Keyboard Port Operation; Hotkey Port Access; Invoking Hotkey Mode; When Hotkey Mode Is Active - ATEN CL5216 User Manual

Hotkey Port Access

Hotkey port access allows you to provide the KVM focus to any computer on
your installation directly from the keyboard. The CL5208 / CL5216 provides
three hotkey port access features:
Selecting the Active Port
Auto Scanning
Skip Mode Switching
Note: The hotkey function must be enabled to use hotkey operations.
See HOTKEY COMMAND MODE, page 33 for details.

Invoking Hotkey Mode

All hotkey operations begin by invoking Hotkey mode. There are two methods
to invoke Hotkey mode. The first is to tap the Hotkey key on the keyboard (see
, page 69); the second, is as follows:
1. Press and hold the Num Lock key;
2. Press and release the minus key;
3. Release the Num Lock key:
[Num Lock] + [-];

When Hotkey Mode is active:

The Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock LEDs flash in succession. 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 can be input (described in the
sections that follow).
Pressing [Esc] exits Hotkey mode.

Keyboard Port Operation

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