Network Technologies CAT5 User Manual
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Function
Keystroke
Connect to the highlighted Host Adapter
Enter or Spacebar
Log Out the User/Administrator and disconnect from the Host Adapter
(The login screen will appear)
L
Exit Command Mode without logging out
X or Esc
The mouse can also be used to control the User Station Command Mode.
• The scroll wheel can be used to scroll through the Host Adapters list.
• The mouse cursor can be moved to the any of the command fields where the user can click on
the left mouse button to select that function.
• Host Adapters listed on the screen can be selected by moving the cursor onto a Host Adapter.
• To connect to a Host Adapter, click on the selected Host Adapter.
• To move through the Host Adapter list, the scroll bar to the right of the list can be used by clicking the up and
down arrows.
Note: Exit Command Mode to enter Normal Mode and control the connected CPU. To exit Command Mode, press <Esc>
or click the “ESC” command on the screen with the mouse.
or click the “ESC” command on the screen with the mouse.
Scan Mode
To activate Scan Mode press <S> from the Command Mode menu.
Scan Mode enables the user to scan through selected Host Adapters and to have full device control of the connected Host
Adapter. From the Settings menu (below) the user can edit the list of Host Adapters that can be scanned. A Host Adapter is
skipped from the scan cycle if one of the following conditions is true:
Adapter. From the Settings menu (below) the user can edit the list of Host Adapters that can be scanned. A Host Adapter is
skipped from the scan cycle if one of the following conditions is true:
•
the Host Adapter is not in the scan list
•
the user does not have access rights to the Host Adapter
When switching to a new Host Adapter the Host Adapter name is displayed by OSD for 5 seconds or until a key is pressed or the
mouse is moved, whichever comes first. The scan dwell time is programmable from 2 to 255 seconds (default time-out period is 5
seconds). When the user moves the mouse or types on the keyboard the scanned Host Adapter becomes active and scanning is
stopped. The switch will resume scanning after a period of user inactivity determined by the scan dwell time. See Settings Menu
below for configuring the scan dwell time.
mouse is moved, whichever comes first. The scan dwell time is programmable from 2 to 255 seconds (default time-out period is 5
seconds). When the user moves the mouse or types on the keyboard the scanned Host Adapter becomes active and scanning is
stopped. The switch will resume scanning after a period of user inactivity determined by the scan dwell time. See Settings Menu
below for configuring the scan dwell time.
Note: The keyboard and mouse must remain idle for the full scan dwell time before the switch selects the next active
Host Adapter.
Host Adapter.
Normal Mode
When the User Station is not in Command or Scan mode and the OSD control is not active on the monitor, the user is in Normal
Mode, controlling the CPU to which the user is connected through the PRIMUX switch.
Mode, controlling the CPU to which the user is connected through the PRIMUX switch.