page 4

User Manual
Operation
Please Note: Your monitor will only display one computer signal at any one time. All
keyboard and mouse commands are sent to this computer as shown on the monitor.
When the computer connected to the currently selected port is not switched on,
or is in sleep mode, the monitor will not display any signal.
Password Security
When you first power on the KVM Switch the default password setting is OFF and no
password is required.
Note: Please don't change passwords until you are familiar with the operation of the KVM
Switch and the OSD menu. Whenever you set a password please remember to record the
password in a secure place. Should you forget the password then you will need to return the
KVM Switch to LINDY to reset the password.
Hot Plug Support
The KVM Switch supports a "Hot Plug" function for easy addition or removal of computers. The
user can arrange or maintain the computers as follows:
a. A computer can be disconnected and reconnected to the same or different port of the KVM
switch without having to power it off as long as it is not currently connected to or in use by
the console.
b. The mouse driver of the computer must support this "Hot Plug" function otherwise the
computer may need to be rebooted when it is reconnected.
c. You can unplug your mouse or keyboard from the console port and plug it back in at any
time. If you need to change to a different type of mouse then you may need to reboot the
console and the connected computers computers.
d. A SLAVE KVM switch can be added or removed at any time, but after adding or removing a
switch you may have to reset all of the KVM switches as described above. You DO NOT
need to reboot the computers.
Please note: Some Operating Systems including certain Unix versions are unable to
support the "Hot Plugging" function. If you "Hot Plug" when using this kind of O.S., it may
cause unpredictable operation and may even shut down the computer.
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Computer / Port Selection
You can select the computer you want to access in one of three different ways:
Front panel push button selection
Keyboard hotkey selection
On screen display menu selection
Illuminated Port LED Button and LED front Display
Each port switch button on the front panel of the KVM Switch has two integrated LEDs.
When the switch button is illuminated RED: this port is selected
When the switch button is illuminated BLUE, the computer is attached to this port and has 5V
present at its PS/2 ports. This does not necessarily mean that the computer is fully powered up
but may in sleep or soft power off mode with 5V still present at the PS/2 ports. If the LED is not
lit then there is either no computer connected, or the computer is not switched on.
The LED front display shows 3 digits when the KVM is powered up. The first digit refers to the
BANK number (1-8) and the other two digits refer to the port number selected /connected to the
console (1-8/-16).
Front panel push button selection
You can select a computer by pressing the appropriate Bank push button to switch between the
various banks/KVM Switches you have connected and the individual port push buttons to select
your desired port.
Keyboard Hotkey and OSD Selection
You can also conveniently select the computer to be accessed/displayed by switching the ports
through simple keyboard key sequences referred to as Hotkeys or by OSD (On Screen
Display) switching.
To use either keyboard hotkey or OSD switching you have to enter into the KVM Switch
command mode first. To do so and to send commands to the KVM switch, the SCROLL LOCK
key must be pressed twice within 2 seconds. When using KVM over IP access via a slow
connection it may be helpful to define this required hotkey sequence as a special command
sequence in the KVM over IP module software.
The Scroll Lock key can be changed to NUM or Caps Lock according to your requirements; this
is covered later in this manual. In a few cases for certain OS or computers it may be necessary
to press the hotkey 3-4 times if the KVM switch does not respond to pressing the hotkey twice.
Once you have pressed Scroll
Lock twice the OSD Menu will pop
up on the screen and you can
decide whether to use further
hotkeys or the OSD based
selection options, using the
keyboard (mouse input is disabled
in OSD mode).
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and connected to the console.
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