Newstar NS431H 142316 Manuel D’Utilisation

 

 

 

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port number and name of a selected computer and/or 
OSD status displayed on the screen all the time. The 
non-volatile memory stores the CH Display setting. 

 

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Position 
The position of the selected computer name and/or OSD 
status displayed on screen during operation.    The actual 
display position shifts due to different VGA resolution, the 
higher the resolution the higher the display position.    The 
non-volatile memory stores the Position setting. 
 

   

Upper Left, Upper Right, Middle. 

   

Lower Left, Lower Right. 

 

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Sun keyboards of different languages have different 
layouts. The KVM switch is able to emulate a Sun 
keyboard for a specific language type or country such as 
Arabic,  Belgian,  US, Yugoslavia, and so forth. Select 
the proper country code that matches ALL of your Sun 
computers. 

 

Function key   F5   : To switch the Sun mark of a port on or 

off indicating the computer is a Sun server.  Sun servers have 
more keys on the keyboard than a PC.  When a Sun-marked 
port is selected, the KVM switch starts to translate the keys from 
a PS/2 keyboard to a Sun keyboard.  See Sun Keyboard 
Mapping for detail.   

 

  

Esc  : To exit the OSD, press the   Esc  key. 

 

Hot-key command is a short keyboard sequence to select a computer, 
to activate computer scan, and so forth. The USB KVM switch 
interprets keystrokes for hot-keys all the time.  A hot-key sequence 
starts with two left   Ctrl  keystrokes followed by one or two more 
keystrokes.    A built-in buzzer generates a high-pitched beep for   

 

 

 

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correct hot-key command; otherwise, one low-pitched beep for error 
and the bad key sequence will not be forwarded to the selected 
computer.   
 

L-CTRL: is the  Ctrl  key located at the left side of the 

keyboard. 

1~8:  

are the number keys '1' ~ '8' at the upper row of the 
keyboard.  Do not use the keypad at the right of the 
keyboard. 

A~H:        represents from Port 9 to Port 16 
 

J To select a computer by hot-key command, you must know its port 

address, which is determined by the NewStar Switch connection at 
the back. For example:   

left   Ctrl  + left   Ctrl  +  4  

 

Selects a computer connected to the PC port 4. 
 

J To start Auto Scan, automatically scan power-on computers one by 

one at a fixed interval:   

left   Ctrl   + left   Ctrl  +   F1  

    When  Auto Scan detects any keyboard or mouse activity, it 

suspends the scanning till activity stops; it then resumes with the 
next computer in sequence.    The length of the Auto Scan interval 
(Scan Rate) is adjustable, please see below.  To abort the Auto 
Scan mode, press the left   Ctrl  key twice. 

         

J Manual Scan enables you to manually switch back and forth 

between power-on computers. 

left   Ctrl  + left   Ctrl  +   F2  

 
Press 

Ï  or  Ð to select the previous or the next computer in 

sequence.    And, press any other key to abort the Manual Scan. 

 

J To adjust Scan Rate which sets the duration before switching to   

the next computer in Auto Scan: 

left   Ctrl  + left   Ctrl  +   F3  

The NewStar Switch sends one to four beeps indicating scan 
interval of 3,  8,  15 and 30 seconds 

respectively.