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Operation (continued)
General Settings
WiththehighlightlineonthewordGENERAL,press[Enter]. The General Settings window
appears (see Figure 10).
Figure 10 The General Settings window
Security
The Security option in the OSD General Settings Menu allows you to activate or deactivate
PasswordSecurity.Bydefault,PasswordSecurityissettoOff.OnlytheAdministratorwill
be able to activate/deactivate Password Security.
To activate/deactivate Password Security:
1. Highlight the Security option in the OSD General Settings Menu
2. Press the space bar to change Password Security On/Off
3. Pressing the space bar will display a prompt requiring you to enter the Security Password.
(Security Password defaults as 'Admin')
4.Onceyou'vetypedinthecorrectpasswordandhitenter,thePasswordSecuritystatuswill
be changed
Note:OncePasswordSecurityisactivated,HotkeyCommandswillbedeactivated,leaving
you limited to the OSD Menu as your only way to select a port. Once you leave the OSD
Menu,youwillneedtohitthe'Shift,Shift'commandtoaccesstheOSDMenuandselect
another port. You will be required to enter your password each time you enter the OSD Menu.
*Seepage16-17formoreinformationontheSecurityfeatures.
Changing the OSD Hotkey
By default the primary Hotkey is the Shift key. You have the ability to replace the Shift key
with one of 4 different choices in the OSD General Settings Menu.
(SH-SH):ThisrepresentstheShiftkey.ToaccesstheOSDMenuyouhit'Shift,Shift.'To
accessthenextKVMinlinehit'Shift,+.'ToaccessthepreviousKVMinlinehit'Shift,-.'
(CL-CL): This represents the Ctrl key. To access the OSD Menu you can either hit the Left
Ctrl key 2 times or you can hit the Right Ctrl key once and then the Left Ctrl key. You can hit
eitherCtrlkeyonceandthe+keytoaccessthenextKVMinline.YoucanhiteitherCtrlkey
once and the - key to access the previous KVM in line.
(CLF11): This represents the Ctrl key and the F11 key. To access the OSD Menu you hit
eitherCtrlkeyandthenF11.YoucanhiteitherCtrlkeyonceandthe+keytoaccessthe
nextKVMinline.YoucanhiteitherCtrlkeyonceandthe-keytoaccessthepreviousKVM
in line.
(PRSCR): This represents the Print Screen key. To access the OSD Menu you hit the Print
Screenkeyonce.WhenyouselectPrintScreenasyourhotkey,theportselectionhotkeycommands
aredeactivated,leavingtheOSDMainMenuastheonlywaytoswitchtoanotherport.