Skip Mode - StarTech.com 16 Port StarView CAT5 UTP KVM Instruction Manual

Invoking Auto Scan
To start Auto Scanning, key in the following Hotkey combination:
1. Invoke Hotkey Mode.
[A]. After you press A, you automatically exit Hotkey Mode, and
2. Press
enter Auto Scan Mode, and Auto Scanning begins.
• While you are in Auto Scan Mode, you can pause the scanning in order
to maintain focus on a particular computer by pressing [P]. While Auto
Scanning is paused, the Command Line displays: Auto Scan: Paused.
• Pausing when you want to keep the focus on a particular computer
is more convenient than Exiting Auto Scan Mode because when you
resume scanning, you start from where you left off. If, on the other
hand, you exited and restarted, scanning would start over from the
very first computer on the installation.
• To resume Auto Scanning from where it left off, press any key.
• While Auto Scan Mode is in effect, ordinary keyboard and mouse func-
tions are suspended - only Auto Scan Mode compliant keystrokes can
be input. You must exit Auto Scan Mode in order to regain normal
control of the console.
3. To exit Auto Scan Mode press

Skip Mode

This feature allows you to switch between computers in order to monitor
them manually. You can dwell on a particular port for as long or as little
as you like, as opposed to Auto Scanning which automatically switches
after a fixed interval. To invoke Skip Mode, key in the following Hotkey
combination:
1. Invoke Hotkey Mode.
[Arrow] (Where [Arrow] refers to one of the Arrow keys). After
2. Key in
pressing the [Arrow], you automatically exit Hotkey Mode, and enter
Skip Mode where you can switch ports as follows:
← Skips from the current port to the first accessible port that precedes it
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[Esc] or [Spacebar].
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