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his chapter details the concepts and procedures involved in the Hotkey operation
of your ACS-1208A / ACS-1216A installation.
Hotkey Port Access
Hotkey port access allows you to provide KVM focus to a particular
computer directly from the keyboard. The Master View ACS-1208A /
ACS-1216A provides the following Hotkey port access features:
M Selecting the Active Port
M Auto Scanning
M Skip Mode Switching
Invoking
All Hotkey operations begin by invoking Hotkey Mode. Invoking Hot-
Hotkey Mode
key Mode takes three steps:
1. Hold down the Num Lock key;
2. While the Num Lock key is down, press and release the asterisk
or the minus key;
3. Release the Num Lock key:
or:
Note: The asterisk or minus key must be released within one half
Hotkey Operation
[Num Lock] + [*];
[Num Lock] + [-];
second, otherwise Hotkey invokation is cancelled.
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