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Chapter 5
Hotkey Operation
Hotkey Port Control
Hotkey Port Control allows you to provide KVM focus to a particular computer
directly from the keyboard. The CS-88A provides the following Hotkey Port
Control features:
Selecting the Active Port
Auto Scanning
Skip Mode
Invoking Hotkey Mode
All Hotkey operations begin by invoking Hotkey Mode. Invoking Hotkey
Mode takes three steps:
1. Hold down the Num Lock key;
2. Press and release the asterisk or the minus key;
3. Release the Num Lock key:
[Num Lock] + [*];
or:
[Num Lock] + [-];
When Hotkey Mode is active:
The Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock LEDs flash in succession to
indicate so. They stop flashing and revert to normal status when you exit
Hotkey Mode.
A Command Line appears on the monitor screen. The command line
prompt is the word Hotkey: in yellow text on a blue background, and
displays the subsequent Hotkey information that you key in.
Ordinary keyboard and mouse functions are suspended – only Hotkey
compliant keystrokes and mouse clicks (described in the sections that
follow), can be input.
Pressing [Esc] or [Spacebar] exits Hotkey Mode.
